Rangitikei District Council

Rangitikei District Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1989 (1989)
Leadership
Deputy Mayor
Dave Wilson
Seats11
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
2022
Next election
2025
Meeting place
Rangitikei District Council Building,
46 High St, Marton
Website
www.rangitikei.govt.nz

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.