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Overflow Reported At Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant
Monday, 15 January 2024, 3:03 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Council contractors and officers are responding urgently to an overflow of partially treated wastewater from one of the oxidation ponds at Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant, after the pond overtopped today. Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) ... More >>
Reserve Closure Lifted For Mount Iron Reserve From Sunday Morning
Saturday, 13 January 2024, 1:57 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) plans to lift the daily partial closures for Mount Iron Reserve from Sunday 14 January at 6.00am. The fire indices which indicate levels to trigger a closure, as outlined in QLDC’s Wildfire Reserve Closure and ... More >>
Reserve Closure In Place For Mount Iron Reserve
Wednesday, 10 January 2024, 4:24 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) will close Mount Iron Reserve between 12.00pm-6.00am for the next three days from Thursday 11 January 2024 to Saturday 13 January 2024 due to extreme risk of wildfire, and is asking residents and visitors to avoid the ... More >>
Water Restrictions In Place For Locations Around The Queenstown Lakes District
Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 6:14 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has implemented water restrictions in several locations around the district, and is asking the community to conserve water as much as possible. Due to a significant increase in usage, water alert level 1 restrictions ... More >>
Sunshine Bay Safe For Swimming And Other Recreational Water Activities
Friday, 5 January 2024, 11:12 am | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Results from testing of water quality at Sunshine Bay in Queenstown have come back negative regarding contamination, after a wastewater overflow at the bottom of Arawata Terrace was reported to Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) on Monday 1 January ... More >>
Residents And Visitors Urged To Reduce Water Use Across The District
Friday, 22 December 2023, 12:36 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is encouraging residents and visitors to be ‘wai wise’ and conserve water, as demand for the precious resource soars early in the summer season. QLDC Infrastructure Operations Manager Simon Mason said a significant ... More >>
Land Purchase To Improve Waste Management Opportunities For Upper Clutha
Thursday, 21 December 2023, 7:45 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is pleased to confirm its successful bid to purchase 8.3ha of land at 189 Ballantyne Road, Wānaka. QLDC Solid Waste Contracts Manager Laura Gledhill said the newly acquired land is directly adjacent to the existing ... More >>
Core Infrastructure Upgrades Complete For Water Supply In Wānaka And Glenorchy
Wednesday, 20 December 2023, 10:22 am | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Improvements to capacity and resilience of the Queenstown Lakes District’s water network have been delivered in Wānaka and Glenorchy, with Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) completing the construction of new reservoirs in the two townships. ... More >>
Work Continues To Optimise Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant Following Repairs
Wednesday, 20 December 2023, 9:51 am | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) continues to work to optimise Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant, following urgent repairs to address an issue with the sludge processing and dewatering system at the facility. QLDC General Manager Property ... More >>
Queenstown Boil Water Notice Lifted
Saturday, 9 December 2023, 5:10 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has confirmed the boil water notice for remaining parts of Queenstown can now be lifted. Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Glyn Lewers said the news follows confirmation by Taumata Arowai that the requirements ... More >>
Repairs Underway To Address Issues At Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 4:16 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Urgent repairs are currently underway at the Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant to address an issue with the sludge processing and dewatering system at the facility. Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) General Manager Property & Infrastructure, ... More >>
QLDC Swim School Given Platinum Standard By Swimming NZ
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 11:40 am | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Annually, more than 1,700 children across the district learn an essential life skill thanks to Queenstown Lakes District Council’s (QLDC) Swim School. Now that service has been recognised with a ‘platinum standard’ rating for Alpine Aqualand and ... More >>
Celebrate Summer At Arrowtown Memorial Pool
Friday, 24 November 2023, 1:21 am | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Arrowtown’s much-loved outdoor swimming pool opens for another season on Saturday 2 December with a community fun day. Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is hosting the event from 11.00am. There’ll be relay races, spot prizes to be won ... More >>
Rainbow Run To Kick Start Summerdaze Events Programme
Friday, 24 November 2023, 1:19 am | Queenstown Lakes District Council
This weekend’s Night ‘n Day Rainbow Run in Frankton will officially launch this year’s Summerdaze programme of fun events organised or supported by Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC). QLDC Community Partnerships Manager Marie Day said ... More >>
Share Your Ideas To Help Shape The District’s Waste Management Minimisation Bylaw
Friday, 17 November 2023, 4:10 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Do you have ideas or insights that could help develop a Waste Management and Minimisation Bylaw for the district? Queenstown Lakes District Council Solid Waste Contract Manager Laura Gledhill said that QLDC is considering the issues a bylaw could help ... More >>
Councillors Adopt Cemeteries Bylaw 2023 | Kā Ture Urupā
Friday, 17 November 2023, 1:18 am | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Proposed changes to a bylaw that sets out how Council aims to care for and maintain the ten operational cemeteries across our district – from Skippers Canyon to Makarora – has been supported by public submissions and Councillors. Queenstown Lakes District ... More >>
Council Invites Feedback On Economic Diversification Plan
Friday, 10 November 2023, 12:29 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council
A draft economic diversification plan developed by Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) alongside local businesses and industry experts has been shared for public feedback. Queenstown Lakes District Councillor and local business owner Matt Wong ... More >>
Ceremony For Work To Start Inside Queenstown Cemetery
Thursday, 2 November 2023, 12:44 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council
A whakawātea ceremony is being held at Queenstown Cemetery/Urupā tomorrow (Friday, 3 November) to mark the start of restoration work after recent storm damage. A whakawātea is a ceremony to clear the way for the work to commence. Queenstown Lakes District ... More >>
Community Feedback Invited On Options To Enhance Wānaka’s Lismore Park And Peninsula Bay Reserve
Wednesday, 1 November 2023, 3:36 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Do you love Lismore Park or have a passion for Peninsula Bay Reserve? What are your favourite reasons for going there? Is there anything that would make you use them more? Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has published draft development plans ... More >>
Local Transition Period Extended In Queenstown To Support Recovery From Weather Event
Friday, 20 October 2023, 6:34 pm | Queenstown Lakes District Council
Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Glyn Lewers today approved a 28-day extension to the current local transition period following September’s extreme weather event. The heaviest rainfall in 24 years fell across the district overnight into Friday ... More >>