On Wednesday 12 November, we held our 2025 AGM at Queenstown Events Centre. We were delighted to host deputy mayor Quentin Smith, who gave a presentation about the ‘Growth Conundrum’ faced by Queenstown Lakes district. Quentin’s presentation laid out the facts: our district is growing fast, and the pressure is showing up everywhere: on our roads, in […]
A few months ago, Otago Regional Councillor Alexa Forbes emailed us that a renowned European urban planner/designer who had made legendary changes in Barcelona was coming to New Zealand and together we invited him down to Queenstown and see if we could learn anything. Our idea was to tour an old, a medium old and […]
A Central Otago couple creates the country’s first fossil-fuel-free cherry orchard, using electricity, solar power and an electric tractor.
If we are ever going to address the concern that there is ‘too much’, we need to define and unpick what ‘too much’ means.
Is it simply a function of numbers, or maybe it’s the type and extent of impact?
Where do cultural behaviours fit into this?
If we can verbalise ‘too much’, we can work to find the Goldilocks ‘sweet spot’.
Old Cromwell – community engagement was undertaken with Cromwell residents to brainstorm the improvements they would like to see on the waterfront area between Butchers Drive and the Clutha and Kawerau River junction.
Luggate, a small rural roadside township on the fringe of Queenstown-Lakes – just a 12 minute drive from Wanaka. Luggate flies under the radar, so much so, that the last long-term vision was carried out in 2003!
Define your vision, determine your future. Expressing your opinion has the ability to shape the course of public matters.
Queenstown State Highway 6/6a roundabout is in the spotlight to receive some stop-go lights.
July 2022, we embarked on a tour of Southland District, producing a district-wide long-term vision for Southland bringing together the distinct but separated communities, with a particular focus on engaging with rural Southland, mana whenua and the districts’ youth.
