Appendix 2: Subsectors and the growth councils

Matters arising from our audits of the 2021-31 long-term plans.

Subsectors

Local Government New Zealand defines four types of subsector:58

  • metropolitan;
  • provincial;
  • rural; and
  • regional (comprising regional councils and unitary authorities).

We followed these definitions but considered Auckland Council as its own subsector separate to the other metropolitan councils because of its size. For the purposes of our analysis, we have grouped the unitary authorities in their respective provincial or rural subsectors. The councils that make up each subsector are listed below.

Auckland subsector
Auckland Council
Metropolitan subsector
Christchurch City Council Dunedin City Council Hamilton City Council
Hutt City Council Palmerston North City Council Porirua City Council
Queenstown-Lakes District Council Tauranga City Council Upper Hutt City Council
Wellington City Council Whangarei District Council
Provincial subsector
Ashburton District Council Central Otago District Council Far North District Council
Gisborne District Council Hastings District Council Horowhenua District Council
Invercargill City Council Kaipara District Council Kāpiti Coast District Council
Manawatū District Council Marlborough District Council Masterton District Council
Matamata-Piako District Council Napier City Council Nelson City Council
New Plymouth District Council Rotorua Lakes Council Selwyn District Council
South Taranaki District Council South Waikato District Council Southland District Council
Tasman District Council Taupō District Council Thames-Coromandel District Council
Timaru District Council59 Waikato District Council Waimakariri District Council
Waipā District Council Waitaki District Council Western Bay of Plenty District Council
Whanganui District Council Whakatāne District Council
Rural subsector
Buller District Council Carterton District Council Central Hawke's Bay District Council
Chatham Islands Council Clutha District Council Gore District Council
Grey District Council Hauraki District Council Hurunui District Council
Kaikōura District Council Kawerau District Council Mackenzie District Council
Ōpōtiki District Council Ōtorohanga District Council Rangitīkei District Council
Ruapehu District Council South Wairarapa District Council Stratford District Council
Tararua District Council Waimate District Council Wairoa District Council
Waitomo District Council Westland District Council
Regional subsector
Bay of Plenty Regional Council Environment Canterbury Environment Southland
Greater Wellington Regional Council Hawke's Bay Regional Council Horizons Regional Council
Northland Regional Council Otago Regional Council Taranaki Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council West Coast Regional Council

58: For more on the sector groups, see www.lgnz.nz.

59: Timaru District Council is no longer an LGNZ member. Therefore, we have classified the Council as provincial based on how it was historically classified when it was an LGNZ member.