2019 New Zealand local elections
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The 2019 New Zealand local elections were triennial elections to select local government officials and district health board members. Under section 10 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, a "general election of members of every local authority or community board must be held on the second Saturday in October in every third year" from the date the Act came into effect in 2001, meaning 12 October 2019.[1]
Most of the local elections were run by one of two companies on behalf of individual local bodies. Sometimes the company also provides the electoral officer.[2]
Aside from Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington, most candidates for office did not stand for a political party or ticket.[3]
Election schedule
Key dates relating to the general election were as follows:[4]
1 July 2019 | Electoral Commission enrolment campaign starts. |
19 July 2019 | Nominations open for candidates. Rolls open for inspection at council offices and other sites locally. |
16 August 2019 | Nominations close at 12:00. Rolls close. |
21 August 2019 | Election date and candidates' names publicised by electoral officers. |
20–25 September 2019 | Voting documents delivered to households. Electors can post the documents back to electoral officers as soon as they have voted. |
12 October 2019 | Polling day — The voting documents must be at the council before voting closes at 12:00. Preliminary results will be available as soon as possible afterwards. |
17–23 October 2019 | Official results declared |
Results
In Auckland, Phil Goff was re-elected Mayor and at least 16 of the city's 20 councillors retained their seats, with two new councillors winning seats which were vacated by retirement.[5][6][7] In Hamilton, incumbent mayor Andrew King lost to Paula Southgate, who previously challenged him in 2016,[8] while four controversial councillors were voted out of office.[7] In Wellington incumbent mayor Justin Lester was unseated by Andy Foster, who received a high-profile endorsement from filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson.[5][6][7] The election also marked the first time a Green Party member was elected to serve as a mayor in New Zealand, with Aaron Hawkins being elected Mayor of Dunedin.[5][6][7]
According to The Spinoff's editor Toby Manhire, the 2019 local elections had the lowest number of candidate nominations relative to the total number of available seats. Of the 572 local body elections held that year, 101 seats and positions were not contested while 235 candidates were elected unopposed.[9]
Mayoral election summary
Territorial authority | Incumbent | Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
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Far North District[10] | John Carter | Tania Mccinnes | Dave Bear Hookway | |
Whangarei District[10] | Sheryl Mai
|
Tony Savage | Alex Wright | |
Kaipara District[11] | Jason Smith | Moemoea Mohoawhenua | only two candidates | |
Auckland[12] | Phil Goff | John Tamihere | Craig Lord | |
Thames Coromandel District[13] | Sandra Goudie | Len Salt | Ben Parsons | |
Hauraki District[14] | John Tregidga | Toby Adams
|
Josie Anderson | only two candidates |
Waikato District[15][16] | Allan Sanson
|
Korikori Hawkins | Simon Thomson | |
Matamata Piako District[15] | Jan Barnes | Ash Tanner
|
Jan Barnes | only two candidates |
Hamilton City[15] | Andrew King | Paula Southgate | Andrew King | Angela O'Leary |
Waipa District[17]
|
Jim Mylchreest
|
elected unopposed | ||
Otorohanga District[15]
|
Max Baxter
|
Leveson Gower | Doreen de Haan | |
South Waikato District[18] | Jenny Shattock
|
elected unopposed | ||
Waitomo District[19] | Brian Hanna | John Robertson | Brian Hanna | only two candidates |
Taupō District | David Trewvas
|
Zane Cozens | Christine Rankin | |
Western Bay of Plenty District[20] | Gary Webber
|
Margaret Murray-Benge | Stephen Fawcett | |
Tauranga City | Greg Brownless | Tenby Powell
|
Greg Brownless | Kelvin Clout |
Rotorua District | Steve Chadwick | Reynold MacPherson | Rob Kent | |
Whakatāne District[21] | Tony Bonne | Judy Turner | Victor Luca | Lesley Immink |
Kawerau District[22] | Malcolm Campbell
|
Tracy Hill | only two candidates | |
Opotiki District[23]
|
John Forbes | Lyn Riesterer
|
Alex Dobie | Louis Rāpihana |
Gisborne District[24] | Rehette Stoltz (acting) | Rehette Stoltz
|
Meredith Akuhata-Brown | Ross Meurant |
Wairoa District[25] | Craig Little
|
Waipatu Winitana | Jennifer Takuta-Moses | |
Hastings District[26] | Sandra Hazlehurst | Damon Harvey | only two candidates | |
Napier City | Bill Dalton | Kirsten Wise
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Chris Tremain | Steve Gibson |
Central Hawke's Bay District[27] | Alex Walker
|
Darcie Scowen | only two candidates | |
New Plymouth District[28] | Neil Holdem
|
Max Brough | Joanne Kuvarji | |
Stratford District[29] | Neil Volzke
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Graham Kelly | Rawinia Henderson | |
South Taranaki District[30] | Ross Dunlop | Phil Nixon
|
Craig Baylis | Clem Coxhead |
Ruapehu District[31] | Don Cameron
|
Jacques Windell | only two candidates | |
Whanganui District[32] | Hamish McDouall | elected unopposed | ||
Rangitikei District[33] | Andy Watson | elected unopposed | ||
Manawatū District | Helen Worboys | Shane Casey | Russell Johnson | |
Palmerston North City | Grant Smith | Teanau Tuiono | Andy Asquith | |
Tararua District[34] | Tracey Collis
|
James Harold | Mitch McHardy | |
Horowhenua District | Michael Feyen | Bernie Wanden
|
Victoria Kaye-Simmons | Michael Feyen |
Kāpiti Coast District | K Gurunathan
|
Gwynn Compton | Jackie Elliott | |
Porirua City[35] | Mike Tana | Anita Baker | Mike Tana | Izzy Ford |
Upper Hutt City | Wayne Guppy | Angela Mcleod | Steve Taylor | |
Lower Hutt City[12] | Ray Wallace | Campbell Barry | Ray Wallace | James Anderson |
Wellington City[12] | Justin Lester | Andy Foster
|
Justin Lester | Diane Calvert |
Masterton District | Lyn Patterson
|
Tina Nixon | Cory Burling | |
Carterton District | John Booth | Greg Lang
|
Jill Greathead | Bernard Bottrill |
South Wairarapa District | Viv Napier | Alex Beijen
|
Viv Napier | Dayle Harwood |
Tasman District | Richard Kempthorne | Tim King
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Brent Maru | Dean McNamara |
Nelson City | Rachel Reece | Mel Courtney | Bill Dahlberg | |
Marlborough District
|
John Leggett
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Jamie Arbuckle | Rick Ireland | |
Buller District | Gary Howard | Jamie Cleine
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Pat O'Dea | Doug Taffs |
Grey District | Tony Kokshoorn | Tania Gibson
|
Cliff Sandrey | Andrew Robb |
Westland District | Bruce Smith
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Latham Martin | Gray Eatwell | |
Kaikoura District
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Winston Gray | Craig Mackle
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John Diver | Darlene Morgan |
Hurunui District | Winton Dalley | Marie Black
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Julia McLean | Peggy Burrows |
Waimakariri District | David Ayers | Dan Gordon
|
Paul Williams | Oliver Sanderson |
Christchurch City[36] | Lianne Dalziel | Darryll Park | John Minto | |
Selwyn District[37] | Sam Broughton
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Bill Woods | only two candidates | |
Ashburton District | Donna Favel | Neil Brown
|
Tony Todd | Donna Flavel |
Timaru District[38] | Damon Odey | Nigel Bowen
|
Gordon Handy | Janie Annear |
Mackenzie District[39] | Graham Smith
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Julian Lee | only two candidates | |
Waimate District[40] | Craig Rowley
|
Murray Ludemann | only two candidates | |
Chatham Islands Territory[41] | Alfred Preece | Monique Croon
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Greg Horler | Jack Daymond |
Waitaki District | Gary Kircher
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Katrina Hazelhurst | Paul Mutch | |
Central Otago District[42] | Tim Cadogan | Victoria Bonham | only two candidates | |
Queenstown Lakes District | Jim Boult
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Nick Kiddle | Al Angus | |
Dunedin City[12] | Dave Cull | Aaron Hawkins | Lee Vandervis | Andrew Whiley |
Clutha District[43] | Bryan Cadogan
|
elected unopposed | ||
Southland District | Gary Tong
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Don Byars | Tim Hanna | |
Gore District[44] | Tracey Hicks
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elected unopposed | ||
Invercargill City[12] | Tim Shadbolt | Darren Ludlow | Becs Amundsen |
Regional council chairs
There are sixteen regions for local government purposes. Eleven are administered by regional councils and five are administered by unitary authorities: Auckland, Gisborne, Tasman, Nelson, and Marlborough. In unitary authorities, the local mayor is the head of government. In the remaining regional councils, the elected members vote for their chair and deputy.[45]
Regional council | Incumbent | Chair |
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Northland Regional Council
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Bill Shepherd[46] | Penny Smart[47] |
Waikato Regional Council
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Alan Livingston
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Russ Rimmington[48] |
Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Doug Leeder[49] | |
Hawke's Bay Regional Council
|
Rex Graham[50] | |
Taranaki Regional Council
|
David MacLeod[51] | |
Horizons Regional Council | Bruce Gordon | Rachel Keedwell[52] |
Greater Wellington Regional Council | Chris Laidlaw[53] | Daran Ponter[54] |
West Coast Regional Council
|
Andrew Robb | Allan Birchfield |
Canterbury Regional Council
|
Steve Lowndes | Jenny Hughey[55] |
Otago Regional Council | Stephen Woodhead | Marian Hobbs[56] |
Southland Regional Council | Nicol Horrell[57] |
Detailed information
- 2019 Northland local elections
- 2019 Auckland local elections
- 2019 Waikato local elections
- 2019 Bay of Plenty local elections
- 2019 Gisborne local elections
- 2019 Hawke's Bay local elections
- 2019 Taranaki local elections
- 2019 Manawatū-Whanganui local elections
- 2019 Wellington local elections
- 2019 Tasman local elections
- 2019 Nelson local elections
- 2019 Marlborough local elections
- 2019 West Coast local elections
- 2019 Canterbury local elections
- 2019 Otago local elections
- 2019 Southland local elections
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