Taupō District Council

Taupō District Council
Taupō District Council
Type
Type	Territorial authority
History
Founded	1989
Leadership
Mayor	John Funnell
Website
	www.taupodc.govt.nz

Taupō District Council is the territorial authority for the Taupō District of New Zealand's North Island. It serves as the district's local government, with the Waikato Regional Council, the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, the Hawke's Bay Regional Council, and Horizons Regional Council serving as the regional authorities. It has existed since 1st December 1988.^[2]

The council has 12 councillors and is chaired by the mayor of Taupō (currently John Funnell since October 2025).

Regional councils

The district falls within the jurisdiction of four different regional councils; however the vast majority (73.74% by land area) of the district falls within the jurisdiction of the Waikato Regional Council. The exceptions are the towns of Rangitaiki (14.31% of the district's land area), which lies within the Bay of Plenty region, Taharua (11.26%), which lies within the Hawke's Bay Region, and Te More (0.69%), which lies within the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Taupō is unique in being the only district in New Zealand so divided; no other district is divided between/among more than two regions, and most are not divided at all.

Council

The Taupō District has 12 councillors and a mayor.

Mayor

The office of mayor of Taupō was established in 1989 as part of the 1989 local government reforms. Since 2025, the mayor of Taupō has been John Funell.^[3]

Deputy Mayor

Taupō District deputy mayor is Kevin Taylor who was formally appointed to the role of deputy mayor on 28 October 2022.^[4]

Councillors

Taupō ward

Kevin Taylor (deputy mayor)
Duncan Campbell
Anna Park
Christine Rankin
Rachel Shepherd
Yvonne Westerman
John Williamson

Taupō East Rural ward

Kylie Leonard

Mangakino ward

Kirsty Trueman

Turangi-Tongariro ward

Sandra Greenslade

Te Papamārearea Māori ward

Karam Fletcher
Danny Loughlin

Elections

References

↑ "2025 Triennial Elections Declaration of Result" (PDF). Electionz. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
↑ "Taupo Borough-Taupo County Union Order 1988" (PDF). The New Zealand Gazette (157): 3664. 6 September 1988.
↑ "2025 Triennial Elections Declaration of Result" (PDF). Electionz. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
↑ "New Taupō District Council sworn in". Taupo District Council. 28 October 2022.

External links

Taupō District Council

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[1] "2025 Triennial Elections Declaration of Result" (PDF). Electionz. Retrieved 21 October 2025.

[:23-2] "Taupo Borough-Taupo County Union Order 1988" (PDF). The New Zealand Gazette (157): 3664. 6 September 1988.

[3] "2025 Triennial Elections Declaration of Result" (PDF). Electionz. Retrieved 21 October 2025.

[4] "New Taupō District Council sworn in". Taupo District Council. 28 October 2022.

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