The Tasman District Council has confirmed its Committee Structure for the new triennium, 2025-2028.

The new structure will feature the Full Council and two Standing Committees - Strategy Finance & Performance and Environment Regulatory & Operations - where there were previously three in the 2022-25 triennium.

The new committees reflect a recent internal restructuring where each committee will have two Council operational units reporting to them.

Mayor Tim King and all Councillors are appointed to the two standing committees.

Cr Kit Maling has been appointed chair of Strategy Policy and Performance, with Cr Dave Woods as deputy.

Cr Jo Ellis has been appointed chair of Environment, Regulatory and Operations with Cr Celia Butler as deputy.

The Strategy Policy and Performance Committee and Full Council will meet monthly and the Environment, Regulatory and Operations Committee will meet six-weekly. They will be supported by a six-weekly briefing, known as the Information Forum.

While not an official committee under the Local Government and Official Information and Meetings Act, the Information Forum will focus solely on information reports. This will enable the standing committees to focus on those matters requiring decisions with greater efficiency and focus.

Cr Trindi Walker has been appointed chair of the Information Forum with Cr Kerryn Ferneyhough as deputy.

The Information Forum will be open to the public as will all other meetings with the ability to go into confidential sessions when demanded by standing orders.

The new committee structure would be reviewed in 2027, a year before the next election.

The full list of membership and delegations to Standing, Joint, and Council Committees, Community Boards and Associations, as well as other Council appointments will be published on the Council website in the coming days.

A 2026 meetings calendar (schedule of meetings) for the committees, subcommittees and joint committees of the Council will be developed by staff and reported to the next Council meeting on 11 December 2025.

This triennium all meetings will be livestreamed via our Tasman District Council Meetings YouTube channel -Tasman District Council Meetings - YouTube .

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