2007 New Zealand local elections
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Triennial elections for all 73 cities and districts, twelve regional councils and all district health boards in New Zealand were held on 13 October 2007. Most councils were elected using the first-past-the-post voting method, but eight (of which Wellington City is the largest) were elected using single transferable vote.
Results[]
New mayors were elected in Auckland City,[1] North Shore City, Manukau City, Christchurch,[2] Rodney District, Whangarei, Far North District,[3] Nelson,[4] Taupo, Stratford, South Taranaki District and Buller District.[5]
Voter turnouts were generally lower than normal for local body elections in New Zealand.[6][7]
Peter Chin was re-elected in the Dunedin mayoral election.
North Island[]
Northland Region | ||||||||||||
district | councillors | community boards |
regional councillors |
Mayor | link | |||||||
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Far North District | 9 | 3 | 3 | , (new) | [1] | |||||||
Whangarei District | 13 | – | 4 | (new) | [2] | |||||||
Kaipara District | 10 | – | 1 | , re-elected | [3][permanent dead link] | |||||||
Auckland Region | ||||||||||||
district | councillors | community boards |
regional councillors |
Mayor | link | |||||||
Rodney District | 12 | – | 1 | Penny Webster, re-elected | [4] | |||||||
North Shore City | 15 | 66 | 2 | George Wood, defeated by Andrew Williams |
[5] | |||||||
Waitakere City | 14 | 4 | 2 | Bob Harvey, re-elected | [6] | |||||||
Auckland City | 19 | 9 | 4 | Dick Hubbard, defeated by John Banks |
[7] | |||||||
Manukau City | 17 | 8 | 3 | Sir Barry Curtis, did not run. Len Brown won |
[8] | |||||||
Papakura District | 8 | – | 1 1 | John Robertson | [9] | |||||||
Franklin District | 12 | 2 | 1 1, 2 | Mark Ball | [10] | |||||||
1 Franklin and Papakura districts jointly elected one regional councillor. 2 The south part of Franklin District is in the Waikato Region. | ||||||||||||
Waikato region | ||||||||||||
district | councillors | community boards |
regional councillors |
Mayor | link | |||||||
Waikato District | 13 | 4 | 23 | [11] | ||||||||
Hamilton City | 13 | – | 4 | Bob Simcock, new | [12] | |||||||
Waipa District | 13 | 2 | 1 | [13] | ||||||||
Matamata-Piako District | 11 | 3 | 1 | Hugh Vercoe | [14] | |||||||
Otorohanga District | 7 | 2 | 1 4 | [15] | ||||||||
Waitomo District | 6 | – | 1 4 | [16] | ||||||||
South Waikato District | 10 | – | 1 | [17] | ||||||||
Taupo District | 12 | – | 2 5, 6 | [18] | −13 | Hauraki District | 13 | – | 1 | John Tregidga | [19] | |
Thames-Coromandel District | 8 | 5 | 1 | [20] | ||||||||
3 Waikato jointly elects one regional councillor with Franklin District and elects another in its own right. 4 Otorohanga and Waitomo districts jointly elect one regional councillor. 5 Parts of Taupo District are in the Bay of Plenty, Manawatū-Whanganui and Hawke's Bay Regions. 6 Elects two councillors jointly with Rotorua District. | ||||||||||||
Bay of Plenty Region7 | ||||||||||||
district | councillors | community boards |
regional councillors |
Mayor | link | |||||||
Western Bay of Plenty District | 12 | 5 | 2 | [21] | ||||||||
Tauranga District | 10 | – | 4 | Stuart Crosby | [22] | |||||||
Rotorua District | 12 | – | 38 | [23] | ||||||||
Whakatāne District | 12 | 2 | 29 | [24] | ||||||||
Kawerau District | 8 | – | 29 | Malcolm Campbell (unopposed) | [25] | |||||||
Opotiki District | 11 | 1 | 29 | John Forbes | [26] | |||||||
7 Three regional councillors are elected in three separate Māori wards. 8 in conjunction with part of Taupo District. 9 Whakatane, Kawerau and Opotiki districts jointly elect two regional councillors. |
- Bay of Plenty Regional Council (Environment BOP)
- Western Bay of Plenty District Council
- Tauranga City Council
- Opotiki District Council
- Whakatane District Council
- Rotorua District Council (part)
- Kawerau District Council
- Taupo District Council (part)
- Gisborne District Council (unitary authority)
- Hawke's Bay Regional Council
- Wairoa District Council
- Taupo District Council (part)
- Hastings District Council
- Napier City Council
- Central Hawke's Bay District Council
- Rangitikei District Council (part)
- Taranaki Regional Council
- New Plymouth District Council
- Stratford District Council (part)
- South Taranaki District Council
- Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council (Horizons Regional Council; horizons.mW)
- Ruapehu District Council
- Stratford District Council (part)
- Rangitikei District Council (part)
- Wanganui District Council
- Manawatu District Council
- Palmerston North City Council
- Tararua District Council
- Horowhenua District Council
- Wellington Regional Council (Greater Wellington Regional Council; Greater Wellington—The Regional Council)
- Masterton District Council
- Kapiti Coast District Council
- Carterton District Council
- South Wairarapa District Council
- Upper Hutt City Council
- Porirua City Council
- Hutt City Council *
- Wellington City Council
See also[]
- 2004 New Zealand local elections
- 2010 New Zealand local elections
- 2007 Christchurch mayoral election
- 2007 Wellington City mayoral election
References[]
- ^ Bernard Orsman (13 October 2007). "Banks ousts Hubbard". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
- ^ Gay, Edward; Ihaka, James (13 October 2007). "New faces aplenty in local government shake-ups". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Banks climbs back, Wood chopped down". Television New Zealand. 13 October 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
- ^ "Main Local Body election results". Newstalk ZB. 13 October 2007. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
- ^ "Changes in Far North, Whangarei, Taupo, Stratford and South Taranaki mayors". Radio New Zealand. 13 October 2007. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
- ^ "Majority of NZers didn't vote". Newstalk ZB. 13 October 2007. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
- ^ Lauren Owens (11 October 2007). "Laziness, apathy leads to dismal voter turnout". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
External links[]
- Elections New Zealand
- Local Authority Election Statistics 2007 (Provided by the Department of Internal Affairs)
- New Zealand STV information site Archived 30 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine (Provided by the Department of Internal Affairs)
- STV and FPP in New Zealand local body elections (Provided by the Department of Internal Affairs)
- The results of the 2007 elections (on The New Zealand Herald website)
Categories:
- Local elections in New Zealand
- 2007 elections in New Zealand
- October 2007 events in New Zealand