Summer Services 2025-2026
Ratonga ā-Raumati
Get everything you need to know for safe and happy summer vibes in the Queenstown Lakes District.
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Services
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Services
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Alcohol Licensing
- Alcohol-Free Areas In Public Places
- Alcohol licence fee calculator
- Alcohol Public Notices
- All alcohol licensing forms
- ARLA annual report
- District Licensing Committee decisions
- Gambling Information
- Find the right alcohol licence and apply
- Have your say on alcohol licence applications
- Legal requirements for licence holders
- Manager's certificates
- Renew and/or vary your alcohol licence
- Who's involved in alcohol licensing
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Rates & Property
- Changing your details
- Online Rates Payments
- Property Information Search
- Queenstown CBD Transport Rate for Queenstown Town Centre Properties
- Rates Dates & Payment Options
- Rates FAQs
- Rates Rebates, Remission & Postponement
- Revaluation and how it affects rates
- Setting the Rates
- Short-Term Visitor Accommodation
- Wastewater Rates for Cardrona
- Other Information
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Rubbish & Recycling
- Commercial Services
- Construction and demolition waste
- Cut your waste
- Green and food waste
- How we recycle
- Public place litter bins and illegal dumping
- Recycling Centres
- Rubbish & Recycling Collection
- Solid Waste Assessment
- Transfer Stations
- Waste Minimisation Community Fund
- Waste Minimisation for Businesses
- Zero Waste Events
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Do It Online
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Do It Online
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Registrations
- Activities in a Public Place
- No Spray Register
- Register as a Homestay
- Register as Residential Visitor Accommodation
- Register for a transfer or refund of dog registration fee
- Renewal for Campgrounds and Offensive Trade Registrations
- Register your Dog
- Register for Kerbside Collection Services
- Register for our public notification list
- Register to speak at Public Forum
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Submit an Application
- Application for Template Food Control Plan
- Apply for a Parking Waiver
- Apply for a Resource Consent
- Apply for an Outdoor Dining Licence
- Apply for Engineering Acceptance
- Apply for Tourist Signage
- Development contribution costs - Request for reconsideration
- Local Community Support
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Community
Community
Ngā Hapori
- Arts, Culture and Heritage
- Citizenship Ceremonies
- Community Associations and Groups
- Community Connect
- Community Funding
- Community Research
- Community Stories
- Community Wellbeing
- Economic Development
- Emergency Management
- Energy Saving Tips
- Event Planning and Venues
- Manaaki
- Managing the risk of wildfire
- Māori Community
- Newcomers Guide
- Population and Demand
- Summerdaze
- Tuia Programme
- Welcoming Communities
- Venue Hire
Text Alerts
Join our community text alert database and hear first hand about any issues affecting your community.
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Recreation
Recreation
Kā mahi a te rēhia
- Queenstown Events Centre
- Wānaka Recreation Centre
- Paetara Aspiring Central
- Swim
- Learn to Swim
- Golf
- Kids Recreation
- Sport & Rec Venues and Contacts
- Courts and Fields
- Memberships - Join Today
- Join the Sport & Rec Team
- Responsible Camping
- Parks and Walkways
- Lakes and Boating
- Mountain Biking
- Horse Riding
- Physiotherapy
- Playgrounds
- School Holiday Programmes
- Sport & Recreation Capital Projects
- Sport and Recreation Facilities Code Of Conduct
Responsible Camping
We have new rules on freedom camping. Make sure you know before you go!
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Your Council
Your Council
Te Kaunihera ā-rohe
- Careers
- Climate Change and Biodiversity
- Consultations
- Council Documents
- Council Meetings
- Council Projects
- District Plan
- Elected Members
- Elections
- Fast-track Approvals Act
- LGOIMA (information) requests
- Media Centre
- News and Updates
- News
- Newsletter Archive
- Our Strategic Framework
- Sister Cities
- User Fees and Charges
Elected Members
Get to know your elected members and how to contact them.
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Your Council
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Council Documents
- Annual Plans
- Annual Reports
- Archived Agendas & Minutes
- Asset Management Plans
- Awarded Council Contracts
- Bylaws
- Long Term Plan (LTP)
- Monthly Reports
- National Policy Statement - Urban Development 2020 (NPS-UD)
- Policies
- Pre-election reports
- Queenstown Lakes Spatial Plan
- Reserve Management Plans
- Section 10A Reports
- Small Community Plans
- Strategies and Publications
- Submissions from QLDC
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Council Projects
- Project Tohu
- Queenstown Town Centre Arterial
- McPhee Park Playground
- Blue-Green Network Plan
- Frankton Track Wastewater Upgrades
- Aubrey Road Wastewater Pipe Upgrades
- Luggate Water Upgrades
- Kingston Infrastructure Works
- Queenstown Town Centre Street Upgrades
- Way To Go
- Our Water Done Well
- Upper Clutha Wastewater Conveyance Scheme
- Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant Stage 3 upgrades
- Short term approach for managing wastewater discharge
- Long term solution for Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Smart Water Meters Trial
- Environmental Monitoring System
- Lakeview Development
- Mount Iron Reserve Management Plan
- Project Manawa
- Wānaka Airport Certification
- Wānaka Airport Future Review
- Improving housing outcomes
- Queenstown Lakes Home Strategy
- Upgraded Two Mile UV Treatment Plant
- Frankton Road Watermain Upgrades
- Glenorchy Water Treatment Upgrades
- Upper Clutha Safety Improvements Programme
- Cardrona Valley Water Supply Scheme
- Schools to pool active travel route
- All-weather turf at Queenstown Events Centre
- Arthurs Point to Queenstown shared path
- Ballantyne Road Upgrade
- Cardrona Valley Wastewater Upgrade
- Glenorchy Reservoirs
- Frankton Campground
- Frankton Stormwater Upgrade
- Marine Parade Upgrades
- Mayoral Housing Affordability Taskforce
- Shotover Country Borefield and Treatment Plant
- Proposed Visitor Levy
- Ladies Mile Masterplan
- Recreation Ground Wastewater Pump Station and Rising Main
- Luggate Memorial Centre
- Te Kararo Queenstown Gardens
- Western Wānaka Water Supply Upgrade
- Shotover Bridge Water and Wastewater Main
- Te Tapuae Southern Corridor
- Glenorchy Marina Carpark
- Wānaka Lakefront Development Plan
- Travel Demand Management Programme
- Peninsula Bay Reserve Regeneration
- Merton Park Playground
- Tucker Beach closed landfill rehabilitation
- QEC Indoor Court Expansion
- 101 Ballantyne Road Remediation
- Energy upgrades at Aquatic facilities
- Reconsenting Lake Hayes water take
- Mount Iron Trail Plan
- Project Tohu Trail Network
- Glenorchy Flood Resilience
- Peter Fraser Park Playground
- Fernhill Recreation Reserve Playground
- Otago Central Lakes Regional Deal
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District Plan
- Operative District Plan
- Proposed District Plan
- ePlans
- National Policy Statement-Urban Development (District Plan Amendments)
- Urban Intensification Variation
- Te Pūtahi Ladies Mile Variation
- Private Plan Change 1 - The Hills Resort Zone
- Private Plan Change 2 – Arrowtown South
- Upper Clutha Landscape Schedules Variation
- Priority Area Landscape Schedules
- Special Zones Review
- District Plan Maps
- A Guide to Plan Changes
- Planning Matters - Planning & Development Newsletter
- Private Plan Changes
- Detached Minor Residental Units (DMRUs)
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