Taupo District Council

The Taupō District Council is a territorial authority that administers the Taupo District in the Central North Island of New Zealand.[1] The district stretches from the small town of Mangakino in the northwest to the Tongariro National Park in the south, and east into the Kaingaroa Forest, covering 6,970 km2 (including Lake Taupo). It had a population of 40,100 as of June 2020.[2]

Taupō District Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1989 (1989)
Leadership
Mayor
Deputy Mayor
Website
www.taupodc.govt.nz

Regional councils

The district falls within the jurisdiction of four different regional councils; however the vast majority (73.74% by land area) of the district falls within the jurisdiction of Environment Waikato. The exceptions are the towns of Rangitaiki (14.31% of the district's land area), which lies within the Bay of Plenty region, Taharua (11.26%), which lies within the Hawke's Bay region, and Te More (0.69%), which lies within the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Taupo is unique in being the only district in New Zealand so divided; no other district is divided between/among more than two regions, and most are not divided at all.

Wards

The District has four wards – Taupō, Taupō East Rural, Turangi-Tongariro and Mangakino-Pouakani and is represented by the Mayor and eleven Councillors.

Taupō

The areas of Taupo and Kaingaroa are administered by the Taupo District Council.

Taupo District

Mangakino-Pouakani

The areas of Mangakino and Pouakani are administered by the Taupo District Council. The area is also represented by the Mangakino Pouakani Representation Group which has a total of six members including three Councillors.

Turangi-Tongariro

The areas of Turangi and Tongariro are administered by the Taupo District Council under delegated authority to the Turangi Tongariro Community Board.

The area is represented at Council by two district Councillors and together with six elected Community Board members, the ward has a total of eight members. Following the 2007 review, Turangi Tongariro lost one district Councillor.

Council

The district has 11 councillors and a mayor.

Mayor
Main article: Mayor of Taupo

The office of mayor of Taupo was established in 1989 as part of the 1989 local government reforms. Since 2013, the mayor of Taupo has been David Trewavas.[3]

Taupō
  • Cr Christine Rankin (Deputy Mayor)
  • Cr John Boddy
  • Cr Kathy Guy
  • Cr Anna Park (née Kirk)
  • Cr Kevin Taylor
  • Cr Yvonne Westerman
  • Cr John Williamson

Taupō East Rural
  • Cr Kylie Leonard

Mangakino-Pouakani
  • Cr Kirsty Trueman

Turangi-Tongariro
  • Cr Tangonui Kingi
  • Cr John Mack

Turangi-Tongariro Community Board
  • Amanda Maclaren – Chairperson
  • Rob Severne – Deputy Chairperson
  • Ian Ashmore
  • Clint Green
  • Cr Tangonui Kingi
  • Cr John Mack
  • Te Takinga New
  • Donna Searancke

References
  1. "Taupō District Council". www.taupodc.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  2. "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. "David Trewavas re-elected as Taupō District mayor". Rotorua Daily Post. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

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