Whangarei District Council () is the

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Whangarei District Whangarei District is a territorial authority district in the Northland Region of New Zealand that is governed by the Whangarei District Council. The district is made up in area largely by rural land, and includes a fifth of the Northland Regio ...

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. The council consists of the mayor of Whangarei and 13 ward councillors, and is led by the mayor. has been the mayor since 2022.

History

Whangarei District Council was formed on 1 November 1989 by an amalgamation of Whangarei City Council, Whangarei County Council and Hikurangi Town Council as part of New Zealand's

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. It has always had six wards, electing thirteen councillors, but the composition of the wards has changed. The original six wards were Denby (the northern part of

Whangārei Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the largest settlement of the Northland Region. It is part of the Whangarei District, created in 1989 from the former Whangarei City, Whangarei County and Hikurangi Town councils to admi ...

city, with three councillors), Okara (the southern part of Whangārei city, with four councillors) and Bream Bay (two councillors), Coastal (two councillors), Hikurangi (one councillor) and Maungatapere (one councillor). In 2007, a new Whangarei Heads ward was created (one councillor) and the Coastal and Hikurangi communities were combined as the Hikurangi-Coastal ward (two councillors). In 2022, a district-wide Māori ward was created and Denby and Okara were merged as the Whangārei Urban ward.

Members

There are 13 councillors, representing a Māori ward (two councillors) and five general wards – Bream Bay (two councillors), Hikurangi-Coastal (two councillors), Mangakahia-Maungatapere (one councillor), Whangārei Heads (one councillor) and Whangārei Urban (five councillors).

2019–2022

* Sheryl Mai, mayor * Greg Innes, deputy mayor * Shelley Deeming, councillor for Bream Bay ward * Ken Couper, councillor for Bream Bay ward * Gavin Benney, councillor for Denby ward * Jayne Golightly, councillor for Denby ward * Tricia Cutforth, councillor for Denby ward * Anna Murphy, councillor for Hikurangi Coastal ward * Simon Reid, councillor for Mangakāhia-Maungatapere ward * Carol Peters, councillor for Okara ward * Nicholas Connop, councillor for Okara ward * Phil Halse, councillor for Okara ward * Vince Cocurullo, councillor for Okara ward

References

External links

Official website
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