National Council
Our National Council, who are the elected leadership of LGNZ, prepare a workplan and annual report that outlines priorities and projects in any given year. They will choose projects according to criteria, including the number of councils affected by the issue, the magnitude of the issue, the priority and timing of that issue or its potential impact.
The current members of the LGNZ National Council are:
- Lawrence Yule | President | Mayor, Hastings District Council
- John Forbes | Vice President / Rural Sector | Mayor, Opotiki District Council
- John Bain | Zone One | Deputy Chair, Northland Regional Council
- Richard Northey | Zone One | Councillor, Auckland Council
- Meng Foon | Zone Two | Mayor, Gisborne District Council
- Jono Naylor | Zone Three | Mayor, Palmerston North City Council
- Adrienne Staples | Zone Four | Mayor, South Wairarapa District Council
- Maureen Pugh | Zone Five | Mayor, Westland District Council
- Tracy Hicks | Zone Six | Mayor, Gore District Council
- Len Brown | Metro Sector | Mayor, Auckland Council
- Dave Cull | Metro Sector | Mayor, Dunedin City Council
- Stuart Crosby | Metro Sector | Mayor, Tauranga City Council
- Brendan Duffy | Provincial Sector | Mayor, Horowhenua District Council
- Stephen Woodhead | Regional Sector | Chair, Otago Regional Council
- Fran Wilde | Regional Sector | Chair, Greater Wellington Regional Council
LGNZ presents a consensus view and is the only organisation that can speak on behalf of all councils in New Zealand.
Subcommittees of National Council
Economic Development Committee
Te Maruata | the Māori Committee
Transport and Infrastructure Committee
Last updated: September 2012
President
Lawrence Yule
Vice-President
John Forbes
