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Press Releases
Thu 23rd Jul 09
New Roading Maintenance Contract
The Queenstown Lakes District Council considered the form of its new roading maintenance services contract at an extraordinary Council meeting held last week. The Council’s present contract is held by Downer EDI Works and began in April 2004 but is due to expire on 30 September, 2009.
The con...Read More
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Mon 20th Jul 09
Pigeon Island Theft Disgusts
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is investigating the theft of rata from Pigeon Island in Lake Wakatipu.
“We first received notice from Rippled Earth Kayaks, which noticed the freshly chain sawed rata on the island, during a trip,” QLDC parks manager Gordon Bailey said.
Several la...Read More
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Thu 16th Jul 09
Earthquake A Timely Reminder To Be Prepared
If last night’s earthquake had been the big one would you have been prepared?
That is the question being asked by Queenstown Lakes District Council emergency management officer Brenden Winder after an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 7.8 was felt in the Queenstown Lakes area.
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Tue 14th Jul 09
Fernhill Water Outage
Fernhill and Sunshine Bay residents awoke this morning without water after a catastrophic failure of a water main in the night, Queenstown Lakes District Council infrastructure services general manager Mark Kunath said.
“Our water contractors became aware of the failure at 6.30pm when a low r...Read More
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Wed 1st Jul 09
Snowboard Brings Good Turn
The generosity of a new Queenstown business has enabled Queenstown Lakes District Council Mayor Clive Geddes to ‘make’ a really good turn.
“It’s possibly not the kind of turn Quicksilver had in mind when they gifted me a snowboard,” Mr Geddes said.
To mark the opening...Read More
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Mon 29th Jun 09
Community zero waste initiatives celebrated
The Queenstown Lakes District Council 2009 Zero Waste Award winners were announced on Saturday as part of Queenstown Winter Festival celebrations at Earnslaw Park.
“There were some really great entries this year,” QLDC solid waste manager Stefan Borowy said. “In particular w...Read More
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Thu 25th Jun 09
Arrowtown Boundary on agenda
A proposed Arrowtown boundary Plan Change will be on next week’s Queenstown Lakes District Council agenda, QLDC statutory committee chairwoman Councillor Gillian Macleod said.
Consultation on the Arrowtown Boundary discussion document took place over the summer.
“We had an excellent re...Read More
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Tue 23rd Jun 09
Priority given to Wanaka Sports Facility
The Queenstown Lakes District Council will be asked to adopt the 10-Year Plan on June 30, with funding to develop an indoor sports facility and hard court area, for the Upper Clutha Community commencing 2011, QLDC Mayor Clive Geddes said.
“This has been the subject of a major consultation pro...Read More
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Thu 18th Jun 09
New Offices Parked
The Queenstown Lakes District Council will be asked to adopt the 10-Year-Plan on 30 June, without funding for new Council offices.
“This was a key consultation issue in the 10-Year-Plan process and while we did get some support for the building, the majority of submissions that were received ...Read More
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Thu 18th Jun 09
Cause Of Spill Unknown
The cause of a minor sewage spill, near the Frankton Track, was unknown, Queenstown Lakes District Council water services manager Garry McGraw said.
The spill has not come from a sewerage network but has entered the area via a stormwater system,’ Mr McGraw said.
Although Council contractors ...Read More
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