Mayor of Buller District

The mayor is the leader of the council. Their job is to promote a vision for the district and lead the development of the council’s plans, policies and budget. The mayor appoints the deputy mayor, establishes committees for particular topics, and appoints chairs for those committees. This is a first past the post (FPP) election, so you vote by ticking the name of your preferred candidate on your ballot paper. Compare the candidates and their policies to decide who to vote for in the Buller District Council mayoral election.

Transport

Helping communities get from A to B is a key responsibility of local government, from making sure the buses run on time to providing car parking and walking and cycling paths. Whether public transport is the responsibility of the regional or local council depends on where you are in the country. Local councils also own 87% of New Zealand’s roads.

Transport

Helping communities get from A to B is a key responsibility of local government, from making sure the buses run on time to providing car parking and walking and cycling paths. Whether public transport is the responsibility of the regional or local council depends on where you are in the country. Local councils also own 87% of New Zealand’s roads.

  • Ensure increased funding for accessibility and footpaths to support older population and community amenities.

    Ensure Karamea Special Purpose Road remains fully government funded and enhance resilience and preventative work on all network to avoid closures and weather events.

    Maintain port as a resilience lifeline, develop any commercial opportunities to support this and keep Kawatiri working on worthwhile contracts.

  • Acknowledge the new paradigm of little traffic, energy use and work brought about by the abandonment of the now pointless pursuit of money.

    Celebrate the freedom, time, safety, ecological benefits and peace and quiet enabled by the ending of the monetary era.

    Revisit infrastructure challenges by acknowledging new possibilities regarding quality and resilience when money cost need not be considered.

  • Ensure increased funding for accessibility and footpaths to support older population and community amenities.

    Ensure Karamea Special Purpose Road remains fully government funded and enhance resilience and preventative work on all network to avoid closures and weather events.

    Maintain port as a resilience lifeline, develop any commercial opportunities to support this and keep Kawatiri working on worthwhile contracts.

  • Acknowledge the new paradigm of little traffic, energy use and work brought about by the abandonment of the now pointless pursuit of money.

    Celebrate the freedom, time, safety, ecological benefits and peace and quiet enabled by the ending of the monetary era.

    Revisit infrastructure challenges by acknowledging new possibilities regarding quality and resilience when money cost need not be considered.