The Ōrākei Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of
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 ...
. It is coterminous with the
Ōrākei Ward
Ōrākei is a suburb of Auckland city, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on a peninsula five kilometres to the east of the city centre, on the shore of the Waitematā Harbour, which lies to the north, and Hobson Bay and Orakei ...
. It was chaired in its first two terms by local politician
Desley Simpson
Desley Simpson is a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland Councillor. In October 2022, Simpson was chosen as the Deputy Mayor of Auckland.
Early life
Simpson attended Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland, where she learned to play the org ...
following the 2010 and 2013 elections. In the 2016 elections, Simpson stood for and won the Orakei ward councillor seat on Auckland Council. Colin Davis took her place as Chair.
Governance
The board consists of 7 members who were elected in the
2016 local elections.
2016 local elections
The current board members are:
*Troy Churton, C&R - Communities & Residents (15,973 votes)
*Kit Parkinson, C&R - Communities & Residents (14,796 votes)
*Colin Davis, C&R - Communities & Residents (14,303 votes)
*Toni Millar, C&R - Communities & Residents (14,077 votes)
*Carmel Claridge, C&R - Communities & Residents (14,021 votes)
*David Wong, C&R - Communities & Residents (13,308 votes)
*Rosalind Rundle, C&R - Communities & Residents (13,172 votes)
References
External links
Ōrākei Local Board
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Ōrākei Local Board Area
Local boards of the Auckland Region