Council finder

Contact details for local authorities - regional, district and city councils.

For information about how local goverment in NZ works, see our Introduction to local government.
For maps of local government boundaries, go to Local Government New Zealand.
Councils marked * are Unitary Councils [define]

North Island

Northland	Phone	Fax
Far North District Council	0800 920 029	09 401 2137
Whangarei District Council	09 430 4200	09 438 7632
Kaipara District Council	0800 727 059	09 439 6756
Auckland	Phone	Fax
Auckland City Council	09 379 2020	09 307 7579
Franklin District Council	09 237 1300	09 237 1301
Manukau City Council	09 263 7100	09 262 5151
North Shore City Council	09 486 8600	09 486 8500
Papakura District Council	09 295 1300	09 298 1906
Rodney District Council	0800 426 5169	09 426 7280
Waitakere City Council	09 836 8000	09 836 8001
Bay of Plenty	Phone	Fax
Kawerau District Council	07 323 8779	07 323 8072
Opotiki District Council	07 315 3030	07 315 7050
Rotorua District Council	07 348 4199	07 346 3143
Taupo District Council	07 376 0899	07 378 0118
Tauranga District Council	07 577 7000	07 577 7193
Western Bay Of Plenty District Council	07 571 8008	07 577 9820
Whakatane District Council	07 306 0500	07 307 0718
Waikato	Phone	Fax
Hamilton City Council	07 838 6699	07 838 6599
Hauraki District Council	07 862 8609	07 862 8607
Matamata-Piako District Council	07 884 0060	07 884 8865
Otorohanga District Council	07 873 8199	07 873 7991
South Waikato District Council	07 885 0340	07 885 0718
Thames-Coromandel District Council	07 868 0200	07 868 0234
Waikato District Council	07 824 8633	07 824 5808
Waipa District Council	0800 924 723	07 872 0033
Waitomo District Council	0800 932 4357	07 878 7771
Taranaki	Phone	Fax
New Plymouth District Council	06 759 6060	06 759 6072
South Taranaki District Council	0800 111 323	06 278 8757
Stratford District Council	06 765 6099	06 765 7500
Gisborne	Phone	Fax
Gisborne District Council *	06 867 2049	06 867 8076
Hawke's Bay	Phone	Fax
Central Hawke's Bay District Council	06 857 8060	06 857 7179
Hastings District Council	06 878 0500	06 878 0555
Napier City Council	06 835 7579	06 835 7574
Wairoa District Council	06 838 7309	06 838 8874
Manawatu/Wanganui	Phone	Fax
Horowhenua District Council	06 949 4949	06 949 4957
Manawatu District Council	06 323 0000	06 323 0822
Palmerston North City Council	06 356 8199	06 351 4471
Rangitikei District Council	0800 422 522	06 327 6970
Ruapehu District Council	07 895 8188	07 895 3256
Tararua District Council	06 374 4080	06 374 4137
Wanganui District Council	06 349 0001	06 349 0000
Wellington	Phone	Fax
Carterton District Council	06 379 6626	06 379 7832
Hutt City	04 570 6666	04 569 4290
Kapiti Coast District Council	04 904 5700	04 904 5830
Masterton District Council	06 378 9666	06 378 8400
Porirua City Council	04 237 5089	04 237 6384
South Wairarapa District Council	06 306 9611	06 306 9373
Upper Hutt City Council	04 527 2169	04 528 2652
Wellington City Council	04 499 4444	04 801 3138

South Island

Council	Phone	Fax
Nelson City Council *	03 546 0200	03 546 0239
Marlborough District Council *	03 578 5249	03 578 6866
Tasman District Council *	03 543 8400	03 543 9524
Canterbury	Phone	Fax
Ashburton District Council	03 307 7700	03 308 1836
Christchurch City Council	03 941 8999	03 941 8786
Hurunui District Council	03 314 8816	03 314 9181
Kaikoura District Council	03 319 5026	03 319 5308
Mackenzie District Council	0800 685 8514	03 685 8533
Selwyn District Council	03 324 8080	03 324 3531
Timaru District Council	03 687 7200	03 687 7209
Waimakariri District Council	03 313 6136	03 313 4432
Waimate District Council	03 689 8079	03 689 8075
West Coast	Phone	Fax
Buller District Council	03 788 9111	03 788 8041
Grey District Council	03 768 1700	03 768 1703
Westland District Council	03 756 9010	03 756 9045
Otago	Phone	Fax
Central Otago District Council	03 448 6979	03 448 9196
Clutha District Council	03 419 0200	03 418 3185
Dunedin City Council	03 477 4000	03 474 3366
Queenstown Lakes District Council	03 441 0499	03 442 7334
Waitaki District Council	03 434 8060	03 434 8442
Southland	Phone	Fax
Gore District Council	03 209 0330	03 208 9087
Invercargill City Council	03 214 6243	03 218 4415
Southland District Council	03 218 7259	03 218 9460
Chatham Islands	Phone	Fax
Chatham Islands Council	03 305 0033	03 305 0044

Regional Councils

Council	Phone	Fax
Northland Regional Council	0800 002 004	09 438 0012
Auckland Regional Council	09 366 2000	09 366 2155
Environment Bay of Plenty	0800 368 267	0800 368 329
Environment Waikato	0800 800 401	07 859 0998
Taranaki Regional Council	06 765 7127	06 765 5097
Hawke's Bay Regional Council	0800 108 838	06 835 3601
Horizons Regional Council (Manawatu/Wanganui)	0508 446 749	06 952 2929
Wellingon Regional Council	0800 496 734	04 385 6960
Environment Canterbury	0800 324 636	03 365 3194
West Coast Regional Council	03 768 0466	03 768 7133
Otago Regional Council	0800 474 082	03 479 0015
Environment Southland	0800 768 845	03 211 5252