Mayor and Councillors

About Council

The Taupō District Council is made up of the Mayor and 12 Councillors from five wards, including one from the Mangakino-Pouakani ward, seven from the Taupō ward, one from the Taupō East Rural ward, two from the Te Papamārearea Māori ward and one from the Tūrangi-Tongariro ward.

Taupō 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.

The Council is elected every three years and the most recent local body elections were held on 8 October 2022.

You can email your councillors at councillors@taupo.govt.nz or email an individual councillor using the format councillorsurname@taupo.govt.nz.

Taupō District Mayor

Mayor David Trewavas

Committees:	District Dog Control Committee Emergency Management Committee Kinloch Representative Group Mangakino-Pouakani Representative Group Performance Monitoring Group Risk and Assurance Committee Taupō Airport Authority Committee Taupō / Taupō East Rural Community Grant Distribution Committee Taupō East Rural Representative Group Taupō Reserves and Roading Committee Te Kōpu ā Kānapanapa Tongariro Representative Group Tūrangi Co-Governance Committee Tūrangi Tongariro Community Grant Distribution Committee Tutemohuta Reserve Trust Waikato Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Waikato Regional Transport Committee Waipahihi C75 Reserves Trust (Māori Land Trust)
Email:	dtrewavas@taupo.govt.nz
Phone:	027 570 7918

Taupō District Deputy Mayor

Deputy Mayor Kevin Taylor

Ward:	Taupō ward
Portfolios:	Community safety (lead) Sport and Recreation (Associate)
Committees:	District Dog Control Committee (Chairperson) Performance Monitoring Group Risk and Assurance Committee Taupō Reserves and Roading Committee Te Kopū ā Kānapanapa Tūrangi Co-Governance Committee Waikato Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Waikato Regional Transport Committee
Email:	councillortaylor@taupo.govt.nz
Phone:	027 273 9817

Mangakino-Pouakani ward councillor

Councillor Kirsty Trueman

Ward:	Mangakino-Pouakani ward
Portfolios:	Age and Disability (lead) Mangakino (lead)
Committees:	Mangakino-Pouakani Representative Group Te Arawa River Iwi Trust and Taupō District Council Co-Governance Committee Te Kopū ā Kānapanapa Raukawa Settlement Trust and Taupō District Council Co-Governance Committee
Email:	councillortrueman@taupo.govt.nz
Phone:	027 335 5267

Taupō ward councillors

Councillor Duncan Campbell

Ward:	Taupō ward
Portfolio:	Sport and Recreation (associate)
Committees:	Kinloch Representative Group Taupō Airport Authority Committee Taupō District Licensing Committee Taupō Reserves and Roading Committee
Email:	councillorcampbell@taupo.govt.nz
Phone:	027 207 8005

Councillor Anna Park

Ward:	Taupō ward
Portfolios:	International Relations (lead) Economic & Business (associate)
Committees:	District Dog Control Committee Emergency Management Committee (Chairperson) Mangakino-Pouakani Representative Group Risk and Assurance Committee Taupō Reserves and Roading Committee Waikato Civil Defence Emergency Management Group (WCDEM)
Email:	councillorpark@taupo.govt.nz
Phone:	027 234 4568

Councillor Christine Rankin

Ward:	Taupō ward
Portfolios:	Economic and Business (lead) Community Safety (associate)
Committees:	Kinloch Representative Group (Chairperson) Performance Monitoring Group (Chairperson) Taupō Reserves and Roading Committee Taupō / Taupō East Rural Community Grant Distribution Committee Tutemohuta Reserve Trust
Email:	councillorrankin@taupo.govt.nz
Phone:	027 582 4804

Councillor Rachel Shepherd

Ward:	Taupō ward
Portfolios:	Sport and Recreation (lead) Arts & Culture (associate) International Relations (associate) Community Services (associate)
Committees:	Kinloch Representative Group Risk and Assurance Committee Taupō Reserves and Roading Committee Taupō / Taupō East Rural Community Grant Distribution Committee
Email:	councillorshepherd@taupo.govt.nz
Phone:	027 336 4135

Councillor Yvonne Westerman

Ward:	Taupō ward
Portfolios:	Community services (lead) Environment and Climate Change (associate)
Committees:	Lake Taupō Protection Project Joint Committee Mangakino-Pouakani Representative Group Rangitāiki River Forum Taupō Airport Authority Committee Taupō Reserves and Roading Committee
Email:	councillorwesterman@taupo.govt.nz
Phone:	027 573 3844

Councillor John Williamson

Ward:	Taupō ward
Portfolios:	Arts and Culture (lead)
Committees:	District Dog Control Committee Lake Taupō Protection Project Joint Committee Rangitāiki River Forum Risk and Assurance Committee Taupō District Licensing Committee (Deputy Chairperson) Taupō East Rural Representative Group Taupō / Taupō East Rural Community Grant Distribution Committee Taupō Reserves and Roading Committee (Chairperson) Te Arawa River Iwi Trust and Taupō District Council Co-Governance Committee Te Kōpu ā Kānapanapa Tutemohuta Reserve Trust Waipahihi C75 Reserves Trust (Māori Land Trust)
Email:	councillorwilliamson@taupo.govt.nz
Phone:	027 310 8013

Taupō East Rural ward councillor

Councillor Kylie Leonard

Ward:	Taupō East Rural ward
Portfolios:	Food Production / Primary Industries (lead)
Committees:	District Dog Control Committee Lake Taupō Protection Project Joint Committee Performance Monitoring Group Raukawa Settlement Trust and Taupō District Council Co-Governance Committee Taupō / Taupō East Rural Community Grant Distribution Committee Taupō East Rural Representative Group (Chairperson) Taupō Reserves and Roading Committee Te Arawa River Iwi Trust and Taupō District Council Co-Governance Committee
Email:	councillorleonard@taupo.govt.nz
Phone:	027 257 7338

Te Papamārearea Māori ward councillors

Councillor Karam Fletcher

Ward:	Te Papamārearea Māori ward
Portfolios:	Youth and Technology (lead) International Relations (associate)
Committees:	Lake Taupō Protection Project Joint Committee Performance Monitoring Group Raukawa Settlement Trust and Taupō District Council Co-Governance Committee Te Arawa River Iwi Trust and Taupō District Council Co-Governance Committee Tongariro Representative Group (TRG) Tūrangi-Tongariro Community Grant Distribution Committee
Email:	councillorfletcher@taupo.govt.nz
Phone:	027 213 8094

Councillor Danny Loughlin

Ward:	Te Papamārearea Māori ward
Portfolios:	Environment and Climate Change (lead)
Committees:	Emergency Management Committee Risk and Assurance Committee Taupō East Rural Representative Group
Email:	councillorloughlin@taupo.govt.nz
Phone:	021 931 994

Tūrangi-Tongariro ward councillor

Councillor Sandra Greenslade

Ward:	Tūrangi-Tongariro ward
Portfolio:	Economic & Business (associate)
Committees:	Emergency Management Committee Tongariro Representative Group (Chairperson) Tūrangi Co-Governance Committee Tūrangi Tongariro Community Grant Distribution Committee Waikato Regional Transport Committee
Email:	councillorgreenslade@taupo.govt.nz
Phone:	027 220 5359