The Dunedin City Council () is the

local government authority A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a state, province, division, or territory. The phras ...

for

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; ) is the second-most populous city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from ("fort of Edin"), the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of S ...

in New Zealand. It is a

territorial authority Territorial authorities (Māori language, Māori: ''mana ā-rohe'') are a tier of local government in New Zealand, alongside regions of New Zealand, regional councils. There are 67 territorial authorities: 13 list of cities in New Zealand, city ...

elected to represent the people of Dunedin. Since October 2022, the

Mayor of Dunedin The mayor of Dunedin is the head of the local government, the city council of Dunedin, New Zealand. The mayor's role is "to provide leadership to the other elected members of the territorial authority, be a leader in the community and perform c ...

Jules Radich Jules Vincent Radich (born 1954) is a New Zealand politician who has served as the 59th mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand since 2022. He has also served as councillor for the Dunedin City Council since 2019. Radich also serves as deputy Chair of In ...

, who succeeded Aaron Hawkins. The council consists of a mayor who is elected at large, and 14 councillors elected at large, one of whom gets chosen as deputy-mayor. The councillors are elected under the

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(STV) system in triennial elections, with the most recent election held on 8 October 2022.

Council membership

2022–present

The current composition of the council is as follows:

2019–2022

During the 2019–2022 term the composition of the Council was as follows:

2016–2019

During the 2016–2019 term the composition of the Council was as follows:

2013–2016

During the 2013–2016 term, the composition of the Council was as follows:

2010–2013

During the 2010–2013 term, the composition of the Council was as follows:

Community boards

The council has created six local community boards under the provisions of Part 4 of the

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, each with six elected members and one councillor appointed by the council: *

Strath Taieri The Strath Taieri (sometimes spelt Strath-Taieri) is a large glacial valley and river plateau in New Zealand's South Island. It is surrounded by the rugged hill ranges to the north and west of Otago Harbour. Since 1989 it has been part of the cit ...

Community Board * Waikouaiti Coast Community Board *

Mosgiel Mosgiel () is an urban satellite of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand, fifteen kilometres west of the city's centre. Since the re-organisation of New Zealand local government in 1989 it has been inside the Dunedin City Council area. Mosgiel has a p ...

- Taieri Community Board * Saddle Hill Community Board * West Harbour Community Board, and *

Otago Peninsula The Otago Peninsula () is a long, hilly indented finger of land that forms the easternmost part of Dunedin, New Zealand. Volcanic in origin, it forms one wall of the eroded valley that now forms Otago Harbour. The peninsula lies south-east of Ot ...

Community Board. These community boards are intended to provide advice to the city council regarding the interests of the communities they represent.

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References

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* {{Authority control Politics of Dunedin City councils in New Zealand Year of establishment missing