Elections for the regional councils of New Zealand were held on 11 October 2022 as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. 131 regional councillors were elected across all 11 regions. Maps
Summary Councillors and council control PartySeats+/-Councils+/-No majority11 0 Independent120 2 Green7 40 0The People's Choice 2 2 0 0 Te Pāti Māori1 10 0 Labour1 00 0The Common Good0 10 0The Wellington Party0 10 0
Northland Regional Council
The 2022 Northland Regional Council election was contested across one Māori and seven general constituencies; the boundaries had been redrawn for this election. All general constituencies elected one member whilst the Māori constituency elected two. A by-election for the Whangārei Urban constituency occurred in 2021.
Two incumbents did not run for re-election. In total, four of the six incumbents who ran were re-elected. In terms of partisanship, most councillors were independents and a Green-endorsed independent won a seat.
Final results were declared on 14 October so under the Local Electoral Act 2001 the winning candidates took office at 00:00 15 October NZDT.
Summary
Composition summary { class="wikitable" ! Constituency ! colspan="3" 2019 ! colspan="3" Elected - Te Hiku
Independent Joe Carr colspan="3" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:center" abolished - Far North colspan="3" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:center" new seat
Independent Joe Carr - Hokianga-Kaikohe
Independent Colin Kitchen colspan="3" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:center" abolished - Bay of Islands-Whangaroa colspan="3" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:center" new seat
Independent Marty Robinson - rowspan="2" Coastal North
Independent Marty Robinson rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:center" abolished
Independent Jocelyn Yeoman - Coastal Central
Independent Amy Macdonald
Independent Amy Macdonald - Coastal South
Independent John Hunt
Independent Rick Stolwerk - Mid North colspan="3" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:center" new seat
Independent Geoff Crawford - rowspan="2" Whangārei Central
Independent Jack Craw
Independent Jack Craw
Independent John Bain colspan="3" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:center" abolished - Kaipara
Independent Penny Smart
Independent John Blackwell - rowspan="2" Te Raki Māori rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:center" new seat style="background:" Green Party of Aotearoa New ZealandIndependent Green Tui Shortland
Independent Peter-Lucas Jones - colspan="7" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" retired }
Far North general constituency { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Far North general constituency ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" %
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Joe Carr 2,585 36.58
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Marty Yuretich 1,662 23.52
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Justin Blaikie 1,649 23.33
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Clyde Samson 475 6.72 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 336 4.75 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 360 5.09 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 7,067 (45.29) - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 15,605 style="background:#eaecf0"
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Independent win (new constituency) }
Bay of Islands-Whangaroa general constituency { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Bay of Islands-Whangaroa general constituency ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" %
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Marty Robinson 2,390 32.64
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Tania McInnes 2,322 31.71 - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Sovereign.nz style="text-align:left" Phil Gentry 1,023 13.97
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Peter Gill 869 11.87 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 344 4.70 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 375 5.12 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 7,323 (46.20) - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 15,850 style="background:#eaecf0"
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Independent win (new constituency) }
Kaipara general constituency { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Kaipara general constituency ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" % ! style="width:3.5em"
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" John Blackwell 3,198 48.43 (new)
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Penny Smart 2,969 44.96 n/a - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 53 0.80 n/a - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 384 5.81 n/a - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 6,604 (47.20) n/a - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 13,991 colspan="2" style="background:#eaecf0"
colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" Independent gain from Independent - colspan="6" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
Mid North general constituency { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Mid North general constituency ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" %
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Geoff Crawford 3,087 47.15
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Lesley Adcock 1,180 18.02
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" William Sullivan 881 13.46
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" John McCaw 766 11.7 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 53 0.81 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 580 8.86 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 6,547 (45.99) - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 14,236 style="background:#eaecf0"
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Independent win (new constituency) }
Coastal Central general constituency { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Coastal Central general constituency ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" % ! style="width:3.5em"
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Amy MacDonald 4,384 55.55 style="color:green" +26.47
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Paul Dimery 2,352 29.80 style="color:green" +7.96
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Christine Woods 662 8.39 (new) - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 15 0.19 −0.68 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 479 6.07 −0.91 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 7,892 (51.23) style="color:green" (+24.34) - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 15,404 colspan="2" style="background:#eaecf0"
colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" Independent hold - colspan="6" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
Coastal South general constituency { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Coastal South general constituency ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Rick Stolwerk Unopposed - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 15,831
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" Independent hold }
Whangārei Central general constituency { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +WhangāreiWhangārei Central general constituency ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" % ! style="width:3.5em"
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Jack Craw 4,062 62.14 style="color:green" +8.51
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Tony Savage 1,661 25.41 (new) - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 6 0.09 −0.04 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 808 12.36 +4.65 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 6,537 (42.02) style="color:green" (+2.94) - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 15,556 colspan="2" style="background:#eaecf0"
colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" Independent hold - colspan="6" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
Te Raki Māori constituency { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Te Raki Māori constituency ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" % - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Independent Green style="text-align:left" Tui Shortland 4,922 68.26
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Peter-Lucas Jones 3,597 49.88
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Lance Bryers 2,209 30.63
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Robin Grieve 423 5.87 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 127 1.76 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 289 4.01 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 7,211 (28.64) - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 25,174 style="background:#eaecf0" - style="background:" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Independent Green win (new constituency)
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Independent win (new constituency) }
Chair selection Tui Shortland (Independent Green) was appointed chair unopposed.
Waikato Regional Council
Fourteen councillors were elected to the Waikato Regional Council across six general constituencies and two Māori constituencies.
Hamilton general constituency +Hamilton general constituencyAffiliationCandidateVotes% Independent Angela Strange18,15559.71 Independent Bruce Clarkson14,86448.89 Independent Jennifer Nickel13,93745.84 Independent Chris Hughes13,28243.68 Independent Russ Rimmington12,71641.82 Independent Meshweyla MacDonald11,05436.35 Informal2050.67 Blank1,5285.03 Turnout30,40631.37 Registered96,936 Independent hold Independent gain from Independent Independent hold Independent gain from Independent
Taupō‐Rotorua general constituency +Taupō‐Rotorua general constituencyAffiliationCandidateVotes% Independent Mich'eal Downard6,31949.67 Independent Simone Stevenson4,07932.06 Independent Peter Kidd5844.59 Informal130.10 Blank1,72813.58 Turnout12,72350.40 Registered25,242 Independent gain from Independent
Thames‐Coromandel general constituency +Thames-Coromandel general constituencyAffiliationCandidateVotes% Independent Warren Maher6,97945.87 Independent Denis Tegg6,54243.00 Informal50.03 Blank1,68911.10 Turnout15,21550.24 Registered30,284 Independent gain from Independent
Waihou general constituency