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As we gear up for local elections, we will provide regular updates so you can participate in local elections for the Waikato region. We’ll provide information about:
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Voting is your chance to choose the people who will best represent what’s important to you over the next three years. But before you can vote, you must be enrolled.
What we do
Improving water quality, enhancing the health of our coastal and marine ecosystems, protecting and restoring our unique native plants and animals and the ecosystems they live in, keeping people safe on our roads and waterways as well as from floods and other hazards, and providing passenger transport services.
We do all this, and more.
Learn more about our mahiIf it matters to you - information for candidates
Every decision made by councillors significantly impacts the lives of Waikato residents, today and for the future. Elected members have the responsibility to represent the interests of all residents and ratepayers in the region, going beyond their immediate constituencies.
Do you have what it takes to sit at the decision-making table of Waikato Regional Council?
Start your elections journeyOur iwi relationships
Waikato Regional Council has co-governance and co-management arrangements with several iwi partners.
Learn about our iwi relationships