Local elections

Voting boxes for local body elections were sealed around the country at midday.

On the final count in 2019, 41% of Wellingtonians had voted. Every location closed their doors at midday on the dot so anyone trying to join the queue after that time would have been turned away," it said. “It’s an extremely busy time for us as a large number of votes have come in this morning. The city's electoral officer, Dale Ofsoske, said last-minute votes would not be counted until after midday. In Auckland, voter turnout was 29.4% as of 5pm yesterday. Tory Whanau has beaten Labour's Rongotai MP Paul Eagle and incumbent mayor Andy Foster to become the city's second Greens-aligned mayor. It comes as voter turnout was low across the country, just hours before polls closed. Phil Mauger has won the race to become Christchurch's next mayor. With 90% of votes counted former National MP Nick Smith is set to become Nelson's new mayor. Tripe, a management consultant, has 6901 votes, with McDouall on 4981. Candidate Sophie Barker is placing third with Lee Vandervis coming in fourth. First-time candidate Andrew Tripe has beaten incumbent mayor Hamish McDouall, according to preliminary results.

The triennial elections see New Zealanders elect new local representatives, including mayors and councillors. Voting opened on September 16, but turnout is ...

Tory Whanau has won the Wellington mayoralty, with Phil Mauger winning in Christchurch, Jules Radich prevailing in Dunedin and Wayne Brown claiming victory ...

Vince Cocurullo is on track to win the Whangāreri mayoralty and Grant Smith has been releected as Palmerston North mayor. Results also show Rangitikei Mayor Andy Watson has won his fourth term in office, while Neil Brown has been re-elected Mayor of Ashburton by a large majority. One-term councillor Jules Radich has won the Dunedin mayoralty off incumbent Aaron Hawkins.

Preliminary analysis of voting in the local elections shows turnout declined most in rural and provincial New Zealand, although overall voting rates there ...

Rural turnout fell 7.5 percent to 45 percent and voting in provincial cities was down 6.5 percent to 40 percent of potential voters. Turnout in the cities was down by 1.4 percent to 36.4 percent of potential voters. Preliminary analysis of voting in the local elections shows turnout declined most in rural and provincial New Zealand, although overall voting rates there are still higher than in cities.

Meanwhile, former National MPs Nick Smith and Maurice Williamson won their local election races, and former New Zealand First MP Ron Mark was elected Mayor of ...

RNZ. Incoming Dunedin mayor Jules Radich says he wants to be an inclusive leader for the whole city after he unseated first-term mayor Aaron Hawkins in a ...

Team Dunedin was also likely to have three candidates at the council table. "I have no regrets about the work that we've done. The results are based off 90 percent of votes counted.

Queenstown-Lakes has a new mayor. One-term councillor Glyn Lewers will lead the district for the next three years, based on the preliminary results.

"This progress result is based upon the counting of approximately 90 per cent of the returned votes and excludes votes in transit to the processing centre and special votes. The Wanaka-Upper Clutha Community Board will comprise Simon Telfer (2740 votes, Chris Hadfield (2060 votes), John Wellington (1814 votes) and Linda Joll on 1652. Long-standing councillor Craig Ferguson was the top candidate in the new Arrowtown-Kawarau ward (2148), with Lisa Guy (1577) and Shetty (1282) also elected. In the Wānaka-Upper Clutha Ward, Quentin Smith has been re-elected (2967 votes), with Barry Bruce (2224). He said he was looking forward to listening to the community and further engaging with it, particularly in the Wanaka-Upper Clutha area, something he would be encouraging all councillors to do. He'll be joined around the council table by, in the Queenstown-Whakatipu ward, iFLY co-owner Matt Wong, who was the top-polling candidate, receiving 1944 votes, existing councillor Esther Whitehead (1623), newcomer Gavin Bartlett, an engineer, who received 1466 votes and existing councillor Niki Gladding (1358).

East Auckland residents will soon have an idea who's going to serve as the city's next mayor as well as represent the Howick ward on Auckland Council's ...

Preliminary results from the elections are expected to be announced on October 10 and will account for 95-98 per cent of the votes cast. The Times will be reporting on the results for the race to replace outgoing mayor Phil Goff as well as for the two Howick ward seats on the council’s governing body and on the nine people chosen to serve on the Howick Local Board. East Auckland residents will soon have an idea who’s going to serve as the city’s next mayor as well as represent the Howick ward on Auckland Council’s governing body and on the Howick Local Board for the next three years.

Green Party affiliated Tory Whanau won the chains easily, with preliminary results putting her 16,000 votes ahead of nearest rival the sitting mayor Andy Foster ...

"The future is bright, I feel it and I know you feel it too." "What the results show me is everyone voted on party lines. "Our walkable streets, our vibrant laneways, and of course where the living wage is the norm. "I'm proud to have led on the early development of cycleways, on the bikes in schools programme and all our bus priority works to date. "We've gone from an environmental desert to the world leader in environmental restoration and biodiversity. "We've got [Parliament] recess at the moment, and I've talked to the prime minister and deputy prime minister and I'll, look when I get back to Parliament that will give me a good week to think about things."

Change is the word of the day - and most of the major cities in New Zealand will have new mayors after today's local body elections.

Tararua District - Tracy Collis Rangitikei District - Andy Watson Kaikōura District Council - Craig Mackle Horowhenua District - Bernie Wanden Grey District - Tania Gibson "I have consistently said during the campaign that I do not believe there is any place for party politics around the council table. Ashburton District - Neil Brown The progress results reflect about 90 percent of the votes. "I prefer them in postal," one woman said. "I'm also keen to work with local government on how we make voting more accessible. "Absolutely shattered, I couldn't believe it. "