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Be part of our future.
Since 2011 we have been engaging with our community on a range of topics.
Over 2000 community members have spent over 4000 volunteer hours working collectively to influence policy-making in the Queenstown Lakes District.
We have helped shape policy using public forums and task forces to create reports and deliver recommendations that reflect community consensus. We have relied on a well-tested formula, involving a public forum leading to a volunteer task force creating a strategy report, which goes back to the forum to become endorsed and presented as recommendations to the government.
Our world changes and our methods of engaging have too. We use surveys, online sessions and host talks as ways of getting a conversation started with you.
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In the last decade New Zealand has experienced some of its fastest population growth, with 5.3 million people now living in Aotearoa.![]()
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Figures released by Stats NZ show the population increase since 2018 is roughly equivalent to adding two cities the size of Hamilton.![]()
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New Zealand's population had grown by an average of 1.3 percent a year since 2018, with the South Island growing at a slightly faster rate of 1.4 percent a year.![]()
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In the five years to December 2023, New Zealand's population grew from 4.94 million to 5.31 million.![]()
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The Queenstown Lakes District has seen the second largest growth at 3.7 percent a year, mainly driven by internal migration![]()
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#populationnz #migrationnz #Populationincrease #queenstown #queenstownlife #wanaka #lovewanaka
Our recent board meeting saw in depth discussions around the Gibbston Community Visioning Workshop, the future of downtown Queenstown, Urban Design, Fast Track & Hawea Flats![]()
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#Gibbston #Queenstown #UrbanDesign #FastTrack #Hawea
Join us to discuss your visions for the future of the Gibbston community. What does Gibbston mean to you, what does it look like & how can you help to achieve it?![]()
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#Gibbston #Queenstown #QueenstownLife
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Share our successes;
Be part of our future.
Since 2011 we have been engaging with our community on a range of topics.
Over 2000 community members have spent over 4000 volunteer hours working collectively to influence policy-making in the Queenstown Lakes District.
We have helped shape policy using public forums and task forces to create reports and deliver recommendations that reflect community consensus. We have relied on a well-tested formula, involving a public forum leading to a volunteer task force creating a strategy report, which goes back to the forum to become endorsed and presented as recommendations to the government.
Our world changes and our methods of engaging have too. We use surveys, online sessions and host talks as ways of getting a conversation started with you.
Latest News
Current Actions
Past Actions
“We are in the right place and moment, so we have to act collectively and act now.”
FRANCO, Forum participant
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