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Queenstown Lakes District Council - Latest News [Page 4]

Ongoing Support For Kingston As Lake Levels Start To Recede

Friday, 24 October 2025, 12:53 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

A district-wide Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) was set up by QLDC and EMO yesterday to respond to rising lake levels and other issues caused by heavy rain and strong winds. More >>

QLDC Emergency Operations Centre Re Localised Flooding

Thursday, 23 October 2025, 5:35 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

MetService has road snowfall warnings in place for the Crown Range Road and Lindis Pass from 6.00-11.00pm tonight. More >>

Ecological Regeneration Project Planned For Peninsula Bay Reserve

Thursday, 23 October 2025, 5:07 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

Replanting of the site is planned for autumn 2026, with around 4,400 eco-sourced native shrubs and trees to be established over five years. Te Kākano nursery will play a key role in propagating and providing native seedlings for this project. More >>

Emergency Operations Centre Set Up To Co-ordinate Response To Localised Flooding

Thursday, 23 October 2025, 1:29 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

QLDC-led group using monitoring data from Otago Regional Council and working with Emergency Management Otago to update community on potential flooding. More >>

Overnight Closures To Glenda Drive In Frankton For Pavement Replacement

Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 12:46 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) General Manager Property & Infrastructure, Tony Avery said the work on Glenda Drive was being carried out at night to avoid the significant disruption likely from trying to complete it during the day. More >>

Final Results Announced In QLDC Local Election

Thursday, 16 October 2025, 4:48 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

These final results see a change in the election outcome from those signaled in the progress update and preliminary results. More >>

Queenstown Lakes’ Annual Quality Of Life Survey Now Open

Monday, 13 October 2025, 1:33 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

While a group of people have been randomly selected from the electoral roll and invited to participate in the online survey, all ratepayers and anyone living in the district and aged 18 and over can take part in the survey. More >>

Progress Results Announced In QLDC Local Election

Saturday, 11 October 2025, 2:20 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

The outcome of these elections may change once all votes have been counted. More >>

Assessment Of Housing And Business Capacity In Queenstown Lakes District Adopted

Friday, 10 October 2025, 3:05 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

Delivered in partnership with ORC, the assessment analyses the current and projected supply of land for housing and business in the district over the short, medium and long term. More >>

Freedom Camping Bylaw 2025 Adopted In Queenstown Lakes District

Friday, 10 October 2025, 2:05 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

Council approved the new bylaw at yesterday’s public meeting, to come into effect on 1 December 2025. More >>

Mayor Disappointed By String Of Arson Attacks

Wednesday, 8 October 2025, 4:41 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

The deliberate destruction of a One NZ cell site in downtown Wānaka — the second such attack in as many weeks — is not only reckless, but it puts the safety and wellbeing of our residents and visitors at risk. More >>

Hāwea Wastewater Network – Guidance For New Connections

Tuesday, 30 September 2025, 12:48 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

Council is delivering major upgrades to the Upper Clutha wastewater network, which are scheduled for completion by early 2027. More >>

Additional Parking Spaces For Queenstown’s Stanley Street Site By Christmas

Thursday, 25 September 2025, 12:02 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

Upgrades at the site include laying down a new surface, making improvements to vehicle circulation, and stormwater and dust issues in the area, and installing new lighting too. More >>

Retrospective Consent Regarding Wastewater Discharge Publicly Notified

Sunday, 21 September 2025, 2:09 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

QLDC General Manager Property & Infrastructure, Tony Avery said he was pleased with ORC’s progress to date and that the matter was now before the public. More >>

Plan To Guide Growth Locked In For Te Tapuae Southern Corridor

Tuesday, 16 September 2025, 10:34 am | Queenstown Lakes District Council

The Plan – a 30-year roadmap that identifies where homes, shops, and parks go, how people get around and where key services are placed and staged – aims to ensure land at the foot of the Remarkables remains a highly desirable place where people ... More >>

QLDC Awards More Than 1300 Passes For Community Groups To Get Active

Monday, 15 September 2025, 3:35 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

QLDC Community Partnerships Advisor Marie Schmidt said the passes were a great way to get more people active, particularly those who may not have the means, or confidence, to access sport and recreation facilities. More >>

Highest Vote Underway – Voting In 2025 Local Elections Now Open

Tuesday, 9 September 2025, 9:56 am | Queenstown Lakes District Council

Voting opens today, Tuesday 9 September, & runs until 12 noon on Saturday 11 October. Residents will be voting for the elected positions of Mayor, Councillors, and Wānaka-Upper Clutha Community Board members, with these positions representing their communities ... More >>

Queenstown Lakes Advances Zero Waste Goals With New Waste Management And Minimisation Plan

Friday, 5 September 2025, 1:57 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

The 2025 Plan also strengthens monitoring, data collection, and infrastructure investment to support long-term waste reduction across the district. More >>

Abandoned Vessels To Be Removed From Eely Point Reserve

Thursday, 4 September 2025, 10:58 am | Queenstown Lakes District Council

QLDC Parks Manager Dave Winterburn noted that an increasing number of vessels have been left along the Wānaka Lakefront from the Yacht Club around Eely Point to Bremner Bay. More >>

QLDC Excited To Launch Welcoming Week

Wednesday, 27 August 2025, 4:27 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council

All events are organised and run by different community groups and not-for-profit organisations in the district. Mana Tāhuna will formally open Welcoming Week with a mihi whakatau. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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