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Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) will close Mount Iron Reserve between 12.00pm-6.00am for the next three days from Thursday 11 January 2024 to Saturday 13 January 2024 due to extreme risk of wildfire, and is asking residents and visitors to avoid the ...

As hot temperatures are forecast for parts of the South Island on Thursday an extreme fire risk has closed a Wānaka reserve, while in Canterbury,...

The popular Mount Iron Recreation Reserve will be periodically closed to the public for most of the next three days because of extreme fire risks...

Annually, more than 1,700 children across the district learn an essential life skill thanks to Queenstown Lakes District Council’s (QLDC) Swim School. Now that service has been recognised with a ‘platinum standard’ rating for Alpine Aqualand and ...

Arrowtown’s much-loved outdoor swimming pool opens for another season on Saturday 2 December with a community fun day. Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is hosting the event from 11.00am. There’ll be relay races, spot prizes to be won ...

Offensive names referencing rape and paedophilia have alarmed Queenstown police and accommodation providers ahead of a major running event in the...

Queenstown's Alpine Aqualand swimming pool will reopen at weekends from this Saturday. The Queenstown Lakes District Council was forced to shut the...

If you are thinking of heading to the public swimming pools to cool down- you might find the doors shut.

Toxic mould has been discovered behind the cladding of a council-owned building in Queenstown.

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