2024 Tauranga local elections

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2024 Tauranga local elections
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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 will close on 24 May 2024.[5] The positions of mayor and nine city councillors are being contested by the following candidates:[6]

Mayor[edit]

Main article: 2024 Tauranga mayoral election
Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes
Eric Chuah[7]
Mahé Drysdale Olympic champion rower, grandson of former mayor Bob Owens[8]
Anthony Goddard[6]
Chudleigh Haggett[6]
B A (Brian) Friend[6] Independent – First Friend in Council
Ria Hall Musician and television presenter[9]
Tim Maltby[6] Our Rates are too High
Douglas Owens[6] Independent Son of former mayor Bob Owens, uncle of Mahé Drysdale[8]
John Robson[10]
Tina Salisbury People and Progress over Politics Deputy mayor 2020–21[11]

Councillors[edit]

Mauao/Mount Maunganui general ward[edit]

Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes
Heidi Hughes[10]
Garth Mathieson[6]
Teresa Nichols[6]
Michael O'Neill[6]
Jen Scoular[6] Commercial acumen, community heart

Arataki general ward[edit]

Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes
Anthony Goddard[6]
Teresa Killian[6]
Adrienne Pierce[6]
Kim Renshaw[6] Voice of Arataki
Jeroen Van der Beek[6]
Mike Williams[6] Common sense on Council

Pāpāmoa general ward[edit]

Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes
Phillip Coleman[6]
Ria Hall[9]
Tim Maltby[6] Our Rates are too High
Steve Morris[6] Championing Pāpāmoa on Council

Welcome Bay general ward[edit]

Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes
Ethan Brinkman[6] Ethan for Reason
Cameron Templer[6] Action over Words

Matua-Otūmoetai general ward[edit]

Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes
Tanya Bamford-King[6] Independent
Ronald Chamberlain[6]
Eric Chuah[7]
Suzie Edmonds[6] Independent
Cam Holden[6] Independent
Jim McKinlay[9]
Basie Pikimaui[6] Tauranga Moana Kokiritia
Mike Rayner[6] For keeping our current facilities

Bethlehem general ward[edit]

Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes
Shelley Archibald[6]
Felicity Auva'a[6] Forward with Experience Energy Action
B A (Brian) Friend[6] Independent – First Friend in Council
Gerry Hodgson[6]
Bevan Rakoia[6]
John Robson[10]

Tauriko general ward[edit]

Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes
Larry Baldock[10] Let's Keep Moving Forward[6]
Murray Guy[12]
Marten Rozeboom[9]

Te Papa general ward[edit]

Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes
Chudleigh Haggett[6]
Reihana Marx[6]
Terry Molloy[6]
Jim Smith[6] Loyal and Local
Rod Taylor[6]
Barbara Turley[6]

Te Awanui Māori ward[edit]

Candidate Ticket (if any) Notes
Suaree Borell[6] Learning, Leading and Leveraging

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Ingoe, Maia (26 April 2024). "Nominations open for Tauranga City Council local elections". RNZ. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Elections 2024 > Information for voters". www.tauranga.govt.nz. Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Wanted: candidates for council's 2024 election – The Bay's News First". www.sunlive.co.nz. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Dates for the Tauranga City Council Election in July 2024 and the Following Election". New Zealand Gazette. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Elections 2024 > Information for candidates". www.tauranga.govt.nz. Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an "Elections 2024". www.tauranga.govt.nz. Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Dr. Eric Chuah Standing For Mayor Of Tauranga". scoop.co.nz. 17 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b Sylvester, Catherine (19 May 2024). "Tauranga election: Olympian Mahé Drysdale announces bid for mayor". Bay of Plenty Times. New Zealand Herald.
  9. ^ a b c d McConnell, Glenn. "Tauranga's star studded return to democracy". www.stuff.co.nz. Stuff. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d Gillespie, Kiri (14 May 2024). "Tauranga City Council election: Several sacked councillors running again". New Zealand Herald.
  11. ^ Evans, Alisha (26 April 2024). "Tina Salisbury to run for Tauranga mayoralty". SunLive. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  12. ^ 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.
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