Remarkables Park staff could park here for free, but these will now be leased out for $1300 plus GST per park per annum. Anger is being expressed by businesses at Queenstown’s Remarkables Park facing a squeeze on staff parking. Shopping centre management’s told tenants 115 unsealed parks on the Hawthorne Dr/Cherry Blossom Ave corner will no longer be available for staff parking — instead, they’ll be leased out to businesses, from April 1, for $1300 plus GST per year. Ricky Proctor, who owns Queenstown Furniture Gallery and BedsRus, was told his staff can use four parks in an area behind several buildings, including his one, out of 119 altogether. He says ‘‘we’ve been having about eight staff carparks for the last five years’’.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 11, 2026 16:12 UTC