The Lake Hawea community is willing to discuss ways of integrating a proposed special housing area (SHA) into the existing township but it will be ''without prejudice''.
That is the word from the Lake Hawea Community Association.
Chairwoman of the subcommittee formed to fight the SHA, April Mackenzie, told the Otago Daily Times the community was ''absolutely willing to engage'' in talks on how to integrate the proposed 400-lot subdivision.
However, she indicated outright opposition would continue.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council came close to recommending the SHA to the Government for final approval at its meeting earlier this month.
However, with Lake Hawea protesters in the room holding placards, and after hearing from speakers, the council postponed a decision until its December meeting to allow for more consultation over integration.
The idea came from Cr Scott Stevens who will lead the discussions which will involve the association, the Wanaka Community Board, other property developers in the area and the developer proposing the SHA Lane Hocking.
They are due to begin on Friday.
Ms Mackenzie said the council had ''lost the trust'' of the Lake Hawea community for the way it had assisted the SHA development.
The community had only ''very vague'' information about it, she said, and that meant the first priority would be for the developer and the council to explain the SHA's infrastructure and design.
One of the points the community could raise was the need to extend Capell Ave to provide another link between the established town and new subdivisions.
''It's not fully formed, but it needs to be.''
The Lake Hawea community has argued there is already enough land available in the township for new houses, and Ms Mackenzie believed sections in the SHA would be bought by speculators, despite measures designed to prevent that.
