| Helensville,
New Zealand, is administered by the Rodney District Council
as part of the Rodney District, which stretches from just beyond
Wellsford in the north to within 20 minutes of downtown Auckland
in the south. The Rodney District Council was formed in 1989 when
Helensville Borough and Rodney County amalgamated.
Rodney is split into four wards. The Central Ward with one councillor incorporates Waitoki and Coatesville, the Northern
 Ward
incorporates Wellsford, Warkworth and Matakana and has three councillors. The Hibiscus Coast Ward covers Orewa and Whangaparaoa and has four councillors, while the Western Ward incorporates Helensville,
Kumeu, Kaukapakapa and Riverhead with three councillors.
The Mayor is Penny Webster [click for a mayoral message].
The Council is:
Mayor:
Penny Webster, Ph 09 426 5169, Fax 09 426 7280, email
Central Ward:
Ross Craig, Ph 02109120861, email
Hibiscus Coast Ward:
Gaye Harding, Ph 021 112 7697, email
John Kirikiri (Deputy Mayor),
Ph 021 906 309, email
Zane Taylor, Ph 0275 890 210, email
Wayne Walker Ph 021 0550 485,
email
Northern Ward:
Dave Parker QSM, J.P, Ph 027 484 9935, email
Dr Grahame Powell, J.P, Ph 021 661 818, email
June Turner, Ph 021 365 156, email
Western Ward:
Pat Delich, Ph 021 475 502
Greville Walker, Ph 0274 396 127,
email
Suzanne Weld, Ph 021 656 485,
email
- Rodney District Council's main office is at
Centreway Rd, Orewa (Ph 09 426 5169 or free phone 0800 426 5169)
- The Helensville Service Centre is in the Community
Centre, Commercial Rd, Helensville (ph 09 420 8645, a/h 420 4186,
fax 09 420 8196). Hours are Mon-Fri 8am-12:30pm, 1pm- 4pm.
The District Council is responsible for a broad
range of public services and amenities. These include planning and
ownership of roading, sewerage, water supply and drainage; basic
recreational activities such as reserves, sportsfields, libraries
and coastal structures; and regulatory services (building &
resource consents, district planning, and bylaw enforcement).
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National Representation
On the national level Helensville is part
of the Helensville electorate, represented in parliament by New Zealand Prime Minister and National
MP, the Hon. John Key. Click here for a message from
him.
He can be contacted at email john.key@national.org.nz.
His electorate office at 365 State Highway 16, Kumeu, postal P.O.
Box 258, Kumeu. The phone number is 09 412 2496 and fax number is
09 412 2497.
Click
here for a statistical electoral profile on the Helensville Electorate
(pdf, requires
Adobe Acrobat reader)
Click here for an electorate map
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