{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox legislature | name = Wairoa District Council | native_name = ''Te Kaunihera o Te Wairoa'' | native_name_lang = mi | legislature =[[Territorial authority]] | coa_pic =File:Wairoa District Council logo.png | coa_res=250px | coa_caption =Council logo | logo=File:Wairoa District Council ward map.svg | logo_res=250px | logo_caption=Council ward map | house_type = Unicameral | foundation = {{Start date|1989|03|06|df=yes}}, {{age|1989|03|06}} years ago | preceded_by=Wairoa Borough Council | leader1_type = [[Mayor of Wairoa|Mayor]] | leader1 = {{NZ officeholder data|Wairoa District Mayor|y||}} | leader2_type=Deputy mayor | leader2= Benita Cairns<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hamilton-Irvine |first1=Gary |title=Local elections 2025: Deputy mayors chosen for Napier, Hastings, Wairoa; final regional councillor elected |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/local-elections-2025-deputy-mayors-chosen-for-napier-hastings-wairoa-final-regional-councillor-elected/7O57QIWAUJGCXFKV42ZHIOWKMQ/ |access-date=27 October 2025 |work=[[Hawke's Bay Today]] |agency=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=20 October 2025 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> | leader3_type=Interim CEO | leader3=Malcolm Alexander | seats = 7 seats (1 mayor, 6 ward seats) | structure1_res=60px | structure1=File:Wairoa District Council composition chart.svg | political_groups1=* {{Color box|#C3C3C3|border=darkgray}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] (7) | term_length = 3 years, renewable | voting_system1 =[[First-past-the-post]] | last_election1=[[2025 New Zealand local elections|11 October 2025]] | next_election1 =2028 | website = {{URL|wairoadc.govt.nz}} }} '''Wairoa District Council''' ({{langx|mi|Te Kaunihera o Te Wairoa}}) is the [[territorial authorities of New Zealand|territorial authority]] for the [[Wairoa District]] of [[New Zealand]].<ref name="aboutcouncil">{{cite web |title=About Council |url=https://www.wairoadc.govt.nz/our-council/mayor-and-councillors/ |website=wairoadc.govt.nz |publisher=Wairoa District Council}}</ref>
The council covers the town of [[Wairoa]] and the surrounding rural communities. The council is the successor of the Wairoa Borough Council.
The council is led by the [[mayor of Wairoa]], who is currently {{NZ officeholder data|Wairoa District Mayor|y||}}.<ref name="aboutcouncil" />
== Composition == Wairoa District Council is made up of one mayor and six councillors. {| class="wikitable" |+Current council<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wairoadc.govt.nz/our-council/elections/election-results-2/2025-election-results-and-expenses/|title=RESULTS for Wairoa District Council Local Election 2025|publisher=Wairoa District Council|date=17 October 2025}}</ref> !Ward ! colspan="2" |Councillor !Affiliation !First elected |- |Mayor |[[File:Craig Little 2024 (cropped).jpg|frameless|79x79px]] |[[Craig Little]] |None | |- | rowspan="3" |General | colspan="2" |Sarah Bird |None | |- | colspan="2" |Jeremy Harker |Independent | |- | colspan="2" |Roz Thomas |None | |- | rowspan="3" |Māori | colspan="2" |Benita Cairns |None | |- | colspan="2" |Michelle Tahuri |None | |- | colspan="2" |Trevor Teotaia Hirini Waikawa |None | |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.wairoadc.govt.nz Official website]
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[[Category:Wairoa District]] [[Category:Politics of Hawke's Bay]] [[Category:Territorial authorities of New Zealand]]