The Upper Clutha Rugby Club and Luggate Albion Cricket Club
yesterday won Wanaka Community Board support for new
long-term leases over reserves to future-proof their sports.
Wanaka Community Board chairman Lyal Cocks hopes the Damper
Bay resource consent case can be resolved without going to
the High Court for a judicial review but yesterday he could
not reveal how negotiations with the developer were going.
Frisbee fans had a nervous wait at the Wanaka Community Board
meeting yesterday to see if their hopes for a disc golf
course at Lismore Park would fly as board members re-debated
the merits of the proposal.
A pay dispute between the Wanaka Community Board and the
Queenstown Lakes District Council has been settled for now -
somewhat reluctantly on the Wanaka board's part.
Frisbee fans say a disc golf course at Lismore Park in Wanaka
will better utilise the massive reserve, despite opposition
from the Wanaka Residents Association, which claims the
pursuit is too sporty.
A company wanting to start a water ball tourist business on
Lake Wanaka will first have to demonstrate the operation to
the satisfaction of the Wanaka Community Board, it was
decided on Tuesday.
Retiring Mayor Clive
Geddes warned of the risks of what he called inappropriate
rural development between Wanaka and Wanaka Airport at his
last meeting with the Wanaka Community Board on Tuesday.
Tempers flared at a
committee meeting yesterday as a Wanaka Community Board
member refused to be silenced during a spat about the
Queenstown Airport shares sales controversy.
