2007 New Zealand local elections

Triennial elections for all 73 cities and districts, twelve regional councils and all district health boards (DHBs) 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 was the largest) were elected using single transferable vote.

STV voting method

The single transferable vote (STV) method was first used at the 2004 local elections, when ten districts and city councils employed this alternative to first-past-the-post voting (FPP). Of those ten, two district councils—Papakura and Matamata-Piako—reverted to FPP. The remaining eight councils that used STV in 2007 were Kaipara, Thames-Coromandel, Kāpiti Coast, Porirua, Wellington, Marlborough, Dunedin, and the Chatham Islands.^[1]

All DHBs have been using STV since the 2004 local elections.^[2]

Results

New mayors were elected in Auckland City,^[3] North Shore City, Manukau City, Christchurch,^[4] Rodney District, Whangārei, Far North District,^[5] Nelson,^[6] Taupō, Stratford, South Taranaki District and Buller District.^[7]

Voter turnouts were generally lower than normal for local body elections in New Zealand.^[8]^[9]

Peter Chin was re-elected in the Dunedin mayoral election.

North Island

district	councillors	community boards	regional councillors	Mayor	link
Northland Region
Far North District	9	3	3	Y Wayne Brown, (new)	[1]
Whangarei District	13	–	4	Stan Semenoff (new)	[2]
Kaipara District	10	–	1	Peter King, re-elected	[3]^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Auckland Region
district	councillors	community boards	regional councillors	Mayor	link
Rodney District	12	–	1	Y Penny Webster, re-elected	[4]
North Shore City	15	66	2	N George Wood, defeated by Andrew Williams	[5]
Waitakere City	14	4	2	Y Bob Harvey, re-elected	[6]
Auckland City	19	9	4	N Dick Hubbard, defeated by John Banks	[7]
Manukau City	17	8	3	N 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	Peter Harris	[11]
Hamilton City	13	–	4	Bob Simcock, new	[12]
Waipa District	13	2	1	Alan Livingston	[13]
Matamata-Piako District	11	3	1	Hugh Vercoe	[14]
Otorohanga District	7	2	1 ⁴	Dale Williams	[15]
Waitomo District	6	–	1 ⁴	Mark Ammon	[16]
South Waikato District	10	–	1	Neil Sinclair	[17]
Taupō District	12	–	2 ⁵, ⁶	Clayton Stent	[18]
Hauraki District	13	–	1	John Tregidga	[19]
Thames-Coromandel District	8	5	1	Philippa Barriball	[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 Taupō 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	Graeme Weld	[21]
Tauranga District	10	–	4	Stuart Crosby	[22]
Rotorua District	12	–	3⁸	Kevin Winters	[23]
Whakatāne District	12	2	2⁹	Colin Holmes	[24]
Kawerau District	8	–	2⁹	Malcolm Campbell	[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 Taupō District. 9 Whakatane, Kawerau and Opotiki districts jointly elect two regional councillors.}

Bay of Plenty Regional Council (Environment BOP)
Gisborne District Council (unitary authority)
Hawke's Bay Regional Council
Taranaki Regional Council
Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council (Horizons Regional Council; horizons.mw)
Greater Wellington Regional Council

References

^ "The Local Government Electoral Option 2008" (PDF). Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "Government confirms changes to DHB election process" (Press release). Wellington: New Zealand Government. 18 December 2003. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ 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)

[1] "The Local Government Electoral Option 2008" (PDF). Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[2] "Government confirms changes to DHB election process" (Press release). Wellington: New Zealand Government. 18 December 2003. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[3] Bernard Orsman (13 October 2007). "Banks ousts Hubbard". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 October 2007.

[4] Gay, Edward; Ihaka, James (13 October 2007). "New faces aplenty in local government shake-ups". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[5] "Banks climbs back, Wood chopped down". Television New Zealand. 13 October 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2007.

[6] "Main Local Body election results". Newstalk ZB. 13 October 2007. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2007.

[7] "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.

[8] "Majority of NZers didn't vote". Newstalk ZB. 13 October 2007. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2007.

[9] Lauren Owens (11 October 2007). "Laziness, apathy leads to dismal voter turnout". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 October 2007.

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