Press Releases

The Queenstown Lakes District Council 2009 Zero Waste Award winners were announced on Saturday as part of Queenstown Winter Festival celebrations at Earnslaw Park. “There were some really great entries this year,” QLDC solid waste manager Stefan Borowy said.  “In particular w...Read More

A proposed Arrowtown boundary Plan Change will be on next week’s Queenstown Lakes District Council agenda, QLDC statutory committee chairwoman Councillor Gillian Macleod said. Consultation on the Arrowtown Boundary discussion document took place over the summer. “We had an excellent re...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council will be asked to adopt the 10-Year Plan on June 30, with funding to develop an indoor sports facility and hard court area, for the Upper Clutha Community commencing 2011, QLDC Mayor Clive Geddes said. “This has been the subject of a major consultation pro...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council will be asked to adopt the 10-Year-Plan on 30 June, without funding for new Council offices. “This was a key consultation issue in the 10-Year-Plan process and while we did get some support for the building, the majority of submissions that were received ...Read More

The cause of a minor sewage spill, near the Frankton Track, was unknown, Queenstown Lakes District Council water services manager Garry McGraw said. The spill has not come from a sewerage network but has entered the area via a stormwater system,’ Mr McGraw said. Although Council contractors ...Read More

The restructuring of the Queenstown Lakes District Council engineering department, as outlined in the 10-Year-Plan, is now underway, QLDC chief executive Duncan Field said. In January the Council announced its intention to bring Council engineering employees and the staff of Council Controlled Orga...Read More

Lakes Leisure has volunteered the closure of the one of Alpine Aqualand’s hydroslide rides, after discussion with the Department of Labour, Queenstown Lakes District Council community services general manager Paul Wilson said. “Effectively since the slide opened we have had a series of ...Read More

A number of minor accidents on Malaghan’s Road, one on Littles Road and another on the Cardrona Road this morning have signalled the need to drive to the winter conditions in the Queenstown Lakes District, QLDC roading manager Ian Marshall said. After heavy rain and slightly warmer temperatur...Read More