Mackenzie District Council

Mackenzie District Council is the local authority for the Mackenzie District. The Mackenzie District Council covers an area of approximately 746,000 hectares, one of the largest Councils in terms of its land area. Its geography is dominated by the iconic Aoraki Mount Cook, Lakes Tekapo and Pukaki and the Mackenzie basin. The district includes the towns of Fairlie, Lake Tekapo, and Twizel and the alpine village of Mount Cook. Four ski fields, golf courses, the National Rowing facilities at Lake Ruataniwha, the Dark Sky Reserve and Mt John Observatory and numerous walks and cycleways has driven significant national and international tourism growth one million people visited Aoraki Mt Cook in 2018. The Council is committed to managing this growth in a manner sensitive to this iconic environment - seeing peace and serenity as an asset and making decisions that will leave things better for future generations. With a small rate payer base and large geographic area we need to dare to ...