New Zealand local elections, 2016

The 2016 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 8 October 2016.[1]

Electoral systems

The local elections were be held using postal ballot. Most city and district councils and all but one regional council use the first-past-the-post (FPP) voting system, with the exception of the following six city and district councils that use the single transferable vote (STV) voting system:[2]

The Wellington Regional Council is the sole regional council using the STV system.

Environment Canterbury is under statutory management and no elections were held.[3] Statutory management in Kaipara District will end as it holds its first elections since 2010.[4] All District Health Boards use the STV system.[2]

Mayoral elections summary

Since the 2013 local elections, two new mayors have been elected. Carterton mayor Ron Mark and Palmerston North mayor Jono Naylor resigned after being elected to Parliament in the 2014 election, with John Booth elected unopposed as the new Carterton mayor and Grant Smith elected in a by-election as the new Palmerston North mayor.

Note all results below are preliminary and are subject to change.

Council Incumbent Winner
Ashburton District Angus McKay Donna Favel[5]
Auckland (details) Len Brown[nb 1] Phil Goff[6]
Buller District Garry Howard[nb 2][7]
Carterton District John Booth[8][9]
Central Hawke's Bay District Peter Butler[nb 1] Alex Walker [10]
Central Otago District Tony Lepper Tim Cadogan[11]
Chatham Islands Alfred Preece
Christchurch City (details) Lianne Dalziel[12]
Clutha District Bryan Cadogan[nb 2][13]
Dunedin City (details) Dave Cull
Far North District John Carter
Gisborne District Meng Foon
Gore District Tracy Hicks[14]
Grey District Tony Kokshoorn[nb 2][7]
Hamilton City (details) Julie Hardaker[nb 1] Andrew King [15]
Hastings District Lawrence Yule[16]
Hauraki District John Tregidga
Horowhenua District Brendan Duffy Michael Feyen[9]
Hurunui District Winton Dalley[nb 2][13]
Hutt City Ray Wallace[17]
Invercargill City Tim Shadbolt[18]
Kaikoura District Winston Gray
Kaipara District John Robertson[nb 3] Greg Gent[19]
Kapiti Coast District Ross Church K Gurunathan[16]
Kawerau District Malcolm Campbell
Mackenzie District Claire Barlow[nb 1] Graham Smith [20]
Manawatu District Margaret Kouvelis Helen Worboys
Marlborough District Alistair Sowman[nb 1] John Leggett
Masterton District Lyn Patterson[nb 2][13]
Matamata-Piako District Jan Barnes[nb 2][21]
Napier City Bill Dalton[nb 2][13]
Nelson City Rachel Reese
New Plymouth District Andrew Judd[nb 1] Neil Holdom [22]
Opotiki District John Forbes[16]
Otorohanga District Max Baxter[nb 2]
Palmerston North City Grant Smith [16]
Porirua City Nick Leggett[nb 4] Mike Tana [16]
Queenstown-Lakes District Vanessa van Uden[nb 1] Jim Boult[23]
Rangitikei District (details) Andy Watson [16]
Rotorua District Steve Chadwick[9]
Ruapehu District Don Cameron
Selwyn District Kelvin Coe[nb 1][7] Sam Broughton [24]
South Taranaki District Ross Dunlop[nb 2][25]
South Waikato District Neil Sinclair[nb 1] Jenny Shattock[16]
South Wairarapa District Adrienne Staples[nb 1] Viv Napier[9]
Southland District Gary Tong
Stratford District Neil Volzke[nb 2][25]
Tararua District Roly Ellis[nb 1] Tracey Collis [26]
Tasman District Richard Kempthorne[27]
Taupo District David Trewavas
Tauranga City Stuart Crosby[nb 1] Greg Brownless [28]
Thames-Coromandel District Glenn Leach[nb 1] Sandra Goudie[29]
Timaru District Damon Odey
Upper Hutt City Wayne Guppy[9]
Waikato District Allan Sanson
Waimakariri District David Ayers
Waimate District Craig Rowley[30]
Waipa District Jim Mylchreest[9]
Wairoa District Craig Little [9]
Waitaki District Gary Kircher [9]
Waitomo District Brian Hanna[9]
Wellington City (details) Celia Wade-Brown[nb 1] Justin Lester [31]
Western Bay of Plenty District Ross Paterson[nb 1] Garry Webber
Westland District Mike Havill Bruce Smith[16]
Whakatane District Tony Bonne[16]
Whanganui District Annette Main[nb 1] Hamish McDouall[32]
Whangarei District Sheryl Mai

Results by region

  • Northland
  • Auckland
  • Waikato
  • Bay of Plenty
  • Gisborne
  • Hawke's Bay
  • Taranaki
  • Manawatu-Wanganui
  • Wellington
  • Tasman
  • Nelson
  • Marlborough
  • West Coast
  • Canterbury
  • Otago
  • Southland

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Did not seek re-election
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Elected unopposed
  3. ↑ Robertson was appointed by commission; he was not elected. However, in 2016 a mayoral election did take place.
  4. ↑ Did not seek re-election in Porirua City. however contested the Wellington City Council mayoralty

    References

    1. ↑ "Local Electoral Act 2001". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
    2. 1 2 "Voting and becoming a councillor – Local Government". Local Government New Zealand. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
    3. ↑ "Environment Canterbury (Transitional Governance Arrangements) Bill 2015". Parliament of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
    4. ↑ "Local Elections 2016". Kaipara District. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
    5. ↑ Tasker, Erin (8 October 2016). "Donna Favel beats Angus McKay in Ashburton mayoral race". The Press. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
    6. ↑ Cowlishaw, Shane (8 August 2016). "Phil Goff elected new Auckland mayor". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
    7. 1 2 3 Stylianou, Georgina; Truebridge, Nick (12 August 2016). "Who are the South Island's mayoral and council hopefuls?". The Press. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
    8. ↑ "Carterton welcomes new mayor". Stuff.co.nz. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
    9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Local government election results". Stuff.co.nz. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
    10. ↑ Harper, Nicki (8 October 2016). "Alex Walker is CHB's new mayor" – via New Zealand Herald.
    11. ↑ Chamberlain, Rhys (8 October 2016). "Tim Cadogan likely winner in race for Central Otago mayoralty". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
    12. ↑ Law, Tina (8 August 2016). "Dalziel wins Christchurch mayoralty by a landslide". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
    13. 1 2 3 4 "Local body election nominations close". Radio New Zealand. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
    14. ↑ Babington, Briar (8 October 2016). "Tracy Hicks re-elected". Southland Times. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
    15. ↑ "Andrew King takes Hamilton mayoralty, but recount to come". Stuff.co.nz. 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
    16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cooke, Henry (8 October 2016). "Live blog: Local body elections". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
    17. ↑ Boyack, Nicholas (8 October 2016). "Winning just the tonic for ailing Hutt City Mayor Ray Wallace". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
    18. ↑ "Tim Shadbolt's reign continues". Stuff.co.nz. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
    19. ↑ Alexandra Newlove (9 October 2016). "Greg Gent elected Kaipara mayor". The Northern Advocate. NZ Herald. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
    20. ↑ "Ratepayer Enrolment". Mackenzie.govt.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
    21. ↑ Gullery, Lawrence (13 August 2016). "Lack of candidates means majority council re-elected unopposed". Waikato Times – Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
    22. ↑ "Celebrations start for new mayor". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
    23. ↑ Cook, Marjorie (8 October 2016). "Jim Boult is new Queenstown Lakes mayor". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
    24. ↑ "Youth worker new Selwyn mayor". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
    25. 1 2 Burroughs, David (14 August 2016). "Limited choice for South Taranaki and Stratford council elections due to low nominations". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
    26. ↑ "Live: Local elections". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
    27. ↑ Sivignon, Cherie (8 October 2016). "Richard Kempthorne wins fourth term as Tasman mayor". Nelson Mail. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
    28. ↑ "ELECTION: New Tauranga mayor announced". Nzherald.co.nz. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016 – via New Zealand Herald.
    29. ↑ "Goudie from MP to mayor". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
    30. ↑ Hudson, Daisy (8 October 2016). "Waimate Mayor Craig Rowley re-elected". Timaru Herald. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
    31. ↑ "Lester wins capital mayoralty". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
    32. ↑ Reporter, Staff (8 October 2016). "McDouall leads a much-changed council". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
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