Next Generation

Next Generation

Welcoming Hannah MacDonald to the Trust. With a batchelor in Commerce and a law degree currently on hold – Hannah brings an exciting skill sets to the Trust being creator, host, producer and everything else inbetween of ‘the love out of lemons’ podcast. A podcast...
First Tenant, Kiwi Harvest

First Tenant, Kiwi Harvest

ODT article 13 Dec 2023Christmas has come early for one Queenstown charity, which just four months ago was on borrowed time. In August, the former government announced it was slashing its national food sector budget by almost 90%, from $11 million a year to just over...
Architects Designs

Architects Designs

Since securing the land, the Trust have been working with Award winning Architects Wingates who designed the Kollective in Tauranga.  After two stakeholder engagement sessions in April and May 2023, the results and conceptual designs were revealed to those...
Founding Chair Stands Down

Founding Chair Stands Down

Founding Whakatipu Community Hub Chair Stands Down The man whose vision of a community hub that houses suitable, specifically designed spaces for community groups in an environment that encourages sharing of resources is standing down as Chair for health reasons, but...
Lease Approved

Lease Approved

Press release from Whakatipu Community Hub Charitable Trust29th March 2023 Huge Leap forward for Urgently Needed Facility Queenstown Lakes District Councillors have unanimously approved a lease that will enable the construction of the long planned Whakatipu Community...
Support Needed

Support Needed

COPY OF THE QLDC PRESS RELEASE Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is asking for community feedback on a proposed lease of land at the north-eastern edge of the Queenstown Events Centre to the Whakatipu Community Hub Charitable Trust (WCHCT). If granted a lease,...