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!

Tents, Marquees and Similar Lightweight Structures

If your event will involve tents, marquees or similar lightweight structures, we recommend you check the Building Act to understand whether consent is required.

Criteria from the Building Act

If your proposed tent/marquee fits the Building Act 2004, Schedule 1, Item 5 as below, then Building Consent or application for exemption is not needed:

Where the proposed tent/marquee does not fit the above criterial for one or more reasons, then an exemption can and usually is granted under Schedule 1, Item 2:

 

Where to find more information

Further details on exemptions to Building Consent requirement are detailed in the Building Services section of our website.

Building Services