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Northland Regional councillors have elected Pita Tipene (pictured) – one of two Te Raki Māori Constituency representatives – as the new chair, with Jack Craw, representing the Whangārei Central General Constituency, elected as his deputy. Unlike district councils, whose mayors are chosen by the public through local elections, the regional chair is voted in by councillors. The election of the chair and deputy was one of the new council’s first formal tasks after councillors were officially sworn in at their inaugural meeting in Whangārei on November 5. Chair Tipene says council needs to focus on its core business and where possible work with the region’s three district councils. Coastal South General Constituency John Hunt was also sworn in at the same meeting.
