title: Ōtorohanga District Council
text: # Ōtorohanga District Council
  
  Ōtorohanga District Council (Māori: Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Ōtorohanga) is the territorial authority for the Ōtorohanga District of New Zealand.
  
  The council consists of the mayor of Ōtorohanga, Max Baxter, and seven ward councillors.
  
  ## Composition
  
  ### Councillors
  
  * Mayor Max Baxter
  * Waipa Ward: Deputy Mayor Roy Johnson
  * Kāwhia/Tihiroa Ward: Annette Williams
  * Kiokio/Korakonui Ward: Bryan Ferguson
  * Ōtorohanga Ward: Katrina Christison
  * Kāwhia/Tihiroa Ward: Kit Jeffries
  * Wharepuhunga Ward: Robyn Klos
  * Ōtorohanga Ward: Rodney Dow
  
  ### Community boards
  
  * Ōtorohanga Community Board: Neville Gadd, Katrina Christison, Alan Buckman, Kat Brown-Merrin, Peter Coventry, Rodney Dow
  * Kawhia Community Board: Dave Walsh, Ken Briggs, Annette Williams, George Fletcher, Hinga Whiu
  
  ## History
  
  The council was established in 1989. It replaced a council of the same name established in 1976, which replaced the Otorohanga County Council established in 1922.
  
  