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Ruapehu District Council

City/District Council

Council Details

Council Type
City/District Council
Short Name
Ruapehu
CEO
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Established
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Contact

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Phone
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Address
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Elected Member Remuneration (2025-2026)

Mayor Salary
$137,377
+9.9% from 2025($12,422)
Average Councillor Salary
$44,885
+8.3% from 2025($3,446)

Source: NZ Taxpayers' Union (via Remuneration Authority data). Average councillors' salaries calculated by dividing each council's governance remuneration pool by the number of councillors.

Pecuniary Interests

9 councillors, 66 interests declared
Trust

Taumarunui Rail Action Centre Trust

Taumarunui Rail Action Centre Trust

Membership

Taumarunui Rail Action Centre Trust, Deputy Chair

Taumarunui Rail Action Centre Trust

Trust

Maru Trust

Maru Trust

Other

Te Kopuka Na Te Awa Tupua - appointed member - manage affairs of the Wanganui River

Te Kopuka Na Te Awa Tupua

Trust

Weston Kirton Family Trust

Weston Kirton Family Trust

Property

Taumarunui

Employment

Funeral and wedding celebrant

Property

Taumarunui Family home, Taumarunui

Membership

Performing Arts Taumarunui

Performing Arts Taumarunui

Trust

Mountain to Sea Trust

Mountain to Sea Trust

Property

Family home, Taumarunui

Employment

Your Local Property Managers - Property Managing

Your Local Property Managers

Property

Waimarino – Family Home

Employment

NZ Police

NZ Police

Membership

National Park Progressive Association

National Park Progressive Association

Other

National Park Steering group (for the Te po Matariki plan)

National Park Steering group

Trust

Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Charitable Trust

Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Charitable Trust

Employment

Te Kotahitanga o Ngāti Tūwharetoa

Te Kotahitanga o Ngāti Tūwharetoa

Trust

Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board

Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board

Trust

TeMākōtuku Family Trust

TeMākōtuku Family Trust

Property

Family Home, Raetihi

Employment

Ngā Waihua o Paerangi - Post Settlement Governance Entity an Iwi Authority

Ngā Waihua o Paerangi

Property

Kaimanawa 3B2A & 3B2B - Land block off State Highway 1

Trust

Kaimanawa 3B2A & 3B2B Trust

Kaimanawa 3B2A & 3B2B Trust

Trust

Pohatuiri Marae Reservation Trust: Beneficiary

Pohatuiri Marae Reservation Trust

Trust

Wharauroa Marae Reservation Trust: Beneficiary

Wharauroa Marae Reservation Trust

Trust

Ngāpūwaiwaha Marae Reservation Trust: Beneficiary

Ngāpūwaiwaha Marae Reservation Trust

Trust

Papakai Marae Reservation Trust: Beneficiary

Papakai Marae Reservation Trust

Trust

Pukawa Marae Reservation Trust: Beneficiary

Pukawa Marae Reservation Trust

Trust

Maniaiti Marae Reservation Trust: Beneficiary

Maniaiti Marae Reservation Trust

Trust

Tukikapu Mārae Reservation Trust: Beneficiary

Tukikapu Mārae Reservation Trust

Trust

Te Nehenehenui Trust: Beneficiary

Te Nehenehenui Trust

Trust

Kākahi Marae Reservation Trust: Beneficiary

Kākahi Marae Reservation Trust

Trust

Hia Kaitupeka Pa and Marae Reservation Trust: Beneficiary

Hia Kaitupeka Pa and Marae Reservation Trust

Property

Family Home: Matapuna, Taumarunui. Family Homestead: Mahoe, Taumarunui. Farm: Kaitieke. Pāpākainga: Taumarunui. Marae: Kākahi. Hohotaka, Te Rena. Ngapuke. Punapunga. Township, Taumaruni. Matapuna, Taumarunui. Tanringamotu. Waitomo. Oparure. Te Kuiti. Turangi. Pukawa.Korohe. Treaty Settlement Lands and Buildings: ManawatūWhanganui Region. Waikato Region. Auckland Region. Hauraki Region. Treaty Settlement Lands and Rivers: Whanganui (Te Awa Tupua). Waikato River. Multiple Māori Land Blocks: Waikato Region.

Trust

Rongomai Marae Reservation Trust: Beneficiary

Rongomai Marae Reservation Trust

Directorship

Visit Ruapehu Ltd – Regional Tourism Organisation

Visit Ruapehu Ltd

Trust

Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board: Beneficiary

Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board

Trust

Kauriki Marae Reservation Trust: Beneficiary

Kauriki Marae Reservation Trust

Trust

Korohe Marae Reservation Trust: Beneficiary

Korohe Marae Reservation Trust

Trust

Ngāti Hāua Iwi Trust: Beneficiary

Ngāti Hāua Iwi Trust

Trust

Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Trust: Beneficiary

Ngāti Tūwharetoa Fisheries Trust

Trust

Hauraki Māori Trust Board: Beneficiary

Hauraki Māori Trust Board

Trust

Waipatoto Marae Reservation Trust: Beneficiary

Waipatoto Marae Reservation Trust

Trust

Te Kotahitanga o Ngāti Tūwharetoa Trust: Beneficiary

Te Kotahitanga o Ngāti Tūwharetoa Trust

Trust

Albert and Sophia Ketu Whānau Trust: Trustee and Beneficiary

Albert and Sophia Ketu Whānau Trust

Trust

Hikairo Marae and Pāpākainga Reservation Trust: Beneficiary

Hikairo Marae and Pāpākainga Reservation Trust

Other

Honouraria: Climate Action Joint Committee Membership and work. Payment from the Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council. Consulting Fees: Payment for Māori Land Consulting Services. Payment from Te Horua o Te Rā Trust.

Employment

Ngāti Hāua Iwi Trust

Ngāti Hāua Iwi Trust

Trust

Otukou Marae Reservation Trust: Beneficiary

Otukou Marae Reservation Trust

Trust

Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust: Beneficiary

Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust

Trust

Te Whiringa Kākaho o Ngāti Hāua Trust: Beneficiary

Te Whiringa Kākaho o Ngāti Hāua Trust

Trust

Waikato Tainui Trusts (made up of the Waikato Raupatu Lands and Rivers Trusts): Beneficiary

Waikato Tainui Trusts

Other

Visit Ruapehu Ltd – Regional Tourism Organisation

Visit Ruapehu Ltd

Property

Farm: Kaitieke. Pāpākainga: Taumarunui. Marae: Kākahi. Hohotaka, Te Rena. Ngapuke. Punapunga. Township, Taumaruni. Matapuna, Taumarunui. Tanringamotu. Waitomo. Oparure. Te Kuiti. Turangi. Pukawa. Korohe. Treaty Settlement Lands and Buildings: ManawatūWhanganui Region. Waikato Region. Auckland Region. Hauraki Region. Treaty Settlement Lands and Rivers: Whanganui (Te Awa Tupua). Waikato River. Multiple Māori Land Blocks: Waikato Region. Manawatū-Whnganui Region. Hauraki Region. Waiariki District. Aotea District. Waikato-Maniapoto District.

Directorship

White Gold Farms Ltd - Farming Business

White Gold Farms Ltd

Employment

Self employed

Shareholding

White Gold Farms Ltd

White Gold Farms Ltd

Trust

Pepper Family Trust

Pepper Family Trust

Property

Taumarunui - Farm

Other

Whanganui River Enhancement Trust

Whanganui River Enhancement Trust

Trust

Waiwera Te Aroha Mill Family Trust

Waiwera Te Aroha Mill Family Trust

Employment

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Rangi

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Rangi

Property

Ngapakahi 2A2B

Trust

Raetihi Marae

Raetihi Marae

Membership

Raetihi Promotions Charitable Trust

Raetihi Promotions Charitable Trust

Source: Council pecuniary interest registers under the Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Act 1968. Declared interests do not imply conflicts or improper conduct.View all councils →

Current Elected Members

Leadership

Weston Kirton

Mayor

$137,377/year

Brenda Ralph

Deputy Mayor

Ruapehu General Ward

Councillors(avg. $44,885/year)