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Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Regional Council

Council Details

Council Type
Regional Council
Short Name
BOPRC
CEO
Fiona McTavish
Established
-

Contact

Email
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Phone
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Address
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Elected Member Remuneration (2025-2026)

Chair Salary
$167,596
+6.0% from 2025($9,431)
Average Councillor Salary
$70,649
+1.9% from 2025($1,317)

Source: NZ Taxpayers' Union (via Remuneration Authority data). Average councillors' salaries calculated by dividing each council's governance remuneration pool by the number of councillors.

Financial Health Score (2024)

Overall Score
60.8/100
Tier 3 - Acceptable
National Ranking
#20
of all councils
Peer Group Ranking
#2
of 4 in Regional
Solvency
60
30%
Operational
72.5
25%
Liquidity
67.3
15%
Assets
32.5
15%
Sustainability
65
15%
Net Debt to Revenue
280%
Interest Coverage
-x
Operating Margin
-%
Debt to Assets
29.0%

Financial Position (Stats NZ Data)

Total Assets
$921M
Total Debt
$267M
Rates Revenue
$82M
Current Ratio
0.79x

Source: Stats NZ Local Authority Financial Statistics. Scoring methodology based on DIA financial prudence benchmarks.View all council rankings →

Historical Financial Data

32 years available
Operating Income
$186.7M
+10.3% YoY
Operating Expenditure
$180.5M
+1.2% YoY
Operating Result
$6.3M
Surplus
Total Result
$50.7M

Income

Rates$82.1M
Regulatory Income & Petrol Tax$6.9M
Grants, Subsidies & Donations$25.6M
Interest Income$10.0M
Dividend Income$48.6M
Sales & Other Income$13.4M
Total Operating Income$186.7M

Expenditure

Employee Costs$61.1M
Depreciation & Amortisation$9.5M
Grants, Subsidies & Donations$7.5M
Interest Expenditure$10.2M
Purchases & Other$92.1M
Total Operating Expenditure$180.5M

Source: Stats NZ Local Authority Financial Statistics. All values in NZD.

Current Elected Members

Leadership

Matemoana Janice McDonald

Chair

Mauao (Māori Constituency)

$167,596/year

Glenn Dougal

Deputy Chair

Tauranga

Councillors(avg. $70,649/year)

Malcolm Campbell

Eastern Bay of Plenty

Sarah McCorkindale

Eastern Bay of Plenty

Mawera Karetai

Kōhi (Māori Constituency)

Iwi Te Whau

Ōkurei (Māori Constituency)

Raj Kumar

Rotorua

Kate Graeme

Tauranga

Tim Maltby

Tauranga

John Scrimgeour

Western Bay of Plenty

Ken Shirley

Western Bay of Plenty