2019 Far North local elections

The 2019 Far North local elections took place between September and October 2019 by postal vote in Far North District in New Zealand to elect a mayor of Far North District council, 9 councillors, and 19 community board members.^[1]^[2]

Mayoral election

There were 11 candidates running for Mayor of Far North District. They are listed below in alphabetical order.^[3] The incumbent mayor- John Carter- was re-elected. Carter served since the 2013 New Zealand local elections.^[4] Candidates with no listed party affiliation are listed as unaffiliated.

Candidates

Affiliation		Candidate
	Independent	John Edward Bassett^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Harko Brown^[3]
	Unaffiliated	John Carter^[3]^[5]
	Unaffiliated	Peter Gill^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Jay Hepi^[3]^[5]
	Unaffiliated	Dave Bear Hookway^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Monty Knight^[3]
	Unaffiliated	John Levers^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Kuini Matene^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Tania McInnes^[3]
	Unaffiliated	JT Tahana^[3]

Results

2019 Far North local elections: Mayor of Far North^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unaffiliated	John Carter	5,831	28.97
	Unaffiliated	Tania McInnes	3,903	19.39
	Unaffiliated	Dave Hookway	3,520	17.49
	Unaffiliated	Monty Knight	2,345	11.65
	Unaffiliated	Jay Hepi	1,249	6.20
	Unaffiliated	Peter Gill	985	4.89
	Unaffiliated	Harko Brown	802	3.98
	Unaffiliated	John Levers	612	3.04
	Unaffiliated	JT Tahana	354	1.76
	Independent	John Edward Bassett	291	1.45
	Unaffiliated	Kuini Matene	239	1.19
Majority			1,928	9.58

District council

There were 9 councillors in Far North District Council, elected from 3 multi-member wards. The 3 wards are Bay of Islands-Whangaroa, Kaikohe-Hokianga Ward and Te Hiku Ward.

Bay of Islands-Whangaroa

Bay of Islands-Whangaroa ward elects 4 members to the Far North District Council. It contains, among others, Kerikeri, the eponymous Whangaroa, Paihia and Kawakawa. There were 15 candidates running for Bay of Islands-Whangaroa ward. They are listed below in alphabetical order.^[3]

Candidates

Affiliation		Candidate
	Unaffiliated	Harko Brown^[3]
	Independent	David Clendon^[3]
	Independent	Rodger Corbin^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Ann Court^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Peter Gill^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Ruth Heta^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Jane Ellen Johnston^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Chris Joseph^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Hone Mihaka^[3]
	Independent	Frank Owen^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Maxine Shortland^[3]
	Independent	Rachel Smith^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Mike Stevens^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Kelly Stratford^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Steve Wilce^[3]

Kaikohe-Hokianga

Kaikohe-Hoikianga ward elects 2 members to the Far North District Council. It contains, among others, the eponymous Kaikohe, Rawene and Oponi. There were 12 candidates running for Kaikohe-Hokianga ward. They are listed below in alphabetical order.^[3]

Candidates

Affiliation		Candidate
	Independent	Rawhiti Erstich Coles^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Jay Hepi^[3]
	Independent	Babe Kapa^[3]
	Independent	Sally Macauley^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Kuini Matene^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Lily Rawson^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Marara Rogers^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Te Arani Angeline Te Haara^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Moko Tepania^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Louis Toorenburg^[3]
	Unaffiliated	John Vujcich^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Rhondda Zielinski^[3]

Te Hiku

Te Hiku ward elects 3 members to the Far North District Council. It contains, among others, Kaitaia, Awanui, Whatuwhiwhi and Te Kao. There were 15 candidates running for Te Hiku ward. They are listed below in alphabetical order.^[3]

Candidates

Affiliation		Candidate
	Unaffiliated	Naomi Austin-Read^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Ian Bamber^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Sue Bradford^[3]^[5]
	Unaffiliated	David Collard^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Felicity Foy^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Lillian Karaka^[3]
	Independent	Sacha Kearney-Yanke^[3]
	Independent	Jason Kerrison^[3]^[5]
	Unaffiliated	Barry Murray^[3]
	Independent	Mark Osborne^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Lyle Painting^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Mate Radich^[3]
	Unaffiliated	JT Tahana^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Niki Tauhara^[3]
	Independent	Hazely Windelborn^[3]

Community boards

Elections were required for 3 community boards located in the Far North District. These were the 7-member Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board, the 6-member Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board, and the 6-member Te Hiku Community Board.

Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board

The Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board consists of 7 members and contains 4 single-member subdivisions and 1 multi-member subdivision.

Kawakawa-Moerewa

Kawakawa-Moerewa subdivision elects 1 member to the Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board.

Candidates

Affiliation		Candidate
	Unaffiliated	Lucie Green^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Manuwai Wells^[3]

Kerikeri

Kerikeri subdivision elects 3 members to the Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board. As the number of nominated candidates was equal to the amount of vacancies, all candidates were elected unopposed.

Results

	Candidate	Votes
Unaffiliated	Lane Ayr^[3]	Elected unopposed
Independent	Frank Owen^[3]	Elected unopposed
Independent	Rachel Smith^[3]	Elected unopposed

Paihia

Paihia subdivision elects 1 member to the Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board.

Candidates

Affiliation		Candidate
	Unaffiliated	Belinda Ward^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Steve Wilce^[3]

Russell-Opua

Russell-Opua subdivision elects 1 member to the Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board.

Candidates

Affiliation		Candidate
	Unaffiliated	Gray Phillips^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Wiki Walker^[3]

Whangaroa

Whangaroa subdivision elects 1 member to the Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board.

Candidates

Affiliation		Candidate
	Unaffiliated	Ruth Heta^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Bruce Mills^[3]

Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board

The Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board consists of 6 members and contains 1 single-member subdivision and 2 multi-member subdivisions.

Kaikohe

Kaikohe subdivision elects 3 members to the Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board.

Candidates

Affiliation		Candidate
	Independent	David Adams^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Laurie Byers^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Mike Edmonds^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Mara Pickery^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Lily Rawson^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Shaun Kavanagh Reilly^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Moko Tepania^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Kelly van Gaalen^[3]

North Hokianga

North Hokianga subdivision elects 1 member to the Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board.

Candidates

Affiliation		Candidate
	Unaffiliated	Emma Davis^[3]
	Independent	Richard Nahi^[3]

South Hokianga

South Hokianga subdivision elects 2 members to the Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board. As the number of nominated candidates was equal to the amount of vacancies, all candidates were elected unopposed.

Results

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unaffiliated	Alan Phillip Hessell^[3]	Elected unopposed
	Unaffiliated	Louis Toorenburg^[3]	Elected unopposed

Te Hiku Community Board

The Te Hiku Community Board consists of 6 members and contains 3 single-member subdivisions and 1 multi-member subdivision.

Doubtless Bay

Doubtless Bay subdivision elects 1 member to the Te Hiku Community Board.

Candidates

Affiliation		Candidate
	Unaffiliated	Sheryl Bainbridge^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Nuu Ward^[3]
	Independent	Martin Yuretich^[3]

Kaitaia

Kaitaia subdivision elects 3 members to the Te Hiku Community Board.

Candidates

Affiliation		Candidate
	Unaffiliated	Jaqui Brown^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Adele Gardner^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Brownywn Hunt^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Lyle Richard Painting^[3]
	Unaffiliated	David Senior^[3]
	Unaffiliated	John Stewart^[3]

North Cape

North Cape subdivision elects 1 member to the Te Hiku Community Board. As the number of nominated candidates was equal to the amount of vacancies, all candidates were elected unopposed.

Results

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unaffiliated	Darren Carl Axe^[3]	Elected unopposed

Whatuwhiwhi

Whatuwhiwhi subdivision elects 1 member to the Te Hiku Community Board.

Candidates

Affiliation		Candidate
	Unaffiliated	Lawrie Atkinson^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Eddie Bellas^[3]
	Unaffiliated	Whetu Rutene^[3]

References

^ "About your 2019 local elections". 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
^ "Far North District Council". 20 November 2018. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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^ "Auckland, Wellington stick with incumbents". stuff.co.nz. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Donnell, Hayden (3 September 2019). "Revealed: The famous and interesting candidates standing in our local elections". The Spinoff. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
^ Final Results 2019 ^{[dead link]}

[1] "About your 2019 local elections". 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

[2] "Far North District Council". 20 November 2018. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

[Nominations-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp ^bq ^br ^bs ^bt ^bu ^bv ^bw ^bx ^by ^bz ^ca ^cb ^cc ^cd ^ce ^cf ^cg ^ch ^ci ^cj ^ck ^cl ^cm ^cn ^co "Nominations Media Report - 20/08/2019 12:37 PM" (PDF). localelections.co.nz.

[4] "Auckland, Wellington stick with incumbents". stuff.co.nz. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2015.

[spinoffcandidates-5] Donnell, Hayden (3 September 2019). "Revealed: The famous and interesting candidates standing in our local elections". The Spinoff. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

[6] Final Results 2019 ^{[dead link]}

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