State or region
Chairperson
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Chosen by the council from among its members
- Exact method
- Elected by the councillors from among themselves at the first meeting after each triennial election.
- Chosen by
- Bay of Plenty Regional Council
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Matemoana McDonald since October 2025 Report Source: boprc.govt.nz, checked (+1 more)
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org · checked 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: Chairperson, Matemoana McDonald, current term
- boprc.govt.nz · checked 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, current term
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