Dunedin City Council Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Ōtepoti | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Houses | Governing Body |
Term limits | None |
History | |
Founded | 6 March 1989 |
Leadership | |
Deputy Mayor | Cherry Lucas |
Structure | |
Seats | 15 seats (1 mayor, 14 councillors) |
Political groups |
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Length of term | 3 years |
Elections | |
Single Transferable Vote | |
Last election | 8 October 2022 |
Next election | October 2025 |
Motto | |
Maiorum Institutis Utendo | |
Meeting place | |
Municipal Chambers, in The Octagon | |
Website | |
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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.[1] 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.[2]