26 Mar 2025

Protesters picket in bid to stop Queenstown council sewage plan

From Checkpoint, 4:43 pm on 26 March 2025

Treated wastewater could pour into a Queenstown river within days despite protesters pleading for councillors not to treat it like a sewer. The Queenstown Lakes District Council plans to use emergency powers to let 12,000 cubic metres of treated sewage into the Shotover River every day. Tess Brunton reports from Queenstown.