QLDC

Understanding every detail of what the Queenstown Lakes District Council does and determining the most important issues are the priorities of new council chief executive Adam Feeley after his first working week.

A family woman with experience of sport and recreation in Auckland will take control of all leisure activities and facilities for the Queenstown Lakes District Council.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council "wants to see some action" on reducing the use of treated water to cut infrastructure costs for ratepayers, Mayor Vanessa van Uden says.

Tomorrow, the Queenstown Lakes District Council will be asked to adopt a solution to even out the rates collected across the district.

After concerns from the Queenstown Lakes District Council and the public, it is recommended the council not adopt a draft proposal on establishing guaranteed fees for resource consent activities.

The proposal to provide "more certainty" about the cost of resource consent applications by way of a fixed price will result in simple applications subsidising more complex ones, some submitters say.

An elm tree on Centennial Ave in Arrowtown which was sawn in half and nailed back together, then died as a result, has added to the spate of trees being pruned without Queenstown Lakes District Council consent.

Labour Day means an extra day of rest for many, but Skippers Canyon Tourist operators will be praying for a full day's work, come October 22.

A proposal for a new sludge disposal option for the Project Pure waste water treatment plant in Wanaka has been dealt a major blow.

The Cardrona Residents' and Ratepayers' Association approves of the idea of piping the town's waste water to Wanaka for treatment - but wants the answer to one major question: how much would it cost?