Mayor and councillors
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Your current Council
The Southland District Council is made up of a Mayor and 12 councillors and has nine community boards. The mayor is voted in “at large” and the councillors are voted in by ward. Each of the wards have a community board. Each community board has a ward councillor appointed to it by Council.
Southland District Council Mayor

Kath Prendergast Mayoral support
Mararoa Waimea Ward

Councillor, Appointee to community board
Fiordland
Sarah Greaney

Councillor, Appointee to community board
Northern
Tom O'Brien

Councillor, Appointee to community board
Ardlussa
Matt Wilson
Waiau Aparima Ward

Councillor, Appointee to community board
Tuatapere Te Waewae
Derek Chamberlain

Councillor, Appointee to community board
Oraka Aparima
Don Byars

Councillor, Appointee to community board
Wallace Takitimu
Jaspreet Boparai
Oreti Ward


Councillor, Appointee to community board
Oreti
Darren Frazer

Waihopai Toetoe Ward

Councillor, Appointee to community board
Waihopai Toetoe
Julie Keast

Stewart Island - Rakiura Ward

Councillor, Appointee to community board
Stewart Island/Rakiura