Gisborne District Council
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Gisborne District Council Te Kaunihera o Te Tairāwhiti | |
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| Established | 1 November 1989 |
| Leadership | |
Deputy Mayor | Aubrey Ria[2] |
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| Seats | 14 seats (1 mayor, 13 ward seats) |
Length of term | 3 years |
| Elections | |
Last election | 11 October 2025 |
Next election | 2028 |
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| Gisborne | |
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Gisborne District Council (Māori: Te Kaunihera o Te Tairāwhiti) is the unitary authority for the Gisborne District of New Zealand. The council consists of a mayor and 13 ward councillors.[3] The district consists of the city of Gisborne and a largely rural region on the east coast of the North Island.
Gisborne District Council is a unitary territorial authority, which means that it performs the functions of a regional council as well as those of a territorial authority (a district or city).[3] The area it governs is constituted as both the Gisborne District and the Gisborne Region.[4]
The council consists of a mayor and 13 elected councillors.[3] Nine councillors are elected from the Gisborne Ward, and one each from the four wards of Matakaoa-Waiapu, Taruheru-Patutahi, Tawhiti-Uawa and Waipaoa.
Under the elected members, there is an appointed chief executive officer, 4 department managers and approximately 250 staff. The council chambers and main administration centre is in Fitzherbert Street, in the Whataupoko suburb, just across the Taruheru River from the Gisborne Central business district.[5]
The current mayor is Rehette Stoltz[6].