Northland Regional Council

Northland Regional Council Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Te Taitokerau
Regional councils of New Zealand
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Established	March 6, 1989 (1989-03-06), 36 years ago
Preceded by	Northland United Council Various borough councils
Leadership
Chair	Geoff Crawford,Ind. since 29 November 2023
Deputy	Tui Shortland, Ind. Green since 29 November 2023
CEO	Jonathan Gibbard since 1 October 2022
Structure
Seats	9 seats
Political groups	Independent (8)   Independent Green (1)
Length of term	3 years, renewable
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	8 October 2022
Next election	14 October 2025
Meeting place
36 Water Street, Whangārei
Website
nrc.govt.nz

The Northland Regional Council is the regional local government authority that administers the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island.

The current chairperson is Geoff Crawford, who was elected on 29 November 2023. Outgoing chair Tui Shortland was elected deputy. ^[1]

Constituencies

1. Far North general
2. Bay of Islands-Whangaroa general
3. Kaipara general
4. Mid North general
5. Coastal Central general
6. Coastal South general
7. Whangārei Central general
8. Te Raki Māori

Councillors

Councillor	Affiliation [2] [3]		Constituency	In office since
Geoff Crawford (Chair)		Independent	Mid North general	14 October 2022
Tui Shortland (Deputy)		Independent Green	Te Raki Māori	14 October 2022
Joe Carr		Independent	Far North general	18 October 2007
Marty Robinson		Independent	Bay of Islands-Whangaroa general	17 October 2019
John Blackwell		Independent	Kaipara general	14 October 2022
Amy MacDonald		Independent	Coastal Central general	17 October 2019
Rick Stolwerk		Independent	Coastal South general	17 October 2019
Jack Craw		Independent	Whangārei Central general	13 October 2016
Peter-Lucas Jones		Independent	Te Raki Māori	14 October 2022

References

1. "New Northland Regional Council Chair, Deputy". Northland Regional Council . 28 November 2023.
2. Ofsoske, Dale (14 October 2022). "Declaration of Results of Election" (PDF). Northland Regional Council .
3. Walford, Chennoah (2022). "Local government elections spotlight". Te Awa . Retrieved 23 August 2025.