Rangitikei District Council | |
|---|---|
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Leadership | |
Deputy Mayor | Dave Wilson |
| Seats | 11 |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post[1] | |
Last election | 2022 |
Next election | 2025 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Rangitikei District Council Building, 46 High St, Marton | |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Rangitikei District Council is the local government authority for Rangitikei District in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority elected to represent the 16,300 people of Rangitikei.[2] Since October 2013, the Mayor of Rangitikei is Andy Watson, who succeeded Robert "Chalky" Leary. The council consists of a mayor who is elected at large, and 11 councillors elected across five (three in 2019) wards, one of whom gets chosen as deputy mayor. There are also two community boards – for Rātana and Taihape. The councillors are elected under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system in triennial elections.
- ^ "Voting and becoming a councillor". Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (urban areas)