The Youth Booth opened its doors to reveal its new equipment, fittings and decorations, made possible by the generosity of the Peter Wilding estate and Wakatipu businesses, and to thank its invited guests for their backing over the years the centre operated on Stanley St.
After a welcome by Ngai Tahu kaumatua Dean Whaanga, guest speaker Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden said a decade of operations in a fast-moving resort like Queenstown was a long time and worth celebrating.
The Youth Booth was a place for young people to make friends, swap stories and feel safe, she said.
"I think this is a reflection of our community, the fact that the community came together to create such an absolutely fantastic venue."
Peter Wilding estate representative Graham Todd told guests the trustees were delighted to assist with the revamp. He hoped young people would enjoy their time in the facility.
"The youth of Queenstown play a critical part in this district and the future of it," Mr Todd said.
Wakatipu Youth Trust chairwoman Tanya Surrey paid tribute to past trustees of the Queenstown Life Trust for establishing what was formerly known as X-it Youth Centre in the early 2000s.
The trust officially merged with the Wakatipu District Youth Trust on April 1 last year, and the newly formed Wakatipu Youth Trust had gone from "strength to strength", Ms Surrey said.
Liv Ward (16), Maddi Skeggs (16), Jess Read (17), Georgina Wales (17) and Tomika Terry (17) took to the stage to explain the process they and four other teenagers worked on, with the guidance of Fluid Visual Communications, to create the new logo of the Youth Booth.
Team members discussed how they designed the logo to stand for youth, identity and Queenstown, using "warm and inviting" colours and a motif which would not date in 10 years time.
Youth worker Nathan Baxter thanked guests for their patronage and said the new-look Youth Booth would "build belonging" among young people and its programmes would continue to help them "go into life well-prepared".
