2001 New Zealand local elections

2001 New Zealand local elections
← 1998 13 October 2001 2004 →
	86 of 86 councils
	74 mayors and 874 local councillors
Mayors
Local councillors
Regional councillors

The 2001 New Zealand local elections (Māori: Nga Pōtitanga ā-Rohe 2001) were triennial elections that were held ending 13 October 2001 to elect local mayors and councillors, regional councillors, and members of various other local government bodies.

Key dates

Key dates relating to the local elections were as follows:^[1]

27 July	Nominations open
24 August	Last day of candidate nominations and withdrawals, closed at noon. Unopposed candidates are declared nominated to office.
21–26 September	Postal ballots to be sent out where required.
13 October	Polling day – Polls open 9am to 7pm. Postal ballots must be returned to returning officer before poll close.

Background

Voting system

The 2001 local elections were the last occasion when first-past-the-post voting (FPP) was used exclusively. From the 2004 elections onwards, territorial authorities and regional councils could choose betw26 een FPP and the single transferable vote (STV) method.^[2] District health board elections had to use STV from 2004 and were changed to at-large elections.^[3]

Campaign

Results

Regional councils

The regional level of government in New Zealand is organised into areas controlled by regional councils.

Party		Councillors				Council control	+/−
Party		1998	Elected	+/−	Candidates	Council control	+/−
	No majority					12
	Independent		117		221
	Christchurch 2021		6		8	0
	Citizens and Ratepayers		3		4	0
	Advancing Auckland		2		3	0
	Team West		2		2	0
	Independent Citizens		1		4	0
	Hutt 2020		1		3	0
	Terris' Team		1		2	0
	Hamilton First		1		1	0
	missing affiliation info		0		15	0
	Alliance		0		8	0
	City Vision		0		4	0
	Your Views Matter		0		2	0
	A New Team		0		2	0
	Labour		0		2	0
	Go Waitakere		0		2	0
	People First		0		2	0
	Green		0		1	0


Council	Electoral system	Seats	Councillors				Details
Council	Electoral system	Seats	1998	Elected			Details
Northland	FPP	8	missing info		Independent	8	Details
Auckland	FPP	13	missing info		Independent	6	Details
					Citizens and Ratepayers	3
					Advancing Auckland	2
					Team West	2
Waikato	FPP	14	missing info		Independent	13	Details
Waikato	FPP	14	missing info		Hamilton First	1	Details
Bay of Plenty	FPP	12	missing info		Independent	12	Details
Hawke's Bay	FPP	9	missing info		Independent	9	Details
Taranaki	FPP	10	missing info		Independent	10	Details
Manawatu-Wanganui	FPP	11	missing info		Independent	11	Details
Wellington	FPP	13	missing info		Independent	11	Details
					Hutt 2020	1
					Terris' Team	1
West Coast	FPP	6	missing info		Independent	6	Details
Canterbury	FPP	14	missing info		Independent	7	Details
					Christchurch 2021	6
					Independent Citizens	1
Otago	FPP	12	missing info		Independent	12	Details
Southland	FPP	12	missing info		Independent	12	Details
All 12 councils		134

Territorial authorities

The city and district level of government in New Zealand is organised into areas controlled by territorial authorities. Some of these also have the powers of regional governments and are known as unitary authorities. The Chatham Islands have their own specially legislated form of government.

Party		Mayors				Councillors				Council control	+/−
Party		1998	Elected	+/−	Candidates	1998	Elected	+/−	Candidates	Council control	+/−
	No majority
	Independent		70				691
	Labour^[a]		0				14			0
	Christchurch 2021^[b] (Christchurch)	1	1	0	1		13			1
	Citizens and Ratepayers (Auckland)		0				10			0
	Team West (Waitakere)		1		1		9			1
	Independent Citizens (Christchurch)		0				7			0	0
	Terris' Team (Lower Hutt)		1		1		5			0
	Manurewa Residents (Manukau)		0				4			0
	City Vision (Auckland)		0				3			0
	Hamilton First (Hamilton)		0				3			0
	Howick Community Spirit (Manukau)		0				3			0
	Papakura Vision (Manukau)		0				3			0
	Papatoetoe Independents (Manukau)		0				3			0
	The Proven Team (Far North)		0				3			0
	Three 4 North (Wellington)		0				3			0
	Hutt 2020^[c] (Lower Hutt)		0				2			0
	Independent Ratepayers and Residents (Waitakere)		0				2			0
	Resource Users Association (Western BOP)		0				2			0
	Taupo Concerned Citizens (Taupo)		0				2			0
	Pakuranga Ratepayers and Residents Team (Manukau)		1		1		1			0
	Alliance^[d]		0				1			0
	Community First (Far North)		0				1			0
	Democracy Network in Action (Western BOP)		0				1			0
	Green		0				1			0
	Independent Ratepayers (Manukau)		0				1			0
	Pakuranga 2000 (Manukau)		0				1			0
	Rates Reform (Gisborne)		0				1			0
	Residents and Ratepayers (Kaipara)		0				1			0
	Team Auckland (Auckland)		0				1			0
	vacant		0				1
	missing info		0				77

Councils


Council	Electoral system	Seats	Councillors						Details
Council	Electoral system	Seats	1998			Elected			Details
Far North	FPP	10	missing info				Independent	6	Details
							The Proven Team	3
							Community First	1
Whangarei	FPP	13	missing info				Independent	13	Details
Kaipara	FPP	10	missing info				Independent	9	Details
Kaipara	FPP	10	missing info				Residents and Ratepayers	1	Details
Rodney	FPP	12	missing info				Independent	12	Details
Auckland	FPP	19	missing info				Citizens and Ratepayers	10	Details
							Independent	3
							City Vision	3
							Labour	2
							Team Auckland	1
North Shore	FPP	15	missing info				Independent	15	Details
Waitakere	FPP	14	missing info				Team West	9	Details
							Independent	3
							Independent Ratepayers and Residents	2
Manukau	FPP	20	missing info				Labour	4	Details
							Manurewa Residents	4
							Howick Community Spirit	3
							Papatoetoe Independents	3
							Independent	3
							Independent Ratepayers	1
							Pakuranga Ratepayers and Residents Team	1
							Pakuranga 2000	1
Papakura	FPP	8	missing info				Independent	4	Details
							Papakura Vision	3
							Your Team	1
Franklin	FPP	14	missing info				Independent	14	Details
Thames-Coromandel	FPP	9	missing info				Independent	9	Details
Hauraki	FPP	13	missing info				Independent	13	Details
Waikato	FPP	13	missing info				Independent	13	Details
Matamata-Piako	FPP	11	missing info				Independent	11	Details
Hamilton	FPP	13	missing info				Independent	7	Details
							Hamilton First	3
							Proudly Independent	3
Waipa	FPP	12	missing info				Independent	12	Details
Otorohanga	FPP	7	missing info				Independent	6	Details
Otorohanga	FPP	7	missing info				vacant^[e]		Details
South Waikato	FPP	13	missing info				Independent	13	Details
Waitomo	FPP	6	missing info				Independent	6	Details
Taupo	FPP	12	missing info				Independent	10	Details
Taupo	FPP	12	missing info				Taupo Concerned Citizens	2	Details
Western Bay of Plenty	FPP	12	missing info				Independent	9	Details
							Resource Users Association	2
							Democracy Network in Action	1
Tauranga	FPP	13	missing info				Independent	13	Details
Rotorua	FPP	12	missing info				Independent	12	Details
Whakatane	FPP	13	missing info				Independent	13	Details
Kawerau	FPP	8	missing info				Independent	8	Details
Opotiki	FPP	10	missing info				Independent	10	Details
Gisborne	FPP	14	missing info				Independent	13	Details
Gisborne	FPP	14	missing info				Rates Reform	1	Details
Wairoa	FPP	9	missing info				Independent	9	Details
Hastings	FPP	15	missing info				Independent	15	Details
Napier	FPP	12	missing info				Independent	12	Details
Central Hawke's Bay	FPP	10	missing info				Independent	10	Details
New Plymouth	FPP	16	missing info				Independent	16	Details
Stratford	FPP	10	missing info				Independent	10	Details
South Taranaki	FPP	12	missing info				Independent	12	Details
Ruapehu	FPP	11	missing info				Independent	11	Details
Wanganui	FPP	12	missing info			missing info			Details
Rangitikei	FPP	11	missing info				Independent	11	Details
Manawatu	FPP	10	missing info				Independent	10	Details
Palmerston North	FPP	15	missing info				Independent	15	Details
Tararua	FPP	8	missing info				Independent	8	Details
Horowhenua	FPP	10	missing info			missing info			Details
Kapiti Coast	FPP	14	missing info				Independent	14	Details
Porirua	FPP	13	missing info				Independent	7	Details
Porirua	FPP	13	missing info				Labour	6	Details
Upper Hutt	FPP	10	missing info				Independent	10	Details
Lower Hutt	FPP	11	missing info				Terris' Team	5	Details
							Independent	4
							Hutt 2020 and Labour	2
Wellington	FPP	19	missing info				Independent	12	Details
							Three 4 North	3
							Labour	2
							Alliance	1
							Green	1
Masterton	FPP	10	missing info			missing info			Details
Carterton	FPP	8	missing info				Independent	8	Details
South Wairarapa	FPP	9	missing info				Independent	9	Details
Tasman	FPP	13	missing info			missing info			Details
Nelson	FPP	12	missing info			missing info			Details
Marlborough	FPP	13	missing info				Independent	13	Details
Buller	FPP	11	missing info			missing info			Details
Grey	FPP	8	missing info				Independent	8	Details
Westland	FPP	12	missing info				Independent	12	Details
Kaikoura	FPP	7	missing info				Independent	7	Details
Hurunui	FPP	9	missing info			missing info			Details
Waimakariri	FPP	14	missing info				Independent	14	Details
Christchurch	FPP	24		Christchurch 2021 and Labour	11		Christchurch 2021, Labour, and Alliance	13	Details
				Citizens	7		Independent Citizens	7
				Independent	3		Independent	4
				True Independent	2
				Alliance	1
Banks Peninsula	FPP	7	missing info				Independent	7	Details
Selwyn	FPP	11	missing info				Independent	11	Details
Ashburton	FPP	12	missing info				Independent	12	Details
Timaru	FPP	12	missing info				Independent	12	Details
Mackenzie	FPP	10	missing info				Independent	10	Details
Waimate	FPP	8	missing info				Independent	8	Details
Waitaki	FPP	15	missing info				Independent	15	Details
Central Otago	FPP	13	missing info				Independent	13	Details
Queenstown-Lakes	FPP	11	missing info				Independent	11	Details
Dunedin	FPP	14	missing info				Independent	14	Details
Clutha	FPP	14	missing info				Independent	14	Details
Southland	FPP	12	missing info				Independent	12	Details
Gore	FPP	11	missing info				Independent	11	Details
Invercargill	FPP	12	missing info				Independent	12	Details
Chatham Islands	FPP	8	missing info				Independent	8	Details
All 74 councils		874

Mayors

All territorial authorities (including unitary authorities) directly elect mayors.

Territorial authority	Incumbent	Elected	Runner-up	Details
Far North	Yvonne Sharp (Ind.)		Carl Maria (Ind.)	Details
Whangarei	Craig Brown (Ind.)		Calvin Green (People First)	Details
Kaipara	Graeme Ramsey (Ind.)		unopposed	Details
Rodney	(vacant)	John Law (Ind.)	Greg Sayers (Ind.)	Details
Auckland City	Christine Fletcher (Ind.)	John Banks (Ind.)	Chris Fletcher (Ind.)	Details
North Shore	George Wood (Ind.)		Joel Cayford (Ind.)	Details
Waitakere	Bob Harvey (Team West)		Vanessa Neeson (Ind.)	Details
Manukau	Barry Curtis (PR&RT)		Cliff McMahon (Ind.)	Details
Papakura	David Buist (Ind.)		T H Maxwell (Papakura Vision)	Details
Franklin	Heather Maloney (Ind.)		Don Swales (Ind.)	Details
Thames-Coromandel	Chris Lux (Ind.)		Margaret Hawkeswood (Ind.)	Details
Hauraki	Basil Morrison (Ind.)		? (?)	Details
Waikato	Angus Macdonald (?)	Peter Harris (Ind.)	? (?)	Details
Matamata-Piako	Hugh Vercoe (Ind.)		Mark Troughton (?)	Details
Hamilton	Russ Rimmington (?)	David Braithwaite (Ind.)	Russ Rimmington (Proudly Independent)	Details
Waipa	John Hewitt (?)	Alan Livingston (Ind.)	? (?)	Details
Otorohanga	Eric Tait (Ind.)		unopposed	Details
South Waikato	Gordon Blake (Ind.)		? (?)	Details
Waitomo	Steve Parry (?)	Allan Andrews (Ind.)	? (?)	Details
Taupo	Joan Williamson (?)	Clayton Stent (Ind.)	? (?)	Details
Western Bay of Plenty	Maureen Anderson (?)	Graeme Weld (Ind.)	? (?)	Details
Tauranga	Noel Pope (?)	Jan Beange (Ind.)	Stuart Crosby (?)	Details
Rotorua	Grahame Hall (Ind.)		? (?)	Details
Whakatane	Colin Hammond (Ind.)		Christine Chambers (?)	Details
Kawerau	Lyn Hartley (?)	Malcolm Campbell (Ind.)	? (?)	Details
Opotiki	Don Riesterer (?)	John Forbes (Ind.)	Murray Thompson (?)	Details
Gisborne	John Clarke (?)	Meng Foon (Ind.)	Geoff Swainson (Ind.)	Details
Wairoa	Derek Fox (?)	Les Probert (Ind.)	? (?)	Details
Hastings	Jeremy Dwyer (Ind.)	Lawrence Yule (Ind.)	Dinah Williams (?)	Details
Napier	Alan Dick (?)	Barbara Arnott (Ind.)	Tony Reid (Ind.)	Details
Central Hawke's Bay	Hamish Kynoch (?)	Tim Gilbertson (Ind.)	Hamish Kynoch (?)	Details
New Plymouth	Claire Stewart (?)	Peter Tennent (Ind.)	Maurice Betts (?)	Details
Stratford	Brian Jeffares (Ind.)		? (?)	Details
South Taranaki	Mary Bourke (Ind.)		Jeffrey Ward (?)	Details
Ruapehu	Weston Kirton (?)	Sue Morris (Ind.)	Weston Kirton (?)	Details
Wanganui	Chas Poynter (Ind.)		? (?)	Details
Rangitikei	John Vickers (?)	Bob Buchanan (Ind.)	? (?)	Details
Manawatu	Audrey Severinsen (Ind.)		? (?)	Details
Palmerston North	? (?)	Mark Bell-Booth (Ind.)	Jill White (Ind.)	Details
Tararua	Maureen Reynolds (Ind.)		? (?)	Details
Horowhenua	Tom Robinson (Ind.)		? (?)	Details
Kapiti Coast	Iride McCloy (?)	Alan Milne (Ind.)	Nigel Wilson (?)	Details
Porirua	Jenny Brash (Ind.)		unopposed	Details
Upper Hutt	Rex Kirton (?)	Wayne Guppy (Ind.)	Heather Newell (Ind.)	Details
Lower Hutt	John Terris (Terris' Team)		Scott Dalziell (Labour)	Details
Wellington	Mark Blumsky (Ind.)	Kerry Prendergast ( Ind.)	Mary Varnham (Ind.)	Details
Masterton	Bob Francis (Ind.)		? (?)	Details
Carterton	Martin Tankersley (Ind.)		? (?)	Details
South Wairarapa	John Read (Ind.)		Garrick Emms (?)	Details
Tasman	John Hurley (Ind.)		Colleen Marshall (?)	Details
Nelson	Paul Matheson (Ind.)		? (?)	Details
Marlborough	Gerald Hope (Ind.)	Tom Harrison (Ind.)	Gerald Hope (Ind.)	Details
Buller	Pat O'Dea (Ind.)		? (?)	Details
Grey	Kevin Brown (Ind.)		? (?)	Details
Westland	John Drylie (Ind.)		Allen Hurley (Ind.)	Details
Kaikoura	Jim Abernathy (Ind.)		? (?)	Details
Hurunui	John Chaffey (?)	Tony Arps (Ind.)	Fran Perriam (Ind.)	Details
Waimakariri	Janice Skurr (?)	Jim Gerard (Ind.)	Jo Kane (?)	Details
Christchurch	Garry Moore (Christchurch 2021)		George Balani (Ind.)	Details
Banks Peninsula	Noeline Allen (?)	Bob Parker (Ind.)	Val McClimont (?)	Details
Selwyn	Michael McEvedy (Ind.)		Bill Woods (?)	Details
Ashburton	Murray Anderson (Ind.)		? (?)	Details
Timaru	Wynne Raymond (Ind.)		Richard Lyon (Ind.)	Details
Mackenzie	Neil Anderson (?)	Stan Scorringe (Ind.)	? (?)	Details
Waimate	David Owen (Ind.)		Peter McIlraith (?)	Details
Waitaki	Duncan Taylor (?)	Alan McLay (Ind.)	Helen Brookes (?)	Details
Central Otago	Bill McIntosh (?)	Malcolm MacPherson (Ind.)	Edna McAtamney (?)	Details
Queenstown-Lakes	Warren Cooper (?)	Cleve Geddes (Ind.)	Simon Hayes (?)	Details
Dunedin	Sukhi Turner (Ind.)		Peter Chin (Ind.)	Details
Clutha	Juno Hayes (Ind.)		Vanessa Robertson-Briggs (?)	Details
Southland	Frana Cardno (Ind.)		unopposed	Details
Gore	Mary Ogg (?)	Owen O'Connor (Ind.)	Mary Ogg (?)	Details
Invercargill	Tim Shadbolt (Ind.)		unopposed	Details
Chatham Islands	Patrick Smith (Ind.)		? (?)	Details

District health boards

District health boards (DHBs) were established in January 2001 through the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000.^[4] At that time, the 21 DHBs had their boards appointed by the Minister of Health, Annette King. Each board has up to eleven members and seven of those are elected in local elections.^[4] As defined in section 7 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, board members for DHBs are to be elected as part of the local elections.^[5] The 2001 local elections were thus the inaugural elections for the country's then 21 DHBs. Elections were based on candidacies in local wards.^[3]

Analysis

Aftermath

Notes

^ Not including Christchurch or Lower Hutt candidates; they are included in relevant local group numbers.
^ Including Labour and Alliance candidates as they ran as part of this ticket.
^ Includes Labour candidates
^ Not including joint Christchurch 2021 candidates.
^ No candidates nominated for the Wharepuhunga ward; see 2002 Otorohanga District Council by-election

References

^ Local Elections and Polls Act 1976 (1976 No 144)
^ "All you'll ever need to know about STV". The New Zealand Herald. 17 September 2004. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Government confirms changes to DHB election process" (Press release). Wellington: New Zealand Government. 18 December 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b "District health boards". Ministry of Health. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
^ "Local Electoral Act 2001". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[4] Not including Christchurch or Lower Hutt candidates; they are included in relevant local group numbers.

[5] Including Labour and Alliance candidates as they ran as part of this ticket.

[6] Includes Labour candidates

[7] Not including joint Christchurch 2021 candidates.

[8] No candidates nominated for the Wharepuhunga ward; see 2002 Otorohanga District Council by-election

[1] Local Elections and Polls Act 1976 (1976 No 144)

[2] "All you'll ever need to know about STV". The New Zealand Herald. 17 September 2004. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[DHB_election_process-3] "Government confirms changes to DHB election process" (Press release). Wellington: New Zealand Government. 18 December 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[MoH_DHBs-9] "District health boards". Ministry of Health. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

[Local_Electoral_Act_2001-10] "Local Electoral Act 2001". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

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