Press Releases

In addition to the Crown Range Road upgrade set to get underway this week, two other significant projects are scheduled next month for the Queenstown Central Business District, Queenstown Lakes District Council project manager Steve Hewland said. The $1 million dollar upgrade of Gorge Road was sche...Read More

Queenstown and Wanaka teddies and their excited owners are preparing for plenty of gadding about with the popular Teddy Bears’ Picnics being staged in Queenstown and Wanaka on the 29 and 30 January, Summerdaze event organiser Nicole Fairweather said. The two picnics, which have been part of t...Read More

Rain and high lake levels has forced the closure of several local walking tracks said Queenstown Lakes District Council parks manager Gordon Bailey. The tracks concerned are: - Wanaka - Glendhu Bay Track- Kelvin Peninsula Walkway- Wanaka Outlet Track Mr Bailey said significant rain...Read More

Rain overnight was lighter than expected and the levels of Lakes Wakatipu and Wanaka have been dropping this morning. The rain is expected to continue over the next two days but the forecast for the weekend is for mostly fine weather.   At 11am this morning, Lake Wakatipu was at 310.875m, abo...Read More

 Predicted rain over the next few days is not expected to create any significant problems for Lakes Wakatipu and Wanaka. As of 11am this morning, Lake Wakatipu was at 310.926; above the first warning level but still below the possible flood level of 311.3m (low lying pooling on foreshore reser...Read More

Lake Wakatipu has continued to rise gradually today (Monday) after this morning's rainfall, with a further rainfall in the Upper Clutha seeing Lake Wanaka on the rise again. Both lakes are expected to peak between 10pm and midnight tonight over the first flood warning level but causing no flooding i...Read More

With the rain easing in the District this morning, lake levels are expected to peak this evening, without incident. The Otago Regional Council lake level modelling projects that Lake Wakatipu will reach a level of approximately 311.035. This is over the first flood warning level of 310.8 but below t...Read More

Heavy rain is forecast for the South Island later today and into tomorrow. The Metservice forecast has been assessed by the Otago Regional Council in terms of lake level monitoring. The event is forecast for Fiordland and South Westland but some spill over into the headwaters of Otago tonight and in...Read More