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The council was established in 1989 through the merger of Lawrence Borough Council (established in 1866), [2] Balclutha Borough Council (established in 1870), [3] Clutha County Council (established in 1876), [4] Tapanui Borough Council (established in 1876), [4] and Kaitangata Borough Council (established in 1882).
Clutha District is a local government district of southern New Zealand, with its headquarters in the Otago town of Balclutha. Clutha District has a land area of 6,334.47 km 2 (2,445.75 sq mi) and an estimated population of 19,300 as of June 2024. Clutha District occupies the majority of the geographical area known as South Otago.
In June 2016, the town gained international attention when new low cost housing was offered there, and local mayor of Clutha District, Bryan Cadogan, estimated there were 100 [3]-1000 job vacancies in the region; [4] the news was carried by The Guardian and TVNZ's Seven Sharp. [5]
Public sector organisations in New Zealand comprise the state sector organisations plus those of local government. Within the state sector lies the state services , and within this lies the core public service.
Bryan Alexander Cadogan (born 1959 or 1960) is a New Zealand politician who has served as the mayor of Clutha since 2010. A retailer and former sheep shearer, he was first elected as a Clutha District Councillor in 1998. His younger brother, Tim Cadogan, was the mayor of Central Otago between 2016 and 2024.
Clutha County was one of the counties of New Zealand in the South Island. Its first meeting was on 4 January 1877 at the Balclutha courthouse. [ 1 ] The offices on the corner of Clyde and Elizabeth Streets in Balclutha were rebuilt in 1934 [ 2 ] and demolished in 2009.
Clutha District Council began in November 1989 with amalgamation of Balclutha Borough, Clutha County, Lawrence Borough, Tapanui Borough, part of Tuapeka County and Bruce District Council. Bruce District Council had been formed in 1986 from Bruce County, Milton Borough and Kaitangata Borough. [2]
Clydevale is a township on the banks of the Clutha River / Mata-Au, in the Clutha Valley, 29 kilometres north-west of Balclutha. [1] The township was established by the New Zealand and Australian Land Company in the 1860s. The company officially named the township in 1863, after the River Clyde in Scotland. [1]