The next stage of the Gibbston Valley Resort is about to get under way - it will include a golf course, on the riverside, along with accommodation units and homes. So to "protect our right to farm", the group created the Gibbston Valley Character Zone — adopted by the Queenstown Lakes District Council. Developer Graham Wilkinson wants to create sections for up to seven houses on 8.9ha of his land next to an established Gibbston vineyard. He would insist the purchasers of his sections use the affected party approval process to waive their rights to complain about vineyard activity. "If developers choose to throw money and money and money at the Environment Court … it’s pretty hard to defeat them, really.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 02, 2021 08:15 UTC