The 2019 Far North District Council election 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.
Mayoral election There were 11 candidates running for Mayor of Far North District. They are listed below in alphabetical order. The incumbent mayor- John Carter- was re-elected. Carter served since the 2013 New Zealand local elections. Candidates with no listed party affiliation are listed as unaffiliated.
Candidates
Affiliation Candidate John Edward Bassett Unaffiliated Harko Brown Unaffiliated John Carter Unaffiliated Peter Gill Unaffiliated Jay Hepi Unaffiliated Dave Bear Hookway Unaffiliated Monty Knight Unaffiliated John Levers Unaffiliated Kuini Matene Unaffiliated Tania McInnes Unaffiliated JT Tahana
Results
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.
Candidates Affiliation Candidate Unaffiliated Harko Brown David Clendon Rodger Corbin Unaffiliated Ann Court Unaffiliated Peter Gill Unaffiliated Ruth Heta Unaffiliated Jane Ellen Johnston Unaffiliated Chris Joseph Unaffiliated Hone Mihaka Frank Owen Unaffiliated Maxine Shortland Rachel Smith Unaffiliated Mike Stevens Unaffiliated Kelly Stratford Unaffiliated Steve Wilce
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.
Candidates Affiliation Candidate Rawhiti Erstich Coles Unaffiliated Jay Hepi Babe Kapa Sally Macauley Unaffiliated Kuini Matene Unaffiliated Lily Rawson Unaffiliated Marara Rogers Unaffiliated Te Arani Angeline Te Haara Unaffiliated Moko Tepania Unaffiliated Louis Toorenburg Unaffiliated John Vujcich Unaffiliated Rhondda Zielinski
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.
Candidates Affiliation Candidate Unaffiliated Naomi Austin-Read Unaffiliated Ian Bamber Unaffiliated Sue Bradford Unaffiliated David Collard Unaffiliated Felicity Foy Unaffiliated Lillian Karaka Sacha Kearney-Yanke Jason Kerrison Unaffiliated Barry Murray Mark Osborne Unaffiliated Lyle Painting Unaffiliated Mate Radich Unaffiliated JT Tahana Unaffiliated Niki Tauhara Hazely Windelborn
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 Unaffiliated Manuwai Wells
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 Affiliation Candidate Votes % Unaffiliated Lane Ayr Elected unopposed Frank Owen Elected unopposed Rachel Smith Elected unopposed
Paihia Paihia subdivision elects 1 member to the Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board.
Candidates Affiliation Candidate Unaffiliated Belinda Ward Unaffiliated Steve Wilce
Russell-Opua Russell-Opua subdivision elects 1 member to the Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board.
Candidates Affiliation Candidate Unaffiliated Gray Phillips Unaffiliated Wiki Walker
Whangaroa Whangaroa subdivision elects 1 member to the Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board.
Candidates Affiliation Candidate Unaffiliated Ruth Heta Unaffiliated Bruce Mills
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 David Adams Unaffiliated Laurie Byers Unaffiliated Mike Edmonds Unaffiliated Mara Pickery Unaffiliated Lily Rawson Unaffiliated Shaun Kavanagh Reilly Unaffiliated Moko Tepania Unaffiliated Kelly van Gaalen
North Hokianga North Hokianga subdivision elects 1 member to the Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board.
Candidates Affiliation Candidate Unaffiliated Emma Davis Richard Nahi
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 Elected unopposed Unaffiliated Louis Toorenburg 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 Unaffiliated Nuu Ward Martin Yuretich
Kaitaia Kaitaia subdivision elects 3 members to the Te Hiku Community Board.
Candidates Affiliation Candidate Unaffiliated Jaqui Brown Unaffiliated Adele Gardner Unaffiliated Brownywn Hunt Unaffiliated Lyle Richard Painting Unaffiliated David Senior Unaffiliated John Stewart
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 Elected unopposed
Whatuwhiwhi Whatuwhiwhi subdivision elects 1 member to the Te Hiku Community Board.
Candidates Affiliation Candidate Unaffiliated Lawrie Atkinson Unaffiliated Eddie Bellas Unaffiliated Whetu Rutene
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