The battle for Queenstown’s skies

The battle for Queenstown’s skies
Paul McBeth
Queenstown-Lakes District Council started hearing from its constituents this week about its far-ranging vision for how the district will look in 30 years’ time.If the 799 pages of written submissions are anything to go by, the hearings will be the classic local government mix of the eclectic and eccentric, the organised lobbyists, and the bizarrely insightful.The general thrust of the draft spatial plan is how to prepare the region for growth, and lots of it.There’s plenty to applaud in the document, and many submissions agree with...

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