Nelson City Council

Mayor and Councillors

Contact your councillors, view the council meeting schedule, and learn about each committee's role.

• Contact a councillor
• Council meetings
• Committees and working parties
• Governance
• Councillors' opinion column

Achievements in 2009

Council’s purpose is to make Nelson a better place. Last year we achieved alot but we must keep improving.

Jobs

View all current job openings at Council and learn what working for Council is like.

• Job application process
• Working at Council
• Human Resources
• Contracts and tenders
• Volunteer
• Current vacancies

Consultations

View all open consultations - and have your say - and stay updated on progress with closed consultations.

• Open consultations
• Closed consultations
• Consultation results
• Active projects and plans
• Publicly notified resource consents

News

Read the latest issue of Live Nelson and all media releases. Stay updated on road closures and public notices.

• Recent media releases and news
• Archived media releases
• Live Nelson
• RSS Feeds
• Public notices
• Road closures

Plans, strategies, and policies

Find all Council plans and strategies, including the Nelson Community Plan.

• Nelson Community Plan 2009/19
• Strategies, plans, policies, reports, and studies A - Z
• Annual Plan 2008/09
• Annual Report 2008/09

Bylaws

Council Bylaws guide the work we do on behalf of Nelson residents. Read or download any of the current Bylaws.

Publications

Council publishes annual community magazines along with the fortnightly newspaper Live Nelson.

• Live Nelson
• Nelson in Focus
• Nelson City Guide
• Nelson by the Sea
• Newsletters

Council structure

Learn about Council's duties as a local governing body and what organisations we are affiliated with.

• Unitary authority
• Council boundary
• Council meetings
• Council organisations
• Community goals for Nelson Whakatu
• Elections