Press Releases

A new head of Infrastructure has been appointed by the Queenstown Lakes District Council. “I am very pleased to announce that a formal appointment to the position of GM Infrastructure has been made,” said QLDC CEO Debra Lawson. “Tim James will be commencing his duties in the role ...Read More

The final workshops in the Shaping our Future visioning process will take place in Queenstown and Wanaka this week.  Workshops in the smaller communities of the Queenstown Lakes District (Kingston, Luggate, Arrowtown, Glenorchy – Makarora has a visioning workshop this evening) have produc...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council will consider its position in terms of plans for a new Kawarau Falls bridge, QLDC transport manager Denis Mander said. “The New Zealand Transport Agency has been working on a potential solution since 2003. It has now reached the point where it would like ...Read More

Media Advisory - Hensman Road Closures Work on Hensman Road continues next week with road closures taking place to enable the road structure and shape to be upgraded. The road will be closed to through traffic on Friday 30 September and again between Monday 3 October and Friday 7 October. A divers...Read More

The Wanaka community is invited to a presentation, based on community feedback on the Wanaka Sports Facility, Queenstown Lakes District Council project manager Ken Gousmett said. Consultation, including a questionnaire was undertaken in July to inform a draft facilities mix report and draft concept...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council will call for expressions of interest tomorrow (Wednesday) for two seats on a new independent Wakatipu health panel, QLDC Mayor Vanessa van Uden said. The recent National Health Panel report on health services in the Wakatipu included a number of recommendation...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District habourmaster has issued a reminder about safe radio channel use on Lake Wakatipu. “Around three years ago Council installed a new radio repeater on top of Cecil Peak to ensure coverage across the whole of Lake Wakatipu,” QLDC harbourmaster Marty Black said....Read More

Drop-in sessions to discuss a draft plan that will change the way we manage waste for the next six years in the Queenstown Lakes District will take place next week, QLDC solid waste manager Stefan Borowy said. The plan will supersede the operative Waste Management Strategy, which was adopted in Apr...Read More

The steering group tasked with investigating the feasibility of a conference centre in Queenstown is seeking feedback on what such a facility could look like. Mayor Vanessa van Uden said the group had done extensive research into what local and international event organisers required and this had a...Read More

Some of the big names of the English rugby team turned out to share their skills and stories and stoke the fires of fandom amongst the younger generation today. Rugby fans and rugby players at Wakatipu High School and Arrowtown Primary School were able to get up close and personal with the players,...Read More