Tory Whanau

Whanau will be the capital's next mayor following a mayoral race against two high-profile candidates, Labour MP Paul Eagle and outgoing mayor Andy Foster. She ...

Incumbent Mayor Andy Foster finished second with Ray Chung in third and Paul Eagle in fourth. The WCC has announced that Tory Whanau received 29,458 votes ...

First take on the Whanau victory is it’s a major victory for the idea that campaigns matter. [October 7, 2022] She was absolutely everywhere – great street level posters etc. Wellington City Deputy Electoral Officer Jennifer Parker says about 85% of the votes received have been counted but a “huge” number of last-minute votes means a preliminary result won’t be available until tomorrow. This unprecedented volume of last-minute votes means we won’t know the preliminary result until midday tomorrow.” [October 8, 2022]

Tory Whanau has convincingly won the Wellington mayoralty according to a progress result released this afternoon.

- Tim Brown “Today, we collected 9901 votes, including special votes. This is a margin of 16,426 votes.

Whanau has thanked Wellingtonians for making history by electing the first indigenous woman to lead the capital city.

I look forward to hearing everyone’s ideas about how we deliver the change people deserve.” But thanks to an awesome grassroots campaign, positivity, a progressive policy platform, and most importantly the people of Wellington, we have come out of nowhere to beat two high profile politicians. “My promise to Wellington is this: as your mayor, I will listen. Wellingtonians expect us to rebuild from the last three years and work together for the good of our city. Together, Wellington will work towards a climate resilient city that looks after its community.” A city with thriving communities that we can get around using reliable, low carbon public transport options, and where more of us have safe, affordable places to live.” “That’s how the campaign cut through.” “This is the best day of my life, but it just doesn’t feel real. She was looking forward to building unity “with not just the councillors, but the organisation” and said she is excited to work with council chief executive Barbara McKerrow. “This has proved to me that it’s time for the next generation of leaders and that’s what the people want.” We were doing this a year ago and just who would have thought I would actually be mayor of Wellington?” she said on Saturday afternoon, once she’d had the phone call. This is wild.

Wellington's Tory Whanau has convincingly won the mayoralty race for Te Whanganui-a-Tara. She said getting the call to say she'd won was "pretty wild".

Foster finished second, Ray Chung came in third and Paul Eagle fourth. Whanau said she planned to focus on uniting the council. Whanau beat Andy Foster who was running for a second term as mayor after holding a seat on the city council since 1992.

Whanau has beaten Labour's Rongotai MP Paul Eagle and incumbent mayor Andy Foster to become the city's second Greens-aligned mayor. She will also become the ...

Wellingtonians expect us to rebuild from the last three years and work together for the good of our city. Whanau has beaten Labour's Rongotai MP Paul Eagle and incumbent mayor Andy Foster to become the city's second Greens-aligned mayor. A city with thriving communities that we can get around using reliable, low-carbon public transport options, and where more of us have safe, affordable places to live.

Tory Whanau has claimed the Wellington mayoralty, becoming the first indigenous woman to lead the capital city. She won in an STV-style landslide, ...

I look forward to hearing everyone’s ideas about how we deliver the change people deserve.” But thanks to an awesome grassroots campaign, positivity, a progressive policy platform, and most importantly the people of Wellington, we have come out of nowhere to beat two high profile politicians. “My promise to Wellington is this: as your mayor, I will listen. Wellingtonians expect us to rebuild from the last three years and work together for the good of our city. Together, Wellington will work towards a climate resilient city that looks after its community.” A city with thriving communities that we can get around using reliable, low carbon public transport options, and where more of us have safe, affordable places to live.” “That’s how the campaign cut through.” “This is the best day of my life, but it just doesn’t feel real. She was looking forward to building unity “with not just the councillors, but the organisation” and said she is excited to work with council chief executive Barbara McKerrow. “This has proved to me that it’s time for the next generation of leaders and that’s what the people want.” We were doing this a year ago and just who would have thought I would actually be mayor of Wellington?” she said on Saturday afternoon, once she’d had the phone call. This is wild.

Wellington's mayoralty had been a three-horse race between Whanau, incumbent Andy Foster and Labour MP Paul Eagle. Foster has been on Wellington City Council ...

Over in the Wairarapa, Former New Zealand First MP Ron Mark is in the lead to win Carterton's mayoralty with a narrow majority of 423 votes. "I'm very happy and I think it's a pretty clear win and I'm really excited to work with one of the most progressive and diverse councils in New Zealand," Barry said. Whanau was a familiar face to Wellington's beltway, but a relative newcomer to the rest of the city when she announced her bid for the mayoralty.

The Greens-endorsed candidate handily beat both incumbent mayor Andy Foster and current councillor Ray Chung - who came in second and third place respectively.

I wish Tory and the new council well in this." I will re-group with family and supporters on how I can best serve the people of Wellington." I also congratulate the newly elected and re-elected councillors.