Whangarei District Council

Whangarei District Council is the territorial authority for the Whangarei District of New Zealand. The council consists of the mayor of Whangarei and 13 ward councillors, and is led by the mayor. has been the mayor since 2025.

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History

Whangarei District Council was formed on 1 November 1989 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, Okara and Bream Bay, Coastal, Hikurangi and Maungatapere. In 2007, a new Whangarei Heads ward was created and the Coastal and Hikurangi communities were combined as the Hikurangi-Coastal ward. In 2022, a district-wide Māori ward was created and Denby and Okara were merged as the Whangārei Urban ward.

Members

There are 13 councillors and a directly elected Mayor. The councillors represent a Māori ward and five general wards – Bream Bay, Hikurangi-Coastal, Mangakahia-Maungatapere, Whangārei Heads and Whangārei Urban.