{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox legislature | name = Waitomo District Council | native_name = | native_name_lang = mi | legislature = | coa_pic = | coa_res = | coa_alt = | coa_caption = | logo_pic = File:Waitomo District Council logo.png | logo_res = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | house_type = Unicameral | houses = Governing Body | jurisdiction = Waitomo District | term_limits = None | foundation = {{Start date|1989|03|06|df=yes}} | preceded_by = | new_session = | leader1_type = [[Mayor of Waitomo|Mayor]] | leader1 = {{NZ officeholder data|Waitomo District Mayor|y||}} | leader1_term = | party1 = | election1 = | leader2_type = Deputy mayor | leader2 = Eady Manawaiti<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.waitomo.govt.nz/council/news-summary/council-news/2025/october/firsts-for-waitomo-district-council-s-elected-members/|title=Firsts for Waitomo District Council’s Elected Members|publisher=Waitomo District Council|date=29 October 2025}}</ref> | party2 = | election2 = | leader2_term = | seats = 7 seats (1 mayor, 6 ward seats) | house1 = | committees1 = | term_length = 3 years | voting_system1 = | first_election1 = | next_election1 = | motto = | meeting_place = | website = {{URL|waitomo.govt.nz}} | footnotes = }} '''Waitomo District Council''' is the [[Territorial authorities of New Zealand|territorial authority]] for the [[Waitomo District]] of [[New Zealand]]'s [[North Island]]. It serves as the district's local government, with the [[Waikato Regional Council]] and [[Horizons Regional Council]] serving as the regional authorities. It has existed since the [[1989 New Zealand local government reforms|1989 reforms to local government]].
The council has 6 councillors and is chaired by the [[mayor of Waitomo]] (currently [[John Robertson (New Zealand politician, born 1951)|John Robertson]] since October 2019).
==Composition== ===Councillors=== * Mayor {{NZ officeholder data|Waitomo District Mayor|y||}} * Te Kuiti ward: Eady Tanirau Manawaiti, Dan Tasker and Isaiah Wallace * Rural ward: Olivia Buckley, Allan Goddard and Janette Osborne
== History == The area came under the authority of Awakino County Council and Waitomo County Council until 1922, Otorohanga County Council from 1922 to 1976, and previous Waitomo District Council entity from 1976 to 1989. The current council was established in 1989.<ref name="fraser">{{cite book |last1=Fraser |first1=B |title=The New Zealand Book of Events |date=1986 |publisher=Reed Methuen |location=Auckland}}</ref>
== Elections == <!-- There may be some by-elections not listed here --> {{hlist |[[1989 Waitomo District Council election|1989]] |[[1992 Waitomo District Council election|1992]] |[[1995 Waitomo District Council election|1995]] |[[1998 Waitomo District Council election|1998]] |[[2001 Waitomo District Council election|2001]] |[[2004 Waitomo District Council election|2004]] |[[2007 Waitomo District Council election|2007]] |[[2010 Waitomo District Council election|2010]] |[[2013 Waitomo District Council election|2013]] |[[2016 Waitomo District Council election|2016]] |[[2019 Waitomo District Council election|2019]] |[[2022 Waitomo District Council election|2022]] |[[2025 Waitomo District Council election|2025]] }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.waitomo.govt.nz Official website]
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[[Category:Waitomo District]] [[Category:Politics of Waikato]] [[Category:Territorial authorities of New Zealand]]