As the Queenstown Lakes district shows continuing signs of growth fatigue, residents are being surveyed about the impact on their quality of life.
The district council has sent letters to 12,500 residents, randomly selected from the electoral roll, inviting them to participate.
In the letter, council chief executive Mike Theelen writes the district has grown "really fast".
"There are more people, more tourists, more traffic, more everything."
The Quality of Life survey covered topics such as growth, incomes, community connections, safety and personal resilience.
"If we know what the community thinks and feels about these issues we can work with our partners to do something about them."
Council strategy and performance manager Michelle Morss told the Otago Daily Times the online survey was replacing the annual resident and ratepayer survey, which was held for the final time in July and August.
The majority of the questions in the new survey had never been asked by the council before.
"This is a very progressive survey for a small district council, but extremely important in order to understand the pressures of growth."
It had been timed so it could feed into the preparation of the 2019-20 annual plan.
A report on the survey’s results was expected to be completed by November, and the data would eventually be made available to the public.
It had more immediate aims than the "vision for 2050" process begun by Mayor Jim Boult in August, she said.
"It speaks to today’s lifestyle and the stresses and strains of day-to-day living.
"Some of the results may help to shape longer-term public thinking in this space, but that’s not the intent of the survey."
The survey is being carried out by Versus Research at a cost of $36,000.
