QLDC

A Queenstown resident is concerned information about the Queenstown Lakes District Council's plans to remove several trees - including 11 eucalyptus species - along the Frankton Track is ''misleading''.

With both the Queenstown and Frankton cemeteries nearly full, the Queenstown Lakes District Council will decide tomorrow whether to approve layout plans for a new cemetery.

To help residents understand the district plan review and gather suggestions, the Queenstown Lakes District Council will hold roadshows at Queenstown and Wanaka supermarkets.

Queenstown Lakes District Council organisational review which begins today is chief executive Adam Feeley's ''No 1 priority''.

Senior Queenstown Lakes District Council staff will review before Christmas ''a number'' of options for new council headquarters in the resort.

The simplicity of turning on a tap and filling a glass with treated water belies the huge cost and effort involved with water infrastructure.

A freedom camping bylaw could be ratified by the Queenstown Lakes District Council before Christmas.

Those living and working in flood-prone businesses and households will be reminded of the risk this week when staff from the Queenstown Lakes District Council and the Otago Regional Council start their annual flood awareness campaign.

Space is an issue when it comes to recycling in central Queenstown, businesses say.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council spent more than $130,000 during the three-year arbitration process to come to an agreement over Lakes Leisure's fast hydroslide.

Crystallised objectives in a new progress report, a revamped website and a renewed push to engage Queenstown Lakes district residents underscore the ongoing Shaping Our Future initiative, proponents say.

Two long-running Queenstown Lakes plan changes will become operative or partially operative from November 15.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council is undertaking tree work which is expected to continue until the end of the month.