The Maungakiekie-Tāmaki ward is an Auckland Council ward which elects one councillor and covers the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board Area. The current councillor is Josephine Bartley. It is coterminous with the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki local government area governed by the board and Auckland Council.

Geography The area is the south-eastern part of the Auckland isthmus. It includes the suburbs of Glen Innes, Point England, Tāmaki, Panmure, Mount Wellington, Westfield, Penrose, Oranga, Onehunga, Southdown and One Tree Hill.

There are several geographic features, including: Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill Maungarei / Mount Wellington Mutukaroa / Hamlins Hill Panmure Basin

Features The local board includes the major retail areas of Panmure, Onehunga and Sylvia Park. Manufacturing, bulk storage and distribution are major employers. Mt Smart Stadium is also located within the area.

Demographics Maungakiekie-Tāmaki ward covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.

Maungakiekie-Tāmaki had a population of 88,545 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 1,491 people (1.7%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 8,199 people (10.2%) since the 2013 census. There were 43,521 males, 44,655 females and 366 people of other genders in 30,423 dwellings. 3.9% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 34.6 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 16,698 people (18.9%) aged under 15 years, 19,230 (21.7%) aged 15 to 29, 41,898 (47.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 10,719 (12.1%) aged 65 or older.

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 44.2% European (Pākehā); 13.4% Māori; 23.6% Pasifika; 30.3% Asian; 3.2% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.5% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 91.8%, Māori language by 2.8%, Samoan by 4.4%, and other languages by 30.3%. No language could be spoken by 2.8% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 42.5, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 40.6% Christian, 4.4% Hindu, 2.6% Islam, 1.1% Māori religious beliefs, 2.6% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, 0.2% Jewish, and 1.8% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 40.6%, and 6.0% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 24,282 (33.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 28,557 (39.7%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 19,014 (26.5%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $46,600, compared with $41,500 nationally. 10,194 people (14.2%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 40,383 (56.2%) people were employed full-time, 7,380 (10.3%) were part-time, and 2,400 (3.3%) were unemployed.

Councillors

ElectionCouncillors electedAffiliationVotesNotes 2010 Richard Northey Labour 9236 2013 Denise Krum Communities and Residents 8483 2016 Denise Lee Auckland Future 9361 elected as Denise Krum. Reverted to her maiden name, Lee, after the election. Resigned after election to parliament at the 2017 general election, triggering a by-election.2018 by-election Josephine Bartley Labour 7225 elected in by-election, 17 February 2018. 2019 Josephine Bartley Labour 8358 2022 Josephine Bartley Labour 8877 2025 Josephine Bartley Labour

Election results Election results for the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki ward:

2025 election results { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Maungakiekie-Tāmaki ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Labour style="text-align:left" Josephine Bartley 7,818 52.94 - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Communities and Residents style="text-align:left" Tabetha Elliott 3,567 24.15

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" John Alcock 1,590 10.77

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Patrick O'Meara 850 5.76

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" FaAfuhia Michael Fia 593 4.02 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 25 0.17 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 326 2.21 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 14,769 26.23 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 56,301 style="background:lightgrey"

colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Labour hold - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }

2022 election results NameAffiliationVotes1Josephine BartleyLabour8877Troy ElliottCommunities and Residents6868John PeeblesIndependent1812Christopher Carroll1213Blank954Informal29

2016 election results NameAffiliationVotes%1Denise KrumAuckland Future9,36153.9%Patrick CummuskeyLabour4,92028.3%Viliami Teli Tiseli1,74810.1%Blank1,3207.6%Informal250.1%Turnout17,374

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