Community boards
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Your current community board members
The Southland District Council has 5 wards. A total of 9 community boards make up representation across those wards. Each community board has a ward councillor appointed to it by Council.
Ardlussa Community Board
Deputy chair, Community board member
Ray Dickson
Community board member
Chris Dillon
Community board member
Clarke Horrell
Community board member
Grant McFelin
Community board member
Hilary Kelso
Councillor
Matt Wilson Councillor, Appointee to community board
Fiordland Community Board
Deputy chair, Community board member
Julie Burgess
Community board member
Kate Norris
Community board member
Luke Thomas
Community board member
Marilyn Hunter
Community board member
Nick Robertson
Councillor
Sarah Greaney Councillor, Appointee to community board
Fiordland Community Board news
Read the latest news straight from your community board chairperson Diane Holmes.
Northern Community Board
Deputy chair, Community board member
Lance Hellewell
Community board member
Amanda Reedy
Community board member
Carolyn Smith
Community board member
Pam Naylor
Community board member
Sonya Taylor
Councillor
Tom O'Brien Councillor, Appointee to community board
Oraka Aparima Community Board
Deputy chair, Community board member
Neil Linscott
Community board member
Alby Buchanan
Community board member
Emma Gould
Community board member
Eve Welch
Community board member
Troy Holiday
Councillor
Don Byars Councillor, Appointee to community board
Oreti Community Board
Community board member
Jamie Winsloe
Deputy chair, Community board member
Philip Dobson
Community board member
Colin Smith
Community board member
Chris Herud
Community board member
Dave Diack
Community board member
Tracy Kennedy
Councillor
Christine Menzies Councillor, Deputy Mayor, Appointee to community board
Stewart Island/Rakiura Community Board
Chair, Community board member
Aaron Conner
Deputy chair, Community board member
Aaron Joy
Community board member
Andrea Young
Community board member
Daniel Meads
Community board member
Mike Douglas
Community board member
Rakiura Herzhoff
Councillor
Jon Spraggon Councillor, Appointee to community board
9 February 2023
Stewart Island/Rakiura Community Board plan
Tuatapere Te Waewae Community Board
Community board member
Jo Sanford
Deputy chair, Community board member
Blayne De Vries
Community board member
Marilyn Parris
Community board member
Paula McKenzie
Community board member
Wayne Edgerton
Councillor
Derek Chamberlain Councillor, Appointee to community board
9 February 2023
Tuatapere Tewaewae Community Board plan
Waihopai Toetoe Community Board
Deputy chair, Community board member
Denise Fodie
Community board member
Andrea Straith
Community board member
Emily Butters
Community board member
Fiona McCabe
Community board member
George Stevenson
Community board member
John McIntyre
Councillor
Julie Keast Councillor, Appointee to community board
9 February 2023
Waihopai Toetoe Community Board plan
Wallace Takitimu Community Board
Deputy chair, Community board member
Colin Lawry
Community board member
Bridget Mason
Community board member
Edwin Mabonga
Community board member
Gretchen Wilson
Community board member
Lester Wilson
Councillor
Jaspreet Boparai Councillor, Appointee to community board