2007_New_Zealand_local_elections

2007 New Zealand local elections

2007 New Zealand local elections

Local elections in New Zealand

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.

Quick Facts

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

Candidates' advertising in Wellington

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

More information district, councillors ...

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "The Local Government Electoral Option 2008" (PDF). Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Government confirms changes to DHB election process" (Press release). Wellington: New Zealand Government. 18 December 2003. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  3. [3]
    Bernard Orsman (13 October 2007). "Banks ousts Hubbard". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
  4. [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. [5]
    "Banks climbs back, Wood chopped down". Television New Zealand. 13 October 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
  6. [6]
    "Main Local Body election results". Newstalk ZB. 13 October 2007. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
  7. [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. [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. [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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