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2016 Auckland Local Elections
The 2016 Auckland local elections took place between September and October 2016 by postal vote. The elections were the third since the merger of seven councils into the Auckland Council, which is composed of the mayor and 20 councillors, and 149 members of 21 local boards. Twenty-one district health board members and 41 licensing trust members were also elected. Mayoral election Incumbent Len Brown, the only Mayor of Auckland since the position was created, did not contest the mayoralty. New Zealand Labour Party MP for Mount Roskill Phil Goff was elected mayor of Auckland. Governing body elections 20 members were elected to the Auckland Council, across thirteen wards. There were 74 nominations and only one of the 13 wards was uncontested. Rodney (1) The incumbent was Penny Webster. She was defeated by Greg Sayers. Albany (2) The incumbents Wayne Walker and John Watson were both elected to council for another term. North Shore (2) The incumbents were Chris Darby a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland Council
Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is a unitary authority, according to the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009, which established the council. The governing body consists of a mayor and 20 councillors, elected from 13 wards. There are also 149 members of 21 local boards who make decisions on matters local to their communities. It is the largest council in Oceania, with a $3 billion annual budget, $29 billion of ratepayer equity, and 9,870 full-time staff as of 30 June 2016. The council began operating on 1 November 2010, combining the functions of the previous regional council and the region's seven city and district councils into one "super council" or "super city". The council was established by a number of Acts of Parliament, and an Auckland Transition Agency, als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Darby
Chris Darby is an Auckland Councillor for the North Shore Ward and the chair of the Planning Committee. He is focused on public transport, urban regeneration and environmental issues. He is a progressive independent who is not affiliated to any political party. He ran on his independent ticket 'Taking the Shore Forward' in the 2013, 2016 and 2019 elections, and was elected each time. Early political involvement As a young man, Darby supported Ngāti Whātua's occupation of Bastion Point and was there on the day of the eviction on 25 May 1978. Before the "super city" merger of Auckland's councils into Auckland Council in 2010, Darby served on the North Shore City Council, being first elected in 2004. Auckland Council At the 2010 Auckland Council elections, Darby ran for the North Shore ward of Auckland Council for Shore Voice alongside Ann Hartley, who was elected. Darby finished 6th and was not elected to the council, but was elected to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Ralston
Bill Ralston (born 1953) is a New Zealand journalist, broadcaster, and media personality, active in television, radio and print. He has worked as a political correspondent, fronted the television arts show Backch@t, and was the head of news and current affairs at TVNZ from 2003 to 2007. ''The New Zealand Herald'' has described him as controversial. Personal life Born in Auckland, he attended Northcote Primary School and later Northcote College where he was Head Prefect. At the University of Auckland he studied politics and history, and wrote for the student magazine ''Craccum''. He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree, and most of a Masters. He married Janet Wilson, who also works in the media, in c.1997, and has two children from a previous marriage. He takes a photo of Mark Kellogg, an Associated Press reporter who died with General Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, wherever he goes. Career Early Ralston's career began with a cadet job for South Pacific Televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Lee (New Zealand Politician)
Michael Lee is a New Zealand local government politician. He has been the Councillor for Waitematā and Gulf on Auckland Council since October 2022, an office he previously held from 2010 to 2019. He was a member of the Auckland Regional Council from 1992 to 2010 and was its final Chair from 2004 to 2010. Political career Auckland Regional Council Lee was first elected to the Auckland Regional Council as an Alliance candidate in a by-election in 1992. He was re-elected as a councillor at every election thereafter until the regional council's dissolution in 2010. He held the position of parks chairman (the council managed a number of regional parks), and oversaw the acquisition of substantial further parkland by the council during his time. He succeeded in opposing the privatisation of Ports of Auckland. He wrote his MSc thesis on such matters as land titles on Hauraki Gulf islands. In 2004 he was elected as chair of the regional council and held that position until 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waitemata And Gulf Ward , a basketball team base ...
Waitemata or Waitematā may refer to: * Waitematā Harbour, the primary harbour of Auckland, New Zealand * Waitematā (local board area), a local government area in Auckland, New Zealand ** Waitematā Local Board, a local board of Auckland Council, formed in 2010 ** Waitematā and Gulf Ward, a Ward of Auckland Council including the above local board * ''Waitemata'' (ship), a Union Steam ship cargo boat used as a troop ship in World War One * Waitemata City, a historical local government area, merged into Waitakere City in 1989 * Waitemata (New Zealand electorate), a historical electorate from 1871 to 1946, and from 1954 to 1978 * Waitemata AFC, a football club based in Waitemata City * Waitemata Dolphins The Waitemata Dolphins were a New Zealand basketball team based in Auckland. The Dolphins competed in the National Basketball League (NBL) and played their home games at Auckland YMCA. Team history The Waitemata Dolphins were a foundation memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Turner (New Zealand Politician)
Ken Turner is a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland Councillor. In 2022, Turner was elected as one of two councillors representing the Waitākere ward. Early life Turner is a fourth-generation West Aucklander, growing up in Titirangi. He has worked as a motor mechanic since 1975. Turner's workshop in Woodlands Park was the site of the former bus depot for Laingholm bus services. Political career Turner ran unsuccessfully for the Waitākere Ranges Local Board in the 2013 Auckland local board elections, and in the 2016 Auckland local elections ran unsuccessfully for the position of Waitākere ward councillor. Turner was elected to the Waitākere Ranges Local Board in 2018 after a by-election caused by the death of Denise Yates. For the remainder of the term, he was the only member of the Westwards ticket sitting on the local board. In the 2022 local body elections, Turner was elected as one of two councillors for the Waitākere ward. Turner also ran for the Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Cooper (politician)
Linda Ann Cooper is a New Zealand politician who has been a councillor on the Auckland Council since 2013. Political career Cooper served on the Waitakere Community Board for 4 years and Waitakere City Council for 2 terms. She has been an elected member on the Waitakere Licensing Trust since 2001 and the President since 2010. At the 2010 Auckland elections, Cooper stood for the Citizens & Ratepayers local-body ticket in the Albany ward. She finished sixth in the ward, and was not elected to the new Auckland Council. At the 2011 general parliamentary election, Cooper stood as a list-only candidate for the New Zealand National Party. Ranked at number 74 in the list, she was not elected to parliament. At the 2013 Auckland elections, Cooper was elected as a councillor for the Waitākere ward. She was one of two new centre-right candidates elected to the Auckland Council in 2013. In 2015 Cooper made controversial remarks on the Auckland Pride Festival Facebook page wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Hulse
Penelope Anne Hulse is a New Zealand politician, and was Deputy Mayor of Auckland from the formation of the Auckland Council Super City until 2016. She continues to represent the Waitākere Ward on the Auckland Council and is Chair of the Environment and Community Committee. Political career Hulse, born in South Africa, began her career in 1992 when she was elected to the Waitakere Community Board. As a board member, Hulse worked together with Dave Harré to save the Avondale railway station building, which was planned for demolition due to its poor state. After lobbying the New Zealand Railways Corporation, the station was refurbished and relocated to Swanson. In 1995 she was elected to the Waitakere City Council. She was made deputy mayor in 2007 by Bob Harvey. In the 2010 Auckland Council elections Hulse won a seat in the Waitākere Ward. She was then made deputy mayor by Len Brown. She was re-elected in 2013. Hulse lives in Te Atatū Peninsula and took up cycling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waitākere Ward
Waitākere Ward is a district of Auckland Council in New Zealand. It consists of the part of the old Waitakere City lying west of a line from Te Atatū Peninsula to Titirangi. The ward elects two councillors, currently Shane Henderson and Ken Turner, who have oversight of its two local boards, Henderson-Massey and Waitākere Ranges. Demographics Waitākere ward covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Waitākere ward had a population of 170,514 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 14,433 people (9.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 26,226 people (18.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 52,704 households, comprising 84,312 males and 86,205 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female. The median age was 34.1 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 38,010 people (22.3%) aged under 15 years, 36,177 (21.2%) aged 15 to 29, 78,606 (46.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 17,724 (10.4%) aged 65 or old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damian Light
Damian Francis Light (born 31 October 1983) is a New Zealand politician who was the leader of the United Future party from August 2017 until the party's dissolution in November 2017. He became party leader following the resignation of Peter Dunne. Light had previously served as the president of the party. He was the first openly gay leader of a political party in New Zealand. Light later entered local politics, and in 2022 became the Chair of the Howick Local Board. Personal life Light was born and raised in Auckland. He attended Rosmini College in Takapuna. He currently lives in Botany Downs, Auckland, with his partner, Josh Harding. He works as an improvement analyst at AsureQuality, and previously worked as a line manager at KiwiRail. Political career Light stated that he was motivated to become involved in politics at the 2002 general election after seeing Peter Dunne's memorable television debate with the "worm". He first stood for parliament at the 2008 general elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Future
United Future New Zealand, usually known as United Future, was a centrist political party in New Zealand. The party was in government between 2005 and 2017, first alongside Labour (2005–2008) and then supporting National (2008–2017). United Future was formed from the merger of the liberal party United New Zealand and Christian-dominated conservative Future New Zealand to contest the 2002 election. It was represented in the New Zealand Parliament from its foundation until September 2017. The party won eight seats in 2002; however it was reduced to three Members of Parliament in 2005. Between 2008 and 2017, United Future was solely represented in Parliament by party leader Peter Dunne, who represented the Ōhāriu electorate in Wellington. Dunne was re-elected during both the 2011 and 2014 general elections. In August 2017, Dunne announced his retirement from politics prior to the 2017 general election. Damian Light was appointed as the new leader on 23 August. Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shore Action
Shore Action is a political ticket which contests the boards and council seats in the North Shore Ward of the Auckland Council. They have a strong focus on retention of local assets and investment in the natural environment, along with a focus on local participation in local body politics. Grant Gillon, a former Alliance Party MP, and AUT lecturer, along with Anne-Elise Smithson, a Community Development Coordinator for the Children's Autism Foundation, contested the North Shore Ward seat on the Auckland City Council. The wider team contested the local boards on the North Shore Ward. While neither Gillon nor Smithson won a council seat for the ward, Shore Action did win seats on the Devonport-Takapuna and Kaipātiki Local Boards, and the Birkenhead Licensing Trust. Policies Shore Action fought to retain the Takapuna Beach Holiday Park, opposing plans for a hard stand on the reserve. They also wish to save the Anzac St Carpark (currently home of the Takapuna Sunday Markets). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
