Whangarei District Council

Territorial authority of New Zealand

Whangarei District Council Te Kaunihera o Whangarei

History
Founded	6 March 1989 (1989-03-06)
Leadership
Mayor	Vince Cocurullo
Structure
Seats	14 seats (1 mayor, 13 ward seats)
Length of term	3 years
Website
wdc.govt.nz

Whangarei District Council (Māori: Te Kaunihera o Whangarei)^{[citation needed]} is the territorial authority for the Whangarei District of New Zealand.^[1] The council consists of the mayor of Whangarei and 13 ward councillors, and is led by the mayor. Vince Cocurullo has been the mayor since 2022.

Structure

There are 13 councillors, representing one district-wide 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).^[2]

History

Whangarei District Council was formed by an amalgamation of Whangarei City Council, Whangarei County Council and Hikurangi Town Council as part of New Zealand's 1989 local government reforms. 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 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, the Māori ward was created and Denby and Okara were merged as the Whangārei Urban ward.^[3]

Members

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

^ "Council's role and purpose". wdc.govt.nz. Whangarei District Council. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ "Representation arrangements". Whangarei District Council. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ "Determination on a decision of the Whangarei District Council to adopt representation arrangements for the local authority elections to be held on 8 October 2022" (PDF). Local Government Commission. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

External links

Official website

Whangarei District, New Zealand

Seat: Whangarei Central

Populated places

Hikurangi-Coastal	Glenbervie Hikurangi Hūkerenui Kauri Matapouri Matarau Ngunguru Ōakura Tutukaka Whakapara Whangaruru
Whangārei Heads	Bream Head Kiripaka McLeod Bay Ocean Beach Parua Bay Pataua Taiharuru Tamaterau Taurikura Urquharts Bay Waikaraka Whareora
Whangarei City	Avenues Horahora Te Kamo Kensington Mairtown Maunu Morningside Onerahi Otangarei Parahaki Port Whangārei Raumanga Regent Riverside Sherwood Rise Springs Flat Three Mile Bush Tikipunga Whangārei Central Whau Valley Woodhill
Mangakahia-Maungatapere	Kokopu Maungatapere Nukutawhiti Pakotai Parakao Pipiwai Poroti Purua Titoki
Bream Bay	Bream Bay Langs Beach Marsden Bay Marsden Point Maungakaramea One Tree Point Otaika Portland Ruakākā Tauraroa Waiotira Waipu Waipu Cove

Geographic features

Islands	Aorangaia Island Arakaninihi Island Hen and Chicken Islands Motu Matakohe Poor Knights Islands
Lake	Ora
Landforms	Bream Head Hurupaki Mountain Mount Manaia Whangārei Harbour