Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Sources

• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia, 'Results of the 2025 New Zealand regional council elections', read 2026-10-12: Bay of Plenty Regional Council: head (Chairperson), councillor count, electoral system. Fallback: Wikipedia (raw wikitext saved under data/raw/wikipedia-nz/), because council websites and the Department of Internal Affairs statistics were not fetched; chair/mayor results as cited there (council minutes or official declarations). For: Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Chairperson, Councillor, Matemoana McDonald as Chairperson
• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 explainer text, read 2026-10-12. For: What it can't do
• boprc.govt.nz · checked Oct 12, 2026 Bay of Plenty Regional Council, media release "Bay of Plenty Regional Council elects first ever wahine Maori Chair", October 2025, read 2026-10-12: Matemoana McDonald elected Chair at the first meeting of the new council. The release gives no exact day, so the start date is not confirmed by it. For: Matemoana McDonald as Chairperson
• en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Local Electoral Act 2001 (second Saturday of October, every three years); dates for 2025 confirmed in Wikipedia, results pages, read 2026-10-12: next triennial election date computed from the statutory schedule. Fallback: not read from the Act or the Department of Internal Affairs this session For: General election, October 14, 2028