# Dunedin City Council

The Dunedin City Council (Māori: Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Ōtepoti) is the local government authority for Dunedin in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority elected to represent the 136,000 people of Dunedin. Since October 2022, the Mayor of Dunedin is Jules Radich, 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 Single Transferable Vote (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:
| Name | Position | Affiliation |
| Jules Radich | Mayor | Team Dunedin |
| Cherry Lucas | Deputy Mayor | Independent |
| Bill Acklin | Councillor | Independent |
| Sophie Barker | Councillor | Independent |
| David Benson-Pope | Councillor | Independent |
| Christine Garey | Councillor | Independent |
| Kevin Gilbert | Councillor | Team Dunedin |
| Carmen Houlahan | Councillor | Independent |
| Marie Laufiso | Councillor | Independent |
| Jim O'Malley | Councillor | Independent |
| Mandy Mayhem-Bullock | Councillor | Independent |
| Lee Vandervis | Councillor | Independent |
| Steve Walker | Councillor | Labour |
| Brent Weatherall | Councillor | Team Dunedin |
| Andrew Whiley | Councillor | Team Dunedin |

### 2019–2022

During the 2019–2022 term the composition of the Council was as follows:
| Name | Affiliation |
| Aaron Hawkins (Mayor) | Green Dunedin |
| Christine Garey (Deputy Mayor) | Independent |
| Sophie Barker | Independent |
| David Benson-Pope | Independent |
| Rachel Elder | Independent |
| Doug Hall | Independent |
| Carmen Houlahan | Independent |
| Marie Laufiso | Green Dunedin |
| Mike Lord | Independent |
| Jim O'Malley | Independent |
| Jules Radich | Independent |
| Chris Staynes | Independent |
| Lee Vandervis | Independent |
| Steve Walker | Labour |
| Andrew Whiley | Independent |

### 2016–2019

During the 2016–2019 term the composition of the Council was as follows:
| Name | Affiliation |
| David Cull (Mayor) | Independent |
| Lee Vandervis | Independent |
| Andrew Whiley | Independent |
| Aaron Hawkins | Green Dunedin |
| David Benson-Pope | Independent |
| Chris Staynes (Deputy Mayor) | Independent |
| Conrad Stedman | Independent |
| Doug Hall | Independent |
| Rachel Elder | Independent |
| Jim O'Malley | Independent |
| Kate Wilson | Independent |
| Mike Lord | Independent |
| Damian Newell | Independent |
| Marie Laufiso | Green Dunedin |
| Christine Garey | Independent |

### 2013–2016

During the 2013–2016 term, the composition of the Council was as follows:
| Mayor | Dave Cull |
| Councillors – Central Ward | Hilary Calvert Richard Thompson Lee Vandervis Jinty MacTavish David Benson-Pope Aaron Hawkins Chris Staynes Neville Peat Doug Hall John Bezett Andrew Whiley |
| Councillors – Mosgiel-Taieri ward | Kate Wilson Mike Lord |
| Councillor – Waikouaiti Coast-Chalmers ward | Andrew Noone |

### 2010–2013

During the 2010–2013 term, the composition of the Council was as follows:
| Mayor | Dave Cull |
| Councillors – Central Ward | Bill Acklin John Bezett Fliss Butcher Neil Collins Paul Hudson Jinty MacTavish Chris Staynes Teresa Stevenson Richard Thompson Lee Vandervis Colin Weatherall |
| Councillors – Mosgiel-Taieri ward | Syd Brown Kate Wilson |
| Councillor – Waikouaiti Coast-Chalmers ward | Andrew Noone |

## Community boards

The council has created six local community boards under the provisions of Part 4 of the Local Government Act 2002, each with six elected members and one councillor appointed by the council:
* Strath Taieri Community Board
* Waikouaiti Coast Community Board
* Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board
* Saddle Hill Community Board
* West Harbour Community Board, and
* Otago Peninsula Community Board.
These community boards are intended to provide advice to the city council regarding the interests of the communities they represent.