Governance Statement

The Governance Statement (PDF 639KB) includes information on the following:

• the functions, responsibilities and activities of the council;
• local legislation that confers power on the council;
• the electoral system and the opportunity to change it;
• representation arrangements, including the option of establishing Maori wards or constituencies, and the opportunity to change them;
• members' roles and conduct (with specific reference to the applicable statutory requirements and code of conduct);
• governance structures and processes, membership and delegations;
• meeting processes (with specific reference to the applicable provisions of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and standing orders);
• consultation policies;
• policies for liaising with, and memoranda of agreement with, Maori;
• the management structure;
• equal employment opportunities policy;
• key approved planning and policy documents and the process for their development and review;
• systems for public access to it and its elected members;
• processes for requests for official information.