Welcome...

Wherever you live, your local council is working with your community to enhance social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being, now and for the future.

Your local council can work even better for your community with your participation and feedback.

On this site you can find the following information:

• How local government works in New Zealand
• A statistical overview of the local government sector
• What is local government? How it works? What councils do for you? and how you can influence council decisions.
• Council elections – who can be a candidate and who can vote
• How you can find out about local issues and have your say
• Statistical profiles of individual councils
• Links to local government legislation
• Māori Participation in Local Government

This site is managed by The Department of Internal Affairs.