Queenstown-Lakes District Council 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 ...

for the Queenstown-Lakes District of New Zealand. The council has 11 members:

mayor of Queenstown-Lakes The mayor of Queenstown-Lakes in New Zealand presides over the Queenstown-Lakes District Council. The district council has existed since 1986 and there have been seven mayors so far. Queenstown-Lakes District Council In 1986, the Queenstown Boro ...

and 10 ward councillors.

Composition

Councillors

* Mayor * Queenstown-Wakatipu Ward: Valerie Miller, Craig Ferguson, Penny Clark, John MacDonald, Glyn Lewers, Niki Gladding * Wānaka Ward: Deputy Mayor Calum MacLeod, Niamh Shaw, Quentin Smith, * Arrowtown Ward: Heath Copland

Community boards

* Wānaka Community Board: Barry Bruce (Chair), Ed Taylor (Deputy Chair), Chris Hadfield, Councillor Niamh Shaw, Councillor Quentin Smith, Jude Battson, Deputy Mayor Calum MacLeod

History

The council was formed in 1989, replacing a council of the same name established in 1986.Department of Survey and Land Information cadastral map NZMS 261 sheet E43, 1986 edition This council was established through the merger of Queenstown Borough District (established in 1866),Fraser, B (editor), ''The New Zealand Book of Events.'' Reed Methuen, Auckland, 1986. Lake County Council (established in 1876), and Arrowtown Borough Council (established on 10 May 1877) ew Zealand Gazette#60, page 717 In 2020, the council had 442 staff, including 103 earning more than $100,000. According to the Taxpayers' Union think tank, residential rates averaged $2,744.

References

External links

Official website
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