Press Releases

Over two thousand locals have committed themselves to taking part in a nationwide Civil Defence Emergency Management initiative.   ShakeOut is the first ever national earthquake public preparedness drill.  At 9.26 on 26 September, 2012 one million people across the country are expected t...Read More
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Media Advisory District Plan Review and Shaping Our Future shift focus to Queenstown. The next public open session on the District Plan Review will take place in Queenstown on Thursday 9 August, 2012. The sessions, which are looking at a number of district plan issues for the districts main centr...Read More
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Cutting edge technology is being trialled by the Queenstown Lakes District Council to make its District Plan review relevant and accessible to the wider community. “We are acutely aware that something like a District Plan is not only intensively complex but exceedingly dry and traditionally b...Read More
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Lakeview Renewed Interest

The potential development of a 4 hectare parcel of prime Queenstown real estate is back on the Queenstown Lakes District Council agenda, QLDC acting chief executive Stewart Burns said. Development of Council freehold land, located at the top of Man Street and known as the Lakeview site, was first o...Read More
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Chief Executive Announced

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
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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
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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
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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
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PAK ‘N’ SAVE Decision

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
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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
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