Rangitikei District Council
Rangitikei District Council | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Leadership | |
Deputy Mayor | Dave Wilson |
| Seats | 11 |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 2022 |
Next election | 2025 |
| Meeting place | |
| 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 16,200 people of Rangitikei. 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. The councillors are elected under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system in triennial elections.