Representation of women in local government

Definition: The percentage of elected regional council members who are women.

This image is a visual representation of the data for this indicator. See the table below this image for the information.

Region		2001	2004	2007
1	Northland	25	13	13
2	Auckland	38	46	46
3	Waikato	50	36	42
4	Bay of Plenty	33	7	15
5	Gisborne	29	36	29
6	Hawke’s Bay	33	33	33
7	Taranaki	10	10	9
8	Manawatu-Whanganui	18	27	25
9	Wellington	31	38	46
10	Tasman	15	23	23
11	Nelson	42	25	42
12	Marlborough	25	25	23
13	West Coast	0	0	0
14	Canterbury	21	36	36
15	Otago	17	17	18
16	Southland	17	17	25
New Zealand		26	25	27

Source: Department of Internal Affairs
Note: (1) City council members for Nelson; district council members for Gisborne, Marlborough and Tasman.