QLDC could so easily fix the risk in its draft Long Term Plan that it loses supermajority shareholder control of Queenstown Airport without any community consultation. But instead of addressing this risk, Council’s “correction/clarification” of my Lakes Weekly Bulletin (LWB) article sought to obfuscate, misinform and divert attention from the serious issues raised. Issues about which Council’s LWB response was silent.
An independent panel has approved resource consent, subject to conditions, to subdivide land for a housing development at Frankton-Ladies Mile Highway in Queenstown.
Queenstown Lakes mayor Glyn Lewers says the council needs more than just new debt tools to pay its whopping $1.5 BILLION water bill.
The Wild 2024 has become the latest Queenstown Lakes event to pull pin as economic pressures continue to bite.
New Zealand’s only cross-country ski area Snow Farm is celebrating its busiest season on record as it gears up to open its new $750,000 base building this month.
People are jumping on the buses in Queenstown in record numbers with a 51% increase year-on-year. Some 1,897,200 trips were taken on Orbus Queenstown from July 2023 to June 2024, exceeding all previous financial years.
Conservationist and long-term local Sararose Brown has been appointed as the new Operations Manager for the Whakatipu Reforestation Trust (WRT).
The road racing at the Paris Olympic Games may not have brought riches in terms of top-10 placings for Kiwi riders, but it did bring some remarkable scenes in remarkable settings, Cycling New Zealand says.
Queenstown Lakes District Council has appointed Katherine Harbrow as its new finance boss.
As he was launched off a two-metre ramp and into Vaire-sur-Marne white water course, New Zealand's Finn Butcher, a first-time Olympian, in a first-time Olympic sport known as a demolition derby on water, was on a collision course with history.
Auckland-based poet, author and playwright, Dominic Hoey, will perform an intimate night of poetry and storytelling at Sherwood this Friday. Local poets Bethany Rogers and Julian Noel will also join him to perform some poems at the start of the evening.
Trail-blazing plans to force property developers to pay towards affordable housing have been scrapped.
Queenstowners can expect significant overnight disruption as the Frankton BP Roundabout project moves to its next stage.
Queenstown Airport is donating $75,000 to local food rescue charity KiwiHarvest.
A plan to diversify Queenstown Lakes economy away from just tourism and construction has been given the greenlight.
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has been working with the community to develop a three-year Welcoming Plan for the district to ensure that all newcomers are able to thrive. The wider public are now being called on to share their thoughts
A freezing evening didn’t deter nearly a hundred locals from gathering at Rhyme x Reason Brewery in Wānaka on Wednesday night (30 July) to hear Wao Aotearoa director Monique Kelly launch this year’s summit.
The snow has fallen at the perfect time for the NZ Skiing Masters Championships. Competitors head to Coronet Peak this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, 3-4 August, for the first event of the calendar.
Queenstown Airport has increased its parking charges for the first time since 2019 - but it won't affect short stayers.
Queenstown Lakes District Council's plans for force property developers to pay towards affordable housing look to be dead in the water.
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