Press Releases

Rugby New Zealand 2011 has announced the revised match schedule following the decision to reallocate all matches from Christchurch after the quake.  Three of the five rescheduled Christchurch pool matches will remain in the South Island.  Nelson, Dunedin and Invercargill will each host an ...Read More

People are being encouraged to think about the future of the planet as Earth Hour 2011 takes place this Saturday 26 March, 2011. Earth Hour is a worldwide initiative where participants undertake to turn off non-essential lights and power appliances for one hour to raise awareness about the need to ...Read More

A report released today by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission into a fatal accident on the Kawarau River, has been questioned by the Queenstown Lakes District Council. “This was a tragedy in which two members of our community were lost and two others were seriously injured - we w...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has made public a detailed report regarding last year’s issue of shares in Queenstown Airport Corporation to Auckland International Airport Limited. “I received the final report from PricewaterhouseCoopers this morning and as indicated we have now m...Read More

The decision by the Queenstown Airport Corporation and Auckland International Airport Limited to withdraw from the issue of further shares in Queenstown Airport (announced today) was an appropriate response, QLDC Mayor Vanessa van Uden said. The Council had been kept fully appraised by the corporat...Read More

A message has been sent to Japanese officials on behalf of the Queenstown Lakes District community following last week’s earthquake and resulting tsunami, Mayor Vanessa van Uden said. “We have a significant Japanese community in our district and are very aware that many will have been t...Read More

Unintentional damage to a steel water main yesterday afternoon led to an urgent water shutdown in the Gorge Road area, Queenstown Lakes District Council project manager Steve Hewland said. The top of a section of pipe was damaged by a milling machine, which was being used to grind up the road surfa...Read More

Local services and community groups report that they are able to cope in the short term with the influx of visitors from Christchurch in the wake of the earthquake although some sectors, particularly in Wanaka, say they are being stretched, Queenstown Lakes District Council Mayor Vanessa van Uden sa...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council is set to meet with community representatives on Friday as part of the regional response to last week’s Christchurch earthquake. CEO Debra Lawson said a meeting had been arranged to discuss the effect of the event and gauge the impact of the large numbers...Read More

Queenstown and Wanaka residents are opening their homes to Christchurch residents as they seek some relief away from the aftershocks that continue to rock their city. Queenstown Lakes District Council’s welfare co-ordinator Kelly Campbell said there had been 111 requests for accommodation rec...Read More