Tasman District Council (Māori: Te Kaunihera o te tai o Aorere) is the unitary local authority for the Tasman District of New Zealand.
[1] The council is led by the mayor of Tasman, who is currently Tim King.
[3][4] Tasman elects its 13 councillors from five wards: three from Motueka, three from Moutere/Waimea, four from Richmond, one from Murchison and two from Golden Bay.
There are six council committees: Regulatory, Strategy and Policy, Operations, Audit and Risk, CEO Review and Commercial.
[7] Tasman District Council has representatives on several joint committees with Nelson City Council: Community Development, Engineering Services, Environmental Planning, Tasman Regional Transport, Joint Shareholders Committee, the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit, the Regional Pest Management Joint Committee, and the Saxton Field Committee.