20 Oct 2016

Lianne Dalziel has been formally installed as Mayor of Christchurch.

Mayor Dalziel signed the declaration of office at the start of this afternoon’s inaugural Christchurch City Council meeting before being presented with the Mayoral chains by Council Chief Executive Dr Karleen Edwards.

Deputy Mayor Andrew Turner and Mayor Lianne Dalziel

Deputy Mayor Andrew Turner and Mayor Lianne Dalziel

One of Mayor Dalziel’s first acts of business was to appoint Cr Andrew Turner as Deputy Mayor.

Cr Turner represents the Banks Peninsula ward and was first elected to the Council in 2013.

Formal declarations of office were then made by Councillors Vicki Buck, Jimmy Chen, Phil Clearwater, Pauline Cotter, Mike Davidson, David East, Anne Galloway, Jamie Gough, Yani Johanson, Aaron Keown, Glenn Livingstone, Raf Manji, Tim Scandrett, Deon Swiggs and Sara Templeton.

Mayor Dalziel said the new Council had already met informally and it was ready to go.

“The election result has provided a real endorsement for the direction our Council has taken and provided an incredible mandate for the term ahead. This Council can now set new goals confident in the knowledge that there are no surprises.

“It has been hugely challenging but enormously rewarding to lead the city through the first stage of the transition from recovery to regeneration. Now it is time to deliver on the promise of the 21st century we can become,’’ Mayor Dalziel said.

The first ordinary meeting of the new Christchurch City Council will be held on Wednesday, November 2 at 10am.