New Zealand local elections, 2016

The 2016 New Zealand local elections will be 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 will 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 will be 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

Council Elected 2013 Incumbent Winner
Ashburton District Angus McKay TBD
Auckland (details) Len Brown
Buller District Garry Howard
Carterton District Ron Mark[nb 1][nb 2] John Booth[nb 1][5]
Central Hawke's Bay District Peter Butler
Central Otago District Tony Lepper
Chatham Islands Alfred Preece
Christchurch City (details) Lianne Dalziel
Clutha District Bryan Cadogan
Dunedin City (details) Dave Cull
Far North District John Carter
Gisborne District Meng Foon
Gore District Tracy Hicks[nb 1]
Grey District Tony Kokshoorn[nb 1]
Hamilton City (details) Julie Hardaker
Hastings District Lawrence Yule
Hauraki District John Tregidga
Horowhenua District Brendan Duffy
Hurunui District Winton Dalley[nb 1]
Hutt City Ray Wallace
Invercargill City Tim Shadbolt
Kaikoura District Winston Gray
Kaipara District John Robertson[nb 3]
Kapiti Coast District Ross Church
Kawerau District Malcolm Campbell
Mackenzie District Claire Barlow
Manawatu District Margaret Kouvelis[nb 1]
Marlborough District Alistair Sowman
Masterton District Lyn Patterson
Matamata-Piako District Jan Barnes
Napier City Bill Dalton
Nelson City Rachel Reese
New Plymouth District Andrew Judd
Opotiki District John Forbes
Otorohanga District Max Baxter
Palmerston North City Jono Naylor[nb 2] Grant Smith[6]
Porirua City Nick Leggett
Queenstown-Lakes District Vanessa van Uden
Rangitikei District Andy Watson
Rotorua District Steve Chadwick
Ruapehu District Don Cameron
Selwyn District Kelvin Coe
South Taranaki District Ross Dunlop
South Waikato District Neil Sinclair
South Wairarapa District Adrienne Staples[nb 1]
Southland District Gary Tong
Stratford District Neil Volzke
Tararua District Roly Ellis
Tasman District Richard Kempthorne
Taupo District David Trewavas
Tauranga City Stuart Crosby
Thames-Coromandel District Glenn Leach
Timaru District Damon Odey
Upper Hutt City Wayne Guppy
Waikato District Allan Sanson
Waimakariri District David Ayers[nb 1]
Waimate District Craig Rowley
Waipa District Jim Mylchreest
Wairoa District Craig Little
Waitaki District Gary Kircher
Waitomo District Brian Hanna
Wanganui District Annette Main
Wellington City (details) Celia Wade-Brown
Western Bay of Plenty District Ross Paterson
Westland District Mike Havill
Whakatane District Tony Bonne
Whangarei District Sheryl Mai

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Elected unopposed.
  2. 1 2 Resigned mayoralty after election as an MP in the 2014 general election.
  3. ↑ Robertson was appointed by commission; he was not elected. However, in 2016 there will be a mayoral election.

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