Elections in New Zealand
2024 Tauranga local elections Map of vote share by ward
The 2024 Tauranga local elections will be held via postal voting from 29 June 2024 to 20 July 2024.[1] Elections in Tauranga will cover one territorial authority , the Tauranga City Council .
These will be the first elections for the Tauranga City Council since 2019 , following the appointment by the Minister of Local Government of a Crown Commission to oversee Tauranga City Council's governance responsibilities on 9 February 2021.[1]
The Tauranga City Council will use the single transferable voting system to elect the Mayor of Tauranga and city councillors[2] for a term lasting until the 2028 local elections.[3] [4]
Tauranga City Council has created nine electoral wards for these elections. There are eight general wards (Mauao/Mount Maunganui , Arataki , Pāpāmoa , Welcome Bay , Matua -Otūmoetai , Bethlehem , Tauriko and Te Papa) and one Māori ward (Te Awanui, covering the entire city) which will each return one councillor.[2]
Candidates [ edit ] Nominations for candidates opened on 26 April 2024 and closed on 24 May 2024.[5] The following 86 candidates[6] have been confirmed to be running for the positions of mayor and the nine city councillors:[7]
Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes Tanya Bamford-King Independent Aureliu Braguta Independent Greg Brownless Community Focus - Responsible Spending Mayor 2016–2019[8] Andrew Caie Independent Mahé Drysdale Olympic champion rower, grandson of former mayor Bob Owens [9] Anthony Goddard Chudleigh Haggett Ria Hall Musician and television presenter[10] Donna Hannah BOP Hori Also stood in 2016 [8] Tim Maltby Our Rates are too High Jos Nagels Visionary Leadership, Not Repeatership Douglas Owens Independent Former Bay of Plenty regional councillor .[8] Son of former mayor Bob Owens, uncle of Mahé Drysdale[9] John Robson[11] Principled; Professional; Democratic Councillor 2013-2016, 2018-2021[8] [6] Tina Salisbury People and Progress over Politics Deputy mayor 2020–2021[12]
Councillors [ edit ] Mauao/Mount Maunganui general ward [ edit ] Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes Heidi Hughes[11] Community, environment, future Councillor 2019–2020 Garth Mathieson Teresa Nichols Michael O'Neill Jacqueline Pointon Jen Scoular Commercial acumen, community heart Peter Douglas Stanley
Arataki general ward [ edit ] Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes Sarah-Jane Bourne Rick Curach Pick Rick community needs over wants Anthony Goddard Teresa Killian Adrienne Pierce Kim Renshaw Voice for Arataki Jeroen Van der Beek A local for Arataki Ward Andrea Webster Harris Williams Mike Williams Common sense on Council
Pāpāmoa general ward [ edit ] Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes Bryan Archer John Bowden Phillip Coleman Ria Hall[10] Tim Maltby Our Rates are too High Steve Morris Championing Pāpāmoa on Council Former councillor[13] Maaka Nelson Craig Purcell Pāpāmoa Pāpāmoa Proud Shelley Robb Independent
Welcome Bay general ward [ edit ] Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes Hautapu Baker Aureliu Braguta Ethan Brinkman Ethan for Reason Robert Coe Independent Donna Hannah Cameron Templer Action over Words
Matua-Otūmoetai general ward [ edit ] Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes Tanya Bamford-King Independent Ronald Chamberlain Glen Crowther Accountability, Transparency, Community Suzie Edmonds Independent Cam Holden Independent Jim McKinlay[10] Ken Patterson Basie Pikimaui Tauranga Moana Kokiritia Tenby Powell Our City. Our Future. Together Mayor 2019–2020 Kim Pritchard Mike Rayner For keeping our current facilities Zach Reeder David Tank David Webb Tomorrow's thriving Tauranga, together
Bethlehem general ward [ edit ] Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes Charlene Apaapa Shelley Archibald Felicity Auva'a Darren Gilchrist Gerry Hodgson Jos Nagels Visionary Leadership, Not Repeatership Bevan Rakoia John Robson[11] Principled; Professional; Democratic Kevin (Herb) Schuler Constructive and Positive Leadership
Tauriko general ward [ edit ] Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes Larry Baldock Let's Keep Moving Forward Former deputy mayor[11] Murray Guy[14] Democracy for Tauranga Marten Rozeboom[10] Stephen Wheeler
Te Papa general ward [ edit ] Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes Andrew Caie Independent Mark Decke Chudleigh Haggett Reihana Marx Terry Molloy Jim Smith Loyal and Local Rod Taylor Barbara Turley Abraham (Bram) van Berkel
Te Awanui Māori ward [ edit ] Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes Suaree Borell Learning, Leading and Leveraging Ashley Hillis Mikaere Sydney Tauranga Moana Kōkiritia
References [ edit ] ^ a b Ingoe, Maia (26 April 2024). "Nominations open for Tauranga City Council local elections" . RNZ . Retrieved 4 May 2024 . ^ a b "Elections 2024 > Information for voters" . www.tauranga.govt.nz . Tauranga City Council . Retrieved 4 May 2024 . ^ "Wanted: candidates for council's 2024 election – The Bay's News First" . www.sunlive.co.nz . 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024 . ^ "Dates for the Tauranga City Council Election in July 2024 and the Following Election" . New Zealand Gazette . 22 August 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024 . ^ "Elections 2024 > Information for candidates" . www.tauranga.govt.nz . Tauranga City Council . Retrieved 4 May 2024 . ^ a b Evans, Alisha (24 May 2024). "Tauranga City Council election hopefuls confirmed" . SunLive . Retrieved 24 May 2024 . ^ "Elections 2024" . www.tauranga.govt.nz . Tauranga City Council . Retrieved 22 May 2024 . ^ a b c d Gillespie, Kiri; Wilson, Megan (24 May 2024). "Tauranga election: Who's running and what you need to know about voting" . NZ Herald . Retrieved 24 May 2024 . ^ a b Sylvester, Catherine (19 May 2024). "Tauranga election: Olympian Mahé Drysdale announces bid for mayor" . Bay of Plenty Times . New Zealand Herald. ^ a b c d McConnell, Glenn. "Tauranga's star studded return to democracy" . www.stuff.co.nz . Stuff . Retrieved 5 May 2024 . ^ a b c d Gillespie, Kiri (14 May 2024). "Tauranga City Council election: Several sacked councillors running again" . New Zealand Herald . ^ Evans, Alisha (26 April 2024). "Tina Salisbury to run for Tauranga mayoralty" . SunLive . Retrieved 30 April 2024 . ^ Evans, Alisha (17 May 2024). "Tauranga City Council nominations off to a slow start" . RNZ . Retrieved 24 May 2024 . ^ Gillespie, Kiri (21 May 2024). "Tauranga election: Murray Guy criticised for handling of user's 'barcode' comment on his page" . Bay of Plenty Times . New Zealand Herald.