Welcome to the Kaikoura District Council and the local government website for the Kaikoura District of New Zealand. Kaikoura is a Green Globe Certified Community: we are committed to sustaining our environment by managing and improving our impact and were one of the first Councils to adopt a Zero Waste Policy. Our website offers both tourist information for those who visit Kaikoura and community information for local people.
The Local Government Commission released its decision on 14 May 2009 not to proceed with an elector-initiated proposal to abolish the Kaikoura District and include the area in the Hurunui District.
The Commission is satisfied that a reorganisation scheme based on the proposal or on modifications to the proposal would not promote good local government of the Kaikoura and Hurunui Districts.
Operational and Financial issues associated with the reorganisation proposal for the abolition of the Kaikoura District and its inclusion in the Hurunui District, as prepared by Brian Smith Advisory Services Ltd.
Further information is available on the Local Government Commission website www.lgc.govt.nz
