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Council Details

Council Type
Regional Council
Short Name
ES
CEO
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Established
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Elected Member Remuneration (2025-2026)

Chair Salary
$136,773
+1.9% from 2025($2,550)
Average Councillor Salary
$53,395
+1.9% from 2025($996)

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.

Current Elected Members

Leadership

Jeremy McPhail

Chair

Eastern-Dome

$136,773/year

Phil Morrison

Deputy Chair

Invercargill-Rakiura

Councillors(avg. $53,395/year)

Alastair Gibson

Eastern-Dome

Paul Evans

Fiordland

David Rose

Hokonui

Eric Roy

Invercargill-Rakiura

Geoffrey Young

Invercargill-Rakiura

Lyndal Ludlow

Invercargill-Rakiura

Maurice Rodway

Invercargill-Rakiura

Roger Hodson

Invercargill-Rakiura

Jon Pemberton

Southern

Ewen Mathieson

Western