Press Releases

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has extended the entry date for its Kids Photo Competition, QLDC communications manager Meaghan Miller said. The competition, themed ‘Our People, Our Place’ is seeking photographs that celebrate the people and places young people love in this distri...Read More

Two recently sealed roads in Arrowtown will receive extra chip seal today in an effort to mitigate (tar) bleeding, Queenstown Lakes District Council project manager Steve Hewland said. “Both Adamson Drive and Centennial Avenue are not performing as we would like,” Mr Hewland said. The ...Read More

The Wakatipu Health Reference Group is backing the Southern District Health Board’s decision to take the lead role in the location of a new CT scanner for the region, group chairperson and Queenstown Lakes District mayor Vanessa van Uden said today (Tuesday). Whether to locate the scanner at ...Read More

Partial water restrictions will be introduced on the Lake Hayes Scheme this week, Queenstown Lakes District Council 3 Waters Manager Gerry Essenberg said. Residents on the scheme had made a significant contribution towards reducing the summer water use. “It is clear that consumers have taken...Read More

Fireworks and kites will ensure that people’s eyes are kept skywards during the first two weeks of the annual Summerdaze festival. Queenstown Lakes District Council’s arts and events facilitator Jan Maxwell said Summerdaze will launch on New Years’ Eve with a full programme of ent...Read More

The multi-million dollar wastewater processing treatment plant, Project Pure, adjacent to Wanaka Airport has been officially handed over to the Queenstown Lakes District Council. Council entered into a contract with UGL Ltd in July 2007 to design, construct and operate the treatment plant. The mil...Read More

The community is being asked to comment on proposed changes to the speed limits on a number of local roads. Following requests from the community, the Queenstown Lakes District Council reviewed speed limits in a number of places and has recommended some adjustments to the current Speed Limit Bylaw....Read More

The new Wakatipu health panel will meet for the first time next week, Queenstown Lakes District Council Mayor Vanessa van Uden said.The Council called for expressions of interest for the new health body after a call from the National Health Panel to establish a community reference group to input to ...Read More

How the Queenstown Lakes District Council enables its community to have a voice and be informed is the subject of a new Council survey, QLDC communications manager Meaghan Miller said. “Council communication comes in multiple forms. We use communication to consult, engage and enable the commu...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has appointed two new directors to the board of the Council Controlled Organisation, Lakes Leisure Limited. The Council called for expressions of interest in July/August to replace retired/retiring directors Jeff Turner and Jane Taylor. “We were sorry to...Read More