Whau Local Board

Whau Local Board
Whau in Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Region	Auckland
Territorial authority	Auckland
Ward	Whau
Legislated	2010
Government
• Board chair	Derek Battersby
Population (30 June 2009)^[1]
• Total	76,400

Local Board Members
Structure
Labour Party	5 / 7
Community First	1 / 7
Progressive Independents	1 / 7
Elections
Last election	2013
Next election	2017

The Whau Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council, which replaced Auckland's previous eight councils on 1 November 2010.

The Whau board, named after the Whau River estuary which runs through the board area, covers the suburbs of Avondale, Blockhouse Bay, Green Bay, Kelston, New Lynn and New Windsor.^[2] The total population residing in the Whau Local Board area, as of June 2009, was 76,400.^[1]

The board consists of seven members elected at-large. The first members were elected in the nationwide local elections on Saturday 9 October 2010.

References

1 2 "Subnational population estimates at 30 June 2009: local government areas". Retrieved 16 November 2010.
↑ "Whau ward and local board map" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-07-23.

Subdivisions of Auckland Council

Wards	Rodney Albany North Shore Waitākere Waitematā and Gulf Albert-Eden-Roskill Whau Orākei Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Howick Manukau Manurewa-Papakura Franklin

Local boards	Rodney Hibiscus and Bays Upper Harbour Kaipātiki Devonport-Takapuna Henderson-Massey Waitākere Ranges Whau Albert-Eden Puketāpapa Waitematā Waiheke Great Barrier Orākei Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Ōtara-Papatoetoe Howick Manurewa Papakura Franklin

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