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Local Government Elections 2019
Local Government Elections 2019 headlines with summaries.
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New mayors for Tauranga and Whakatane
12 Oct 2019Tenby Powell will be Tauranga's new mayor and a new mayor will also take up the reins in Whakatane.
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Grant Smith re-elected mayor in Palmerston North
12 Oct 2019Palmerston North Mayor Grant Smith has been re-elected for another term.
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Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese keeps top job
12 Oct 2019Nelson's Rachel Reese has secured her third term as mayor, but on a much reduced vote than three years ago.
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Paula Southgate wins Hamilton mayoralty
12 Oct 2019The new mayor of Hamilton Paula Southgate has beaten the incumbent, Andrew King by nearly 2500 votes.
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Third terms for Whangārei and Far North mayors
12 Oct 2019Sheryl Mai has been re-elected as the Mayor of Whangārei, winning her third term in office.
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Queenstown mayor Jim Boult back for another term
12 Oct 2019Progress results show Jim Boult has a definitive lead, and will be back in the mayoral seat.
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Tasman's favourite for mayor not counting his chickens
12 Oct 2019Tasman's deputy mayor Tim King, who'll find out today whether or not he's been promoted to mayor, says it's an impossible race to pick.
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Lianne Dalziel re-elected as Christchurch mayor
12 Oct 2019Lianne Dalziel says she's grateful for Christchurch's "strong endorsement" of her leadership, after securing a third term wearing the mayoral chains.
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Hundreds cast last minute votes in Auckland
11 Oct 2019Hundreds of young people have swamped pop-up ballot boxes in Auckland to cast last minute votes in local government elections, before voting closes at midday tomorrow.
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Postal voting set to be axed for next election, council boss says
11 Oct 2019Auckland Council is offering several voting options today as it strives for 100,000 more votes to meet its target of 40 percent turnout in the local body elections. Audio
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Mayoral candidates worried about voter engagement
10 Oct 2019Low engagement and voter turnout are concerning mayoral candidates across the country hoping to take out the top job.
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Counting on democracy: Local elections turn-out too early to tell
8 Oct 2019Local Government New Zealand says it is still too early to make a prediction on voter turnout for Saturday's election.
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Mayoral candidate fuming over election 'typos'
8 Oct 2019A Napier mayoral candidate says his campaign has been seriously compromised because his contact information was recorded wrongly by the electoral officer.
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Local election voter turnout heading for record low
8 Oct 2019With voter turnout looking unlikely to get above 40 percent, an election official says online voting must be brought in to halt the decline.
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DHB model under scrutiny ahead of body elections
7 Oct 2019Seven seats on the boards of almost every district health board are up for grabs on Saturday in the local body elections, but just how interested voters will be is anyone's guess.
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Voters eschew Central Christchurch election
6 Oct 2019Central Christchurch people have been slower to vote in local elections than those in other parts of the city.
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Hamilton City throws a gauntlet on voter turnout
4 Oct 2019Hamilton City is challenging other councils around the country to a Vote Off to see who can get the most residents to vote.
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Youth losing faith in local authorities in Porirua
30 Sep 2019It's hoped the next mayor of Porirua city will help improve the lot of struggling young people there.
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Hamilton's mayoral fight heats up as younger candidate steps in
30 Sep 2019A 26-year-old, social media-savvy woman could give the frontrunners in Hamilton's mayoral campaign a fright, as her message connects with young voters in particular.
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Meet the candidates vying to be their region's first Māori mayor
23 Sep 2019As hundreds of candidates compete for a spot on their local council, some are determined to go a step further and make history, by becoming their region's first Māori mayor.
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Three-way race for Whangārei mayoralty
28 Sep 2019The mayoral race in Whangārei has just three contestants and one is in it mainly to boost her chances of winning a council seat.
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Christchurch's lesser-known mayoral hopefuls reveal their policies
26 Sep 2019Opening up a skid pad, create more housing for single people and make the central city dog friendly: policies from Christchurch's lesser-known mayoral candidates.
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Accidental Whakatāne councillor candidate: 'Don't vote for me'
27 Sep 2019An unusual campaign is ramping up for a Whakatāne District Council candidate who's pleading with people not to vote for her and she says this is not any sort of "reverse psychology".
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Mayoral candidates in Nelson and Tasman thrash it out for sport
27 Sep 2019Competition was hot at Nelson's Saxton Field last night, but it wasn't cricket, netball or hockey.
For all the key results from the 2019 Local Government Elections listen back here to our results specials hosted by Philippa Tolley.
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