Christchurch City Council

Christchurch City Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1989
Leadership
Phil Mauger, Independent
since 25 October 2022
Victoria Henstock
since 2025
Mary Richardson
since 3 October 2024
Structure
Seats17
Political groups
  •   Independent (8)
  •   The People's Choice (4)
  •   The People's Choice – Labour (2)
  •   Independent Citizens (2)
  •   Labour (1)
Elections
First-past-the-post (FPP)
Last election
11 October 2025
Next election
October 2028
Motto
Fide condita, fructu beata, spe fortis
Meeting place
Christchurch Civic Offices, Worcester Street frontage
Website
www.ccc.govt.nz
Footnotes

The Christchurch City Council (CCC) is the local government authority for Christchurch in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority elected to represent the 419,200 people of Christchurch. The Mayor of Christchurch is Phil Mauger, who was elected in 2022 and 2025l. The council currently consists of 16 elected Councillors in sixteen wards, and is presided over by the mayor, who is elected at large. The number of elected members and ward boundaries changed prior to the 2016 election.