Mayor and councillors
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
Rachael Poole 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