District Plan

A prominent ratepayer is blasting Queenstown's council as "irresponsible" for appealing a damning judgment against it. The Environment Court last month found the council had misled the public by not making it clear, in a summary of district plan submissions,...

Vast swathes of rural Queenstown land will be protected under new plans to limit development. But no one seems particularly bothered - despite a local planning expert saying they "propose to remove existing landowner rights and expectations". Queenstown's council is consulting...