Subdivision consent for a 300-plus housing development on the former Wakatipu High School site is expected to be lodged within a month and physical work could start before winter. Mr Twyford said KiwiBuild bought the 4ha site from the Ministry of Education and had worked with Ngai Tahu Property on the proposed development. An artist's impression shows what Ngai Tahu Property's planned development at the former Wakatipu High School site may look like. Mr Boult said it was pleasing to see the former high school site being "recycled for future use" and described the housing development as an "enormous step in the right direction" to help address affordability issues in the resort. He said there was "no better party" to develop the site than Ngai Tahu, which would bring with it a "social responsibility" which was needed.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 28, 2019 15:49 UTC