Press Releases

The current head of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has been appointed to the position of Queenstown Lakes District Council Chief Executive. A qualified lawyer and renowned as the Chief Executive behind the transformation of Eden Park (2007-2009), Adam Feeley will start in the new role within the ne...Read More

A rash of illegal pruning in Wanaka is causing headaches for Council and an eyesore for the community, Queenstown Lakes District Council parks manager Gordon Bailey said. “We are dealing with the fourth incident of the severe pruning of Council trees in Wanaka in the last two months,” M...Read More

The historic Skippers Canyon Bridge in the Skippers Canyon will be temporarily closed for inspection after cracks were detected on a routine inspection, Queenstown Lakes District Council network operations engineers Michael Wardill said. The cracks, which have appeared at the top of a supporting st...Read More

It was time that the Otago Regional Council representation acknowledged the Queenstown Lakes was one of the fastest growing districts in New Zealand, QLDC Mayor Vanessa van Uden said. “Historically our regional council representation has been via two candidates from the Dunstan Region, an are...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council will not appeal the Environment Court decision to issue consent for a Pak ‘n’ Save supermarket to be developed at Frankton Flats, QLDC Mayor Vanessa van Uden said. The consent was granted by Judge Jon Jackson after Foodstuffs appealed an earlier QLD...Read More

With Queenstown Lakes District Council staff located within six different buildings in Queenstown, the search for a single office solution continues, QLDC acting chief executive Stewart Burns said. The Council is currently seeking expressions of interest to provide office accommodation, in order to...Read More

The on-going District Plan Review steps up a gear at the end of this month with a series of public open evenings being held in conjunction with Shaping Our Future. The Resource Management Act requires that a review of the plan be undertaken ten years after it becomes operative. With the first parts...Read More

A draft feasibility study on a proposed conference centre for Queenstown had to be considered in the context of a number of other factors, Queenstown Lakes District Council Mayor and Conference Centre Working Party chairperson Vanessa van Uden said.  The draft report, which was leaked to the m...Read More

Local drivers are being asked not to cut corners when it comes to safe driving. A new safety campaign, being launched this week by the New Zealand Transport Agency, Queenstown Lakes District Council and the Queenstown Police, seeks to remind drivers about staying on the correct side of the road unle...Read More

Queenstown Lakes District Council harbourmaster Marty Black is warning people not to venture out onto frozen waterways.  ‘Ice has affected some areas of our lakes and there are also a number of frozen over ponds around the district,” he said.  “We’ve had a number ...Read More