Whangarei District Council

Whangarei District Council (Te Kaunihera o Whangarei) is the territorial authority for the Whangarei District of New Zealand. The council consists of the mayor of Whangarei and 13 ward councillors, and is led by the mayor. has been the mayor since 2022.

Structure
There are 13 councillors, representing one district-wide Māori ward (two councillors) and five general wards – Bream Bay (two councillors), Hikurangi-Coastal (two councillors), Mangakahia-Maungatapere (one councillor), Whangārei Heads (one councillor) and Whangārei Urban (five councillors).

History
Whangarei District Council was formed by an amalgamation of Whangarei City Council, Whangarei County Council and Hikurangi Town Council as part of New Zealand's 1989 local government reforms. It has always had six wards, electing thirteen councillors, but the composition of the wards has changed.

The original six wards were Denby (the northern part of Whangārei city, with three councillors), Okara (the southern part of Whangārei city, with four councillors) and Bream Bay (two councillors), Coastal (two councillors), Hikurangi (one councillor) and Maungatapere (one councillor). In 2007, a new Whangarei Heads ward was created (one councillor) and the Coastal and Hikurangi communities were combined as the Hikurangi-Coastal ward (two councillors). In 2022, the Māori ward was created and Denby and Okara were merged as the Whangārei Urban ward.

2019–2022

 * Sheryl Mai, mayor
 * Greg Innes, deputy mayor
 * Shelley Deeming, councillor for Bream Bay ward
 * Ken Couper, councillor for Bream Bay ward
 * Gavin Benney, councillor for Denby ward
 * Jayne Golightly, councillor for Denby ward
 * Tricia Cutforth, councillor for Denby ward
 * Anna Murphy, councillor for Hikurangi Coastal ward
 * Simon Reid, councillor for Mangakāhia-Maungatapere ward
 * Carol Peters, councillor for Okara ward
 * Nicholas Connop, councillor for Okara ward
 * Phil Halse, councillor for Okara ward
 * Vince Cocurullo, councillor for Okara ward