Sectors
Each council is a member of one of four sector groups - metropolitan, regional, provincial, or rural. Each sector is represented on LGNZ's National Council. Sector Groups are made up as follows:
- Metropolitan Group (populations exceeding 90,000)
- Provincial Group (populations between 20,000 and 90,000)
- Rural Group (populations below 20,000)
- Regional Group (regional councils and unitary authorities).
Some exceptions exist through specific requests from councils.
The purpose of sector groups, as set out in the LGNZ constitution, is to act as an electoral college for the appointment of National Council representatives.
The sector representatives are elected every three years with the term reflecting the local body elections triennium.
Each sector group develops their own set of priority issues which are addressed, with assistance from LGNZ, with the objective of simultaneously pursuing the particular interests of each sector and the general interests of local government.
All sectors hold an Annual General Meeting during the LGNZ Conference, and regularly meet as follows:
- the Metro Sector meets four times per year
- the Provincial Sector do not meet at set times during the year, they are usually, but not always, invited to the Rural Sector meetings
- the Rural Sector meets twice annually
- the Regional Sector, including the four unitary councils, meets four times a year.
The dates for sector meetings can be found on the LGNZ Events Calendar.
Last updated: May 2011
