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The Palmerston North City Council is the territorial authority for the city of Palmerston North in New Zealand. The council is made up of a mayor elected at-large and 15 councillors, with 13 elected from a city-wide general ward (Te Hirawanui Ward) and 2 from a city-wide Māori ward (Te Pūao Ward).
Grant Charles Smith [1] is the 29th mayor of Palmerston North, New Zealand. He was first elected to the Palmerston North City Council in 2013, and was elected as mayor in the February 2015 by-election when Jono Naylor resigned. [2] He then won the 2016 election with around 17,500 more votes than his only rival. [3] He was re-elected in 2022. [4]
The first elections on 9 August 1877 returned a council with nine members, including George Snelson as the first mayor. Snelson is regarded as the founding father of Palmerston North. [4] On 1 August 1930, Palmerston North was officially gazetted as a city, the 7th settlement in New Zealand to have reached the then-threshold of 20,000 inhabitants.
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Palmerston North is the seat of the council. For electoral and regional representation purposes, Palmerston North City constitutes the Palmerston North constituency and is represented by 4 councillors: Palmerston North Constituency Councillors as at the 2019 election: Wiremu Te Awe Awe; Jono Naylor; Fiona Gordon; Rachel Keedwell
Turitea is the home to Palmerston North's water supply and location of a planned wind farm. Most of Turitea is in the Fitzherbert Ward in the Palmerston North City Council, alongside the neighbouring suburbs of Aokautere and Linton. Prior to 1996, Turitea was part of the Manawatu electorate.