Timaru District Council (Māori: Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Te Tihi o Maru) is the territorial authority for the Timaru District of New Zealand.

[1] The council is led by the mayor of Timaru, who is currently Nigel Bowen.

[2][3] In 2020, the council had 242 staff, including 23 earning more than $100,000.

According to the Taxpayers' Union think tank, residential rates averaged $2,160.

[4] The council withdrew from Local Government New Zealand in September 2021 because it believed that body had not advocated sufficiently against the proposed Three Waters reform programme.