New Plymouth District Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Ngāmotu) is the

territorial authority Territorial authorities are the second tier of local government in New Zealand, below regional councils. There are 67 territorial authorities: 13 city councils, 53 district councils and the Chatham Islands Council. District councils serve a c ...

for the

New Plymouth District The New Plymouth District is one of the districts of New Zealand within Taranaki. It includes the city of New Plymouth and smaller towns such as Inglewood, Ōakura and Waitara. In 1989, as a part of New Zealand-wide reorganisation of local gove ...

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. The council consists of the

mayor of New Plymouth The Mayor of New Plymouth is the head of municipal government of New Plymouth District, New Zealand. Since the 2022 local elections, the mayor is elected directly using the single transferable vote electoral system; prior to that, first-past-the-p ...

, , and 14 ward councillors.

Composition

Councillors

* Mayor: * New Plymouth Ward: 10 councillors * North Ward: two councillors * South-West Ward: two councillors

Community board

* Clifton Community Board: four members * Inglewood Community Board: four members * Kaitake Community Board: four members * Waitara Community Board: four members

History

New Plymouth Province was established in 1853, renamed Taranaki Province in 1859, and disestablished in 1876. The current council was established in 1989, by merging

New Plymouth New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. ...

City Council with Clifton County Council (established in 1885), Inglewood County Council (established in 1902), and Waitara County Council (established in 1904).Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966: Inglewood
/ref> One of New Plymouth District Council’s goals is to preserve the local

cultural heritage Cultural heritage is the heritage of tangible and intangible heritage assets of a group or society that is inherited from past generations. Not all heritages of past generations are "heritage"; rather, heritage is a product of selection by soci ...

items, such as buildings, structures and areas, archaeological and waahi tapu sites.

References

External links

Official website
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