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Coordinates: 37°4005S 175°0855E / 37.6680745°S 175.1487314°E / -37.6680745; 175.1487314
 

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Waikato District Council


Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Waikato
Type
Type ofWaikato District
HousesGoverning Body

Term limits

None
History
FoundedMarch 6, 1989 (1989-03-06)
Leadership

Mayor

Jacqui Church

Structure
Seatsseats (1 mayor, ward seats)

Length of term

3 years
Website
waikatodistrict.govt.nz
The current Waikato District Council logo has been in use since 2003. Since 2014 the Māori translation, Te Kaunihera aa Takiwaa o Waikato' is sometimes added below it. WDC uses double vowels rather than macrons in its translations

Waikato District Council (Māori: Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Waikato) is the territorial authority for the Waikato DistrictofNew Zealand.[1]

The council is led by the mayor of Waikato, who is currently Jacqui Church. There are also ward councillors.[1]

Composition[edit]

Waikato District Council Mayor and councillors.
Waikato District Council mayor and councillors.

Mayor Jacqui Church

Councillors[edit]

Ward Ward Type Councillor[2]
Tamahere-Woodlands General Crystal Beavis
Western Districts General Carolyn Eyre (Deputy Mayor)
Newcastle-Ngāruawāhia General Janet Gibb
Tamahere-Woodlands General Mike Keir
Tuakau-Pōkeno General Kandi Awhina Maxine Ngataki
Tai Raro Takiwaa Māori Pāniora Matatahi-Poutapu
Newcastle-Ngāruawāhia General Eugene Patterson
Waerenga-Whitikahu General Marlene Raumati
Tuakau-Pōkeno General Vern Reeve
Whāingaroa General Lisa Thomson
Awaroa-Maramarua General Peter Thomson
Tai Runga Takiwaa Māori Tilly Turner
Huntly General David Whyte

History[edit]

The council was established in 1989, replacing Raglan County Council (established in 1876), Waikato County Council (established in 1876), Ngāruawāhia Borough Council (established in 1920), and Huntly Borough Council (established in 1931).[3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "About Waikato District Council". waikatodistrict.govt.nz. Waikato District Council.
  • ^ "Results". Waikato District Council. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  • ^ Fraser, B (1986). The New Zealand Book of Events. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 978-0-474-00123-9.
  • ^ Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966: Huntly
  • External links[edit]

    37°40′05S 175°08′55E / 37.6680745°S 175.1487314°E / -37.6680745; 175.1487314


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