2019 Hawke's Bay local elections

The 2019 Hawke's Bay local elections were held on 12 October 2019 as part of the wider 2019 New Zealand local elections to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. These elections covered one regional council, four territorial authorities, a district health board, a licensing trust, and a rural community board.

2019 Hawke's Bay local elections

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Hawke's Bay Regional Council

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The Hawke's Bay Regional Council used the first past the post system to elect 9 regional councillors for the 2019–2022 term.

Wairoa constituency

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The Wairoa constituency returned one councillor to the regional council.

2019 Hawke's Bay Regional Council - Wairoa constituency election[1]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
None Charles Lambert 1365 50.1
Independent Fenton Wilson 1266 46.5
Informal: 1 Blank: 93 Total voters: 2725[2]

Napier constituency

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The Napier constituency returned three councillors to the regional council.

2019 Hawke's Bay Regional Council - Napier constituency election[1]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Protecting our waterways Ormsby HinewaI 11838 52.8
None Neil Kirton 11576 51.7
None Martin Williams 10312 46.0
None Nichola Nicholson 8668 38.7
Independent Paul Bailey 6880 30.7
None John Smith 2202 9.8
Informal: 20 Blank: 727 Total voters: 22402[2]

Hastings constituency

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The Hastings constituency returned three councillors to the regional council.

2019 Hawke's Bay Regional Council - Hastings constituency election[1]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
None Rick Barker 7075 41.0
None Rex Graham 6799 39.4
The right balance Craig Foss 6486 37.6
None Tom Belford 5825 33.9
None Peter Guerin 5559 32.2
Honest independent Tim Gilbertson 4620 26.8
Independent Mary O'Neill 4131 23.9
Independent Grant R Seton 2344 13.6
Informal: 55 Blank: 804 Total voters: 17259[2]

Ngaruroro constituency

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The Ngaruroro constituency returned one councillor to the regional council.

2019 Hawke's Bay Regional Council - Ngaruroro constituency election[1]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Independent Jerf van Beek 4157 58.3
Independent Guy Wellwood 2396 33.6
Informal: 3 Blank: 578 Total voters: 7136[2]

Central Hawke's Bay constituency

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The Central Hawke's Bay constituency returned one councillor to the regional council.

2019 Hawke's Bay Regional Council - Central Hawke's Bay constituency election[1]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Sustainable Tomorrow Will Foley 3592 59.7
The Gardener Tony Kuklinski 1643 27.3
Informal: 4 Blank: 201 Total voters: 6013[2]

Wairoa District Council

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The Wairoa District Council used the first past the post system to elect 6 councillors and 1 mayor for the 2019–2022 term.

Mayor

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2019 Wairoa mayoral election[3]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
None Craig Little 1973 71.5
None Waipatu Winitana 521 18.9
None Jennifer Takuta-Moses 179 6.5
Informal: 4 Blank: 82 Total voters: 2759[2]

General ward

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The general ward returned three councillors to the district council.

2019 Wairoa District Council - General ward election[3]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
None Denise Eaglesome-Karekare 1190 67.4
Independent Jeremy Harker 1137 64.4
None Hine Beth Flood 867 49.1
Independent Dave Evans 651 36.9
None Waipatu Winitana 454 25.7
None Murray Olsen 365 20.7
Informal: 2 Blank: 24 Total voters: 1766[2]

Māori ward

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The Māori ward returned three councillors to the district council.

2019 Wairoa District Council - Māori ward election[3]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
None Chaans Tumataroa-Clarke 661 66.6
None Melissa Kaimoana 518 52.2
None Danika Goldsack 344 34.6
None Hinenui Tipoki-Lawton 278 28.0
None Kurawari Panere 192 19.3
None Carol Grant 155 15.6
None Jennifer Takuta-Moses 139 14.0
None Wayne Taylor 137 13.8
None Kuini Beatti 112 11.3
Informal: 2 Blank: 14 Total voters: 993[2]

Napier City Council

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The Napier City Council used the first past the post system to elect 12 councillors and 1 mayor for the 2019–2022 term.

Mayor

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2019 Napier mayoral election[4]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Independent Kirsten Wise 13967 62.3
None Chris Tremain 5138 22.9
Ratepayers action group Steve Gibson 2411 10.7
Forward Together David Hannay 604 2.7
Informal: 28 Blank: 281 Total voters: 22429[2]

Ahuriri ward

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The Ahuriri ward returned two councillors to the city council.

2019 Napier City Council - Ahuriri ward election[4]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
None Hayler Browne (née Young) 2853 62.5
Independent Keith Price 1412 30.9
More of a say James Crow 1327 29.1
Independent Matthew Bonnett 1179 25.8
New Independent - time for a change Craig Morley 1126 24.7
Informal: 17 Blank: 152 Total voters: 4563[2]

Onekawa-Tamatea ward

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The Onekawa-Tamatea ward returned two councillors to the city council.

2019 Napier City Council - Onekawa-Tamatea ward election[4]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Local and listening Richard McGrath 2447 71.2
Independent and working for us Annette Brosnan 1944 56.5
Ratepayers action group Steve Gibson 1411 41.0
Informal: 0 Blank: 61 Total voters: 3439[2]

Nelson Park ward

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The Nelson Park ward returned four councillors to the city council.

2019 Napier City Council - Nelson Park ward election[4]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Supporting the community Maxine Boag 2965 66.4
Consultation, Collaboration, Community (Api) Apiata Tapine 2414 54.1
For a thriving Napier Sally Crown 1904 42.6
Independent - Vote New Greg (Grego) Mawson 1742 39.0
Independent Will Jenkins 1671 37.4
None Chris Stewart 1649 36.9
Informal: 2 Blank: 145 Total voters: 4466[2]

Taradale ward

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The Taradale ward returned four councillors to the city council.

2019 Napier City Council - Taradale ward election[4]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Independent Ronda Chrystal 4780 48.0
Independent Tania Wright 4646 46.6
Independent Nigel Simpson 4514 45.3
None Graeme Taylor 4514 45.3
Independent Catherine Hawkins 4400 44.2
None Gary Wise 4397 44.1
None Jake Brookie 3387 35.0
Informal: 4 Blank: 272 Total voters: 9961[2]

Hastings District Council

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The Hastings District Council used the first past the post system to elect 14 councillors, 6 licensing trust members, 4 community board members and 1 mayor for the 2019–2022 term.

Mayor

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Hazlehurst in 2021
2019 Hastings mayoral election[5]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Independent Sandra Hazlehurst 13188 54.0
Change Up Hastings Damon Harvey 10120 41.4
Informal: 10 Blank: 1105 Total voters: 24423[2]

Mohaka ward

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The Mohaka ward returned one councillor to the district council.

2019 Hastings District Council - Mohaka ward election[5]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
None Tania Kerr 1173 65.7
None Stuart Perry 555 31.1
Informal: 0 Blank: 58 Total voters: 1786[2]

Heretaunga ward

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The Heretaunga ward returned two councillors to the district council.

2019 Hastings District Council - Heretaunga ward election[5]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
None Ann Redstone 2312 54.9
Independent Alwyn Corban 1724 41.0
None Olive Taylor 1170 27.8
Independent Keith Newman 1072 25.5
None Jason Whaitiri 1066 25.3
Informal: 7 Blank: 175 Total voters: 4208[2]

Hastings-Havelock North ward

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The Hastings-Havelock North ward returned eight councillors to the district council.

2019 Hastings District Council - Hastings-Havelock North ward election[5]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
None Eileen Lawson 8869 61.7
None Damon Harvey 8519 59.3
None Malcolm Dixon 7819 54.4
None Kelvin Watkins 7638 53.2
None Bayden Barber 7629 53.1
None Geraldine Travers 7466 52.0
Independent Wendy Schollum 7011 48.8
None Simon J H Nixon 6267 43.6
None Rizwaana (Riz) Latiff 5314 37.0
None Rebecca Burn 4637 32.2
None Sayeed Ahmed 3769 26.2
None Rion Roben 3135 21.8
Informal: 15 Blank: 262 Total voters: 14367[2]

Flaxmere ward

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The Flaxmere ward returned two councillors to the district council.

2019 Hastings District Council - Flaxmere ward election[5]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Labour Peleti Oli 1140 55.0
None Henare O'Keefe 893 43.1
None Jacoby Poulain 842 40.6
Independent Paula Morgan Mihaka 449 21.7
None Melanie Petrowski 358 17.3
None Gerraldine Kelly Tahere 172 8.
Informal: 5 Blank: 19 Total voters: 2073[2]

Kahuranaki ward

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The Kahuranaki ward returned one councillor to the district council. Sophie Siers was elected uncontested.

Rural Community Board

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The Hastings District Council's Rural Community Board was created in 1992 to represent the district's rural communities. Four of the boards seven members are elected from the rural subdivisions of Kaweka, Maraekākaho, Poukawa, and Tūtira.[6]

Poukawa community subdivision

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The Poukawa community subdivision returned one member of the Rural Community Board.

2019 HDC Rural Community Board - Poukawa community subdivision election[5]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
None Marcus Buddo 890 77.9
None Charmaine Tuhaka 123 10.8
Informal: 1 Blank: 128 Total voters: 1142[2]

Maraekākaho community subdivision

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The Maraekākaho community subdivision returned one member of the Rural Community Board.

2019 HDC Rural Community Board - Maraekākaho community subdivision election[5]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
None Jonathan Stockley 506 59.6
None Lesley Wilson 287 33.8
Informal: 0 Blank: 56 Total voters: 849[2]

Tūtira community subdivision

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The Tūtira community subdivision returned one member of the Rural Community Board. Sue Maxwell was re-elected uncontested

Kaweka community subdivision

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The Kaweka community subdivision returned one member of the Rural Community Board. Nick Dawson was re-elected uncontested.

Central Hawke's Bay District Council

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The Central Hawke's Bay District Council used the first past the post system to elect 8 councillors and 1 mayor for the 2019–2022 term.

Mayor

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2019 Central Hawke's Bay mayoral election[7]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
None Alex Walker 4984 91.3
None Darcie Meremere Tu Ahiahi Scowen 334 6.1
Informal: 4 Blank: 136 Total voters: 5458[2]

Aramoana-Ruahine ward

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The Aramoana-Ruahine ward returned four councillors to the district council.

2019 Central Hawke's Bay District Council - Aramoana-Ruahine ward election[7]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
None Kate Taylor 2118 78.3
None Tim Aitken 1843 68.1
None Jerry Greer 1819 67.2
None Brent Muggeridge 1686 62.3
None Hirani Maaka 742 27.4
None Darcie Meremere Tu Ahiahi Scowen 322 11.9
Informal: 2 Blank: 58 Total voters: 2706[2]

Ruataniwha ward

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The Ruataniwha ward returned four councillors to the district council. As the number of nominations received did not exceed the number of vacancies, Kelly Annand, Tim Chote, Gerard Minehan, and Exham Wichman were declared elected.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Regional Council Election Results". Hawke's Bay Regional Council. 17 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-01-19. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Local Authority Election Statistics 2019". Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs. 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  3. ^ a b c "Declaration of results". Wairoa District Council. 18 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Napier City Council 2019 Triennial Elections DECLARATION OF RESULT" (PDF). Napier City Council. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Election Results". Hastings District Council. 2019-11-06. Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  6. ^ "Rural Community Board - Te Poari Hapori Tuawhenua". Hastings District Council. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  7. ^ a b "2019 Triennial Elections - Declaration of Result". Central Hawke's Bay District Council. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.