Press Releases

A good number of residents and ratepayers are being acknowledged for engaging in the Queenstown Lakes District Council 10-Year Plan consultation process, QLDC communications manager Meaghan Miller said.  “We are entering the final phase of consultation on the plan and it’s really g...Read More
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The Queenstown Lakes District Council has opened up more areas of the District Plan for comment as part of their District Plan Review. The sections of the Plan under discussion include a number of existing Special Zones and the current rules relating to temporary activities, including events. A seri...Read More
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Queenstown - Glenorchy Road Glenorchy - Paradise Road   The Queenstown Lakes District Council wishes to advise that road closures will take place at the 25 Mile Bridge on the Queenstown- Glenorchy Road and at Precipice Creek Bridge on the Glenorchy-Paradise Road during  the next fortnig...Read More
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Queenstown Lakes District Council arts and events facilitator Jan Maxwell wants a record turnout for the 10th Annual Heart of the District Awards this Thursday night. The awards recognise the sterling work done by the district’s volunteers and Mrs Maxwell said everyone was welcome to come alo...Read More
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The Queenstown Lakes District Council is encouraging residents and ratepayers to have a say on its representation review, now open for submission, QLDC regulatory and corporate general manager Roger Taylor said. Earlier this month the Council adopted a proposal for consultation, with the proviso th...Read More
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A progress report on the Wanaka Sports Facility will be received by the Wanaka Community Board this week to help inform consultation on the facility through the 10-Year Plan process, now underway, Queenstown Lakes District Council project manager Ken Gousmett said. The progress report, which would ...Read More
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Shotover Delta – Sludge Open Session Tomorrow The Queenstown Lakes  District Council is holding an open evening tomorrow (Wednesday 4  April) on a proposal to store or reuse sewage sludge that is currently being dredged from the Lower Shotover  oxidation ponds. An item was rec...Read More
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Expect to see more children walking and biking to school in the wake of this year’s successful Walk’n’Wheel Week. The district-wide event, held at the end of February, promoted safe walking and cycling as good transport options for kids going to and from school and was embraced wi...Read More
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Rates Review

A proposal that will introduce the next best thing to a bed tax in the Queenstown Lakes District was received for consultation by the Council this week.A public Rates and Funding Review started in June last year with a goal to consult on the outcomes in the 10-Year Plan due for consultation, next mo...Read More
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10 Year Plan Affordable

Three years spent examining every project that the Queenstown Lakes District Council planned to deliver has resulted in a significant reduction in the Council’s capital programme and debt levels, QLDC deputy chief executive and general manager finance Stewart Burns said.  In 2009 the Cou...Read More
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