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.

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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
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New mayors were elected in Auckland City,[3] North Shore City, Manukau City, Christchurch,[4] Rodney District, Whangarei, 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
Northland Region
district councillors community
boards		 regional
councillors		 Mayor link
Far North District 9 3 3 Green tickY Wayne Brown, (new)
Whangarei District 13 – 4 Stan Semenoff (new)
Kaipara District 10 – 1 Peter King, re-elected
Auckland Region
district councillors community
boards		 regional
councillors		 Mayor link
Rodney District 12 – 1 Green tickY Penny Webster, re-elected
North Shore City 15 66 2 Red XN George Wood,
defeated by Andrew Williams
Waitakere City 14 4 2 Green tickY Bob Harvey, re-elected
Auckland City 19 9 4 Red XN Dick Hubbard,
defeated by John Banks
Manukau City 17 8 3 Red XN Sir Barry Curtis, did not run.
Len Brown won
Papakura District 8 – 1 1 John Robertson
Franklin District 12 2 1 1, 2 Mark Ball
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
Hamilton City 13 – 4 Bob Simcock, new
Waipa District 13 2 1 Alan Livingston
Matamata-Piako District 11 3 1 Hugh Vercoe
Otorohanga District 7 2 1 4 Dale Williams
Waitomo District 6 – 1 4 Mark Ammon
South Waikato District 10 – 1 Neil Sinclair
Taupō District 12 – 2 5, 6 Clayton Stent
Hauraki District 13 – 1 John Tregidga
Thames-Coromandel District 8 5 1 Philippa Barriball
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
Tauranga District 10 – 4 Stuart Crosby
Rotorua District 12 – 38 Kevin Winters
Whakatāne District 12 2 29 Colin Holmes
Kawerau District 8 – 29 Malcolm Campbell
Opotiki District 11 1 29 John Forbes
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.

See also

References
  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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