Otago Daily Times: Queenstown Lakes

Northern help for skinks

Northern help for skinks

Auckland Zoo has launched a sponsorship programme to help protect endangered Otago skinks in the Grandview Range, near Wanaka.

Gold fossicker stumbles on plane engine

Gold fossicker stumbles on plane engine

The engine from a Royal New Zealand Air Force Harvard that crashed in Mt Aspiring National Park 60 years ago, killing one of the two men on board, has been discovered.

Unlimited parking

Unlimited parking

Time restrictions on car parking in the Queenstown Gardens will be temporarily removed next week while the Queenstown Lakes District Council resurfaces the Park St footpath.

Affordable housing project community consultation urged

A report into a planned ''boutique'' rental housing development in Arrowtown, valued at more than $3.5 million, recommends the community be consulted over the proposal, Local Government Act 2012 requirements appearing to have been satisfied.

Application withdrawn

With the threat of a judicial review no longer hanging, Queenstown Gateway Ltd has withdrawn its latest resource consent application for its $125 million retail complex as it was essentially the same application as the one granted last year.

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