Holiday alert: Please note that kerbside collections between 25-27 December and 1-3 January will be pushed out a day (even recyclers need a holiday). For more on Rubbish & Recycling in our district, see our dedicated webpage.

Council offices will close at midday Wednesday 24 December 2025 and reopen 8.00am Monday 5 January 2026. For urgent issues, call us on 03 441 0499 (Queenstown) or 03 443 0024 (Wānaka). For non-urgent issues, please us the Snap Send Solve App. We hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Sports NZ Rural Travel Fund

A travel subsidy is available to assist the development of junior sport in rural communities.

This is available to organisations and schools with participants aged between 5 and 19 years playing sport for a club or school club who meet the rural travel fund criteria (the fund is not available for travelling to regional or national events).

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Funding criteria

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How to apply

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Funding criteria

The following criteria are applied when considering applications for funding:

  • School club teams – a school club team participating in regular local sport competition out of school time, which excludes inter-school and intra-school competitions played during school time.

  • Sports club teams – a sports club team participating in organised, regular sport competition through club membership outside of school time.

For more information, check out the Rural Travel Fund Guidelines below.

How to apply

Applications close Thursday 31 October 2025 (midnight).

You can download the Sport New Zealand Rural Travel Fund Application Form or pick up a hard copy from Council offices on Gorge Road, Queenstown and Ardmore Street, Wānaka.

Any questions?

Jan Maxwell - Arts and Events Facilitator

03 441 0469 or 027 233 7934

jan.maxwell@qldc.govt.nz