Tasman District Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o te tai o Aorere) is the unitary local authority for the

Tasman District Tasman District () is a local government district in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand. It borders the Canterbury Region, West Coast Region, Marlborough Region and Nelson City. It is administered by the Tasman District Council, ...

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. The council is led by the

mayor of Tasman The mayor of Tasman is the head of the municipal government of Tasman District, New Zealand. The mayor is directly elected using the First-past-the-post voting, first-past-the-post electoral system. The current mayor has, since the 2019 local el ...

, who is currently . Tasman elects its 13 councillors from five different wards: three from Motueka, three from Moutere/Waimea, four from Richmond, one from Murchison and two from

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History

The council was formed in 1989, replacing Richmond Borough Council (1891–1989), Motueka County Council (1900–1989), Golden Bay County Council (1956–1989), and Waimea County Council (1876–1989). After the

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Tasman,

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and Kaikoura District Council were under the

Nelson-Marlborough Regional Council The Nelson-Marlborough Regional Council was one of 13 Regions of New Zealand, regional councils established through the passing of the Local Government Act 1987. The council was established in the 1989 local government reforms, but disestablished on ...

. The regional council was disestablished three years later in 1992 and Tasman, Nelson and Marlborough became

unitary authorities A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...

. The regional functions for Kaikoura were transferred to the

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. Golden Bay and Motueka wards also have community boards, each with four elected members, who work with the Council to support their local community. In 2020, the council had 289 staff, including 63 earning more than $100,000. According to the right-wing Taxpayers' Union think tank, residential rates averaged $3,186, and only

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and

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had higher rates.

Committees

Council members meet each month as a full council. There are also six council committees: Regulatory, Strategy and Policy, Operations, Audit and Risk, CEO Review and Commercial. Tasman District Council also has representatives on several joint committees with

: Community Development, Engineering Services, Environmental Planning, Tasman Regional Transport, Joint Shareholders Committee, the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit, the Regional Pest Management Joint Committee, and the Saxton Field Committee. The two councils also have a joint District Licensing Committee, which deals with all alcohol licensing matters.

Current councillors

The thirteen councillors for the 2019 to 2022 local government period are: *Stuart Bryant (deputy mayor), Lakes Murchison ward *Celia Butler, Golden Bay ward *Chris Hill, Golden Bay ward *Barry Downer, Motueka ward *David Ogilvie, Motueka ward *Trindi Walker, Motueka ward *Anne Turley, Moutere/Waimea ward *Christeen Mackenzie, Moutere/Waimea ward *Dean McNamara, Moutere/Waimea ward *Kit Maling, Richmond ward *Trevor Tufnell, Richmond ward *Dana Wensley, Richmond ward *Mark Greening, Richmond ward

References

External links

Tasman District Council

Top of the South Maps
from Tasman District Council and

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