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21/05/2012
Lakes Leisure may take over Frankton golf course

Lakes Leisure may take over Frankton golf course

Queenstown council’s Lakes Leisure is likely to take over the assets of the popular Frankton »»

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Queenstown council boss calls it quits

Queenstown council boss calls it quits

Queenstown Lakes District Council chief executive Debra Lawson has announced she’s quitting »»

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Sticking up for Arrowtown

Sticking up for Arrowtown

Arrowtown ward councillor Lex Perkins is a staunch community man.  Perkins knows what’s »»

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Vacant land owners’ big rates win

Vacant land owners are the big winners in Queenstown’s proposed rates changes.  The overall contribution to Queenstown Lakes District Council’s general rate haul by developers and land bankers would drop from 17 per cent to 12.  Council finance boss Stewart Burns says the »»

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Burns: ‘It’s no bed tax’

Burns: ‘It’s no bed tax’

Queenstown Lakes District Council finance boss Stewart Burns wants you to know the controversial »»

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Developer and planner join Lakes Environmental board

Developer and planner join Lakes Environmental board

A developer and private planner have been appointed directors of Queenstown Lakes District »»

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Mayor stamps brand on new council plan

Capped rates, dropping debt, deferred expenditure – Queens­town’s new council plan has mayor Vanessa van Uden’s stamp all over it.  The new 10-year plan was publicly released on Easter Saturday, after being provisionally approved at last Tuesday’s council »»

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Council boss Lawson stares down rumours

Council boss Lawson stares down rumours

Queenstown Lakes District Council’s chief executive Debra Lawson is hosing down rumours »»

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Proposed rates changes – are you a winner or loser?

Proposed rates changes – are you a winner or loser?

There are winners and losers in proposed rating changes proposed at today’s (Tuesday) »»

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Queenstown mulls 50 cents a day visitor levy

Queenstown mulls 50 cents a day visitor levy

Queenstown Lakes District Council proposes a visitor levy which it’s calling the next best »»

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