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:
Mayor[edit]
Councillors[edit]
Mauao/Mount Maunganui general ward[edit]
Arataki general ward[edit]
Pāpāmoa general ward[edit]
- Ria Hall[7]
Welcome Bay general ward[edit]
- Ethan Brinkman[8]
Matua-Otūmoetai general ward[edit]
- Jim McKinlay[7]
Bethlehem general ward[edit]
- Gerry Hodgson[8]
Tauriko general ward[edit]
- Marten Rozeboom[7]
Te Papa general ward[edit]
- Rod Taylor[8]
Te Awanui Māori ward[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Ingoe, Maia (26 April 2024). "Nominations open for Tauranga City Council local elections". RNZ. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Elections 2024 > Information for voters". www.tauranga.govt.nz. Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Wanted: candidates for council's 2024 election – The Bay's News First". www.sunlive.co.nz. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Dates for the Tauranga City Council Election in July 2024 and the Following Election". New Zealand Gazette. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Elections 2024 > Information for candidates". www.tauranga.govt.nz. Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ Evans, Alisha (26 April 2024). "Tina Salisbury to run for Tauranga mayoralty". SunLive. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d McConnell, Glenn. "Tauranga's star studded return to democracy". www.stuff.co.nz. Stuff. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ a b c "Elections 2024". www.tauranga.govt.nz. Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2024.