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 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 ...

Early life

Turner is a fourth-generation West Aucklander, growing up in

Titirangi Titirangi is a suburb of West Auckland in the Waitākere Ranges local board area of the city of Auckland in northern New Zealand. It is an affluent, residential suburb located 13 kilometres (8 miles) to the southwest of the Auckland city centre ...

. 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

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

. Turner also ran for the Waitākere Ranges Local Board and was the candidate who received the highest number of votes, however his position was given to Future West candidate Mark Allen, after successfully winning the election to become a councillor.

Personal life

Turner lives in the coastal settlement of

Huia The huia ( ; ; ''Heteralocha acutirostris'') is an extinct species of New Zealand wattlebird, endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. The last confirmed sighting of a huia was in 1907, although there was a credible sighting in 1924. It ...

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