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Waikato District Council (Māori: Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Waikato) is the territorial authority for the Waikato District of New Zealand.[1]
Waikato District Council Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Waikato | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Houses | Governing Body |
Term limits | None |
History | |
Founded | March 6, 1989 |
Leadership | |
Structure | |
Seats | seats (1 mayor, ward seats) |
Length of term | 3 years |
Website | |
waikatodistrict |
The council is led by the mayor of Waikato, who is currently Jacqui Church. There are also ward councillors.[1]
Mayor Jacqui Church
Ward | Ward Type | Councillor[2] |
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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 |
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]
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