QLDC's Full Council Meeting held Thursday 29 May will not be livestreamed due to technical constraints with the venue. A recording will be made available on our website and YouTube channel soon after the meeting concludes.

Sister Cities

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Sister City relationships foster the growth of a mutual understanding and long-term friendship between countries and regions, as well as the communities within them. This bond allows for a continuous exchange of ideas and culture, and even facilitates development within the areas of trade and tourism.

Sister Cities aims to foster cross-border communications – a mutual exchange of ideas, people, and materials in a range of cultural, educational, youth, sports, municipal, professional, and technical projects. The establishment of sister city friendships stimulates interaction between people of different cultures and countries on a people-to-people basis.

QLDC enjoys a sister city relationship with Aspen, Colorado, USA. Queenstown also has a ‘friendship city’ relationship with Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, along with a Memorandum of Understanding with Ulsan City, in South Korea to work together on tourism and promotion.

If you would like to know more about our sister city relationships or may be interested in connecting with Queenstown Lakes District as a sister city, please get in touch:

governance@qldc.govt.nz