Press Releases

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
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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
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English Team Win Hearts

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
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The Queenstown Lakes District Council and local bars are launching a new initiative aimed at reducing a small but unwelcome element of late night, alcohol-fuelled bad behaviour in the resort. Bar Safe will see door staff at 28 town centre bars kitted out in high-vis vests labelled “security&r...Read More
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The Irish and Georgian Rugby Teams are officially the adopted sons of the Queenstown Lakes District with today marking the Georgian Civic Welcome to New Zealand. The Irish team was officially welcomed at Skyline Gondola on Sunday with the Georgians arriving to a rousing Queenstown Airport welcome y...Read More
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When Queenstown Lakes District Council harbourmaster Marty Black saw the kayak and paddle used by missing German kayaker 25-year-old Rene Weissange his heart sunk. “It took me immediately to December last year when we lost two young Frenchman on Lake Wakatipu. In both cases the kayaks were gr...Read More
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The Shaping our Future process takes another significant step next month with a series of community meetings planned throughout September aimed at creating a “Vision of Success for the Future” for the Queenstown Lakes District. The Shaping our Future project is community driven and aims...Read More
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Queenstown will be hosting the Irish, English, Romanian and Georgian teams during RWC 2011. The teams will be in town to train during September, but have now confirmed public community engagement opportunities, RWC 2011 coordinator Jono Sutherland confirmed. “We are delighted that at this sta...Read More
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Hensman Road Upgrade

An upgrade of Hensman Road is set to begin on Monday 5 September. The work involves replacing sections of kerb, installation of traffic calming features and resealing the roadway from the Panorama Terrace intersection through to the intersection with Edinburgh Drive and Belfast Terrace. Queenstown ...Read More
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A draft document that sets a new direction in waste management in the Queenstown Lakes District for the next six years is now open to public submission.    The Draft Waste Management and Minimisation Plan builds on the innovations of the 2003 Waste Management Strategy, which introduced i...Read More
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