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Taupo District Council

Taupo District Council members are elected to encourage and value community involvement in local democracy.  The role of the councillors is to promote equally represented local decision-making and action by, and on behalf of, their communities.  They are also responsible for promoting the social, economic, environmental, and cultural wellbeing of those communities, in the present and for the future.

Mission Statement

A Council in tune with the needs of the community providing direction, leadership and support.

He Kaunihera kei te whai whakaaro i nga hiahia o nga tangata katoa. He mea arataki, hei tautoko, hei koi ake i a ratou.

 
His Worship the Mayor
Rick Cooper


Ph: 07 377 0670
Bus Ph: 07 378 7547
Mob Ph: 027 494 2362
Email: rcooper@taupo.govt.nz

 

Taupo-Kaingaroa Ward
Deputy Mayor
Councillor Christine McElwee


Ph: 07 378 8790
Mob Ph: 027 437 6223
Fax: 07 378 8790
Email: cmcelwee@taupo.govt.nz

Mangakino-Pouakani Ward
Councillor Ailsa Gathergood


Ph:
07 882 8222
Mob Ph: 027 441 8107
Fax: 07 882 8222

Email: agathergood@taupo.govt.nz

Taupo-Kaingaroa Ward
Councillor
Andrew Welch


Ph:
07 333 8063
Mob Ph: 027 297 1839
Fax: 07 333 8063

Email: awelch@taupo.govt.nz

 

Taupo-Kaingaroa Ward
Councillor Barry Hickling


Ph:
07 378 6818

Email: bhickling@taupo.govt.nz

 

 

Taupo-Kaingaroa Ward
Councillor
Bernhard Chrustowski

Ph:
07 378 7559
Email: bchrustowski@taupo.govt.nz

Taupo-Kaingaroa Ward
Councillor Doreen Blyth


Ph:
07 378 8774
Mob Ph: 021 790 056

Email:  dblyth@taupo.govt.nz

 

 

Taupo-Kaingaroa Ward
Councillor Kathryn Uvhagen


Ph:
07 378 8515
Mob Ph: 027 494 4973
Fax: 377 4561

Email: kuvhagen@taupo.govt.nz

 

Taupo-Kaingaroa Ward
Councillor
Mich’ael Downard

Ph:
07 377 3417
Bus Ph: 07 378 5881
Mob Ph: 021 781 593

Email: mdownard@taupo.govt.nz

Turangi-Tongariro Ward
Councillor Don Ormsby

Ph: 07 386 8357
Mob Ph: 0274 761 289 
Fax: 07 386 0859

Email: dormsby@taupo.govt.nz

Turangi-Tongariro Ward
Councillor Gary Keepa


Ph: 07 386 8301
Mob Ph: 027 479 3001
Fax: 07 386 8302

Email: gkeepa@taupo.govt.nz