Hunter Valley Station and Queenstown Lakes District Council have reached an interim agreement that Meads Road will be open to the public from now through the Christmas-New Year holiday period

QLDC Chief Executive Adam Feeley said that this would allow road access to the DOC camping area at Kidds Bush on the shore of Lake Hawea.

“While long-term arrangements regarding access through Meads Road remain to be resolved, we are pleased that this agreement will enable access over the holidays.”