Councils are made up of members of the public elected in local authority elections held every three years. The Council is led by the Mayor, who provides leadership and direction to the council and community, and chairs the meetings.
Elected representatives represent and lead the community, setting policy, making decisions in the best interests of their communities.
The Buller District Council consists of 11 elected members, the Mayor and ten Councillors. The district is divided into three wards - Seddon (2 elected representatives), Westport (6 elected representatives) and Inangahua (2 elected representatives). The Mayor is elected at large.
| Home: | 03 789 7013 |
| Mobile: | 0272 087 583 |
| Fax: | 03 789 7119 |
| Email: |
Dave Hawes
| Home: | 03 732 8423 |
| Fax: | 03 732 8424 |
| Email: | pennyweightnursery@xtra.co.nz |
Graeme Neylon
| Home: | 03 732 8382 |
| Mobile: | 027 431 4659 |
| Fax: | 03 732 8384 |
| Email: | neylonmaimai@xtra.co.nz |
Fred Ratahi
| Home: | 03 782 8119 |
| Fax: | 03 782 8119 |
Rosalie Sampson (Deputy Mayor)
| Home: | 03 782 6745 |
| Mobile: | 027 356 7388 |
| Fax: | 03 782 6746 |
| Email: | peterandrosalie@xtra.co.nz |
Kathryn Bainbridge
| Business: | 03 789 8630 |
| Home: | 03 789 6726 |
| Fax: | 03 789 8630 |
| Email: | heritage.wpt@xtra.co.nz |
| Home: | 03 789 6494 |
| Mobile: | 021 159 1593 |
| Fax: | 03 789 6494 |
| Email: | davidbarnes@xtra.co.nz |
Peter Campbell
| Business: | 03 789 7824 |
| Home: | 03 789 6421 |
| Mobile: | 027 434 8157 |
| Fax: | 03 789 8006 |
| Email: | peterc@bizaccounting.co.nz |
Jim Halsall
| Home: | 03 789 7546 |
| Fax: | 03 789 7546 |
Margaret Montgomery
| Business: | 03 789 7043 |
| Home: | 03 789 7043 |
| Mobile: | 0274 336 016 |
| Fax: | 03 789 7199 |
| Email: | westportholidaypark@xtra.co.nz |
Lynley Roberts
| Home: | 03 789 8690 |
| Mobile: | 029 230 9446 |
| Fax: | 03 789 8690 |
| Email: | el.roberts@clear.net.nz |
Many territorial authorities have community boards to help represent and advise council on community views. Community boards are elected at the same time as councils, but do not have the same powers.
The role of the Inangahua community board is to help the Council to understand and meet the Inangahua communities needs.
Your elected representatives are:
| Chair | Jenette Hawes | 03 732 8423 |
| Board members | Helen Bollinger | 03 732 8123 |
| Barrie Fowler | 03 732 8488 | |
| Megan McCarthy | 03 732 7006 | |
| Councillor Dave Hawes | 03 732 8423 | |
| Councillor Graeme Neylon | 03 732 8382 |
The Council make a number of appointments to committees, working groups, external and community organsiations. To view the list of Council appointments, click on the pdf below;
 | Council appointments Adobe Acrobat Document: 91.2 KB, 13 seconds @ 56kbps |
