Our
elected representatives
Our
council chamber
Local
authority boundaries North Island
Local authority boundaries South Island
Maps showing the
boundaries of regional and territorial authorities. Choosing
the council
How to enrol,
how to vote, and how to stand for a range of local elected positions
Māori
constituencies
Environment
Bay of Plenty is the only local authority in New Zealand to institute
Māori constituencies. Read about their reasons and their
process.
Kids voting
Auckland City
Council provides schools in its area with a resource to help
them understand how elections work.
STV
What Single transferrable voting is, and how it works.
What
a mayor does
The ways the
role is interpreted is as individual as the people – read
on to see how
some mayors work.
What councillors
do
What standing committees do
What community board members do
What
school trustees do
What
district health
board members do
What licensing trust members do |
