2019 Hawke's Bay local elections

The 2019 Hawke's Bay local elections were held on 12 October 2019 as part of the wider 2019 New Zealand local elections to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. These elections covered one regional council, four territorial authorities, a district health board, a licensing trust, and a rural community board.

Hawke's Bay Regional Council

The Hawke's Bay Regional Council used the first past the post system to elect 9 regional councillors for the 2019–2022 term.

Wairoa constituency

The Wairoa constituency returned one councillor to the regional council.


2019 Hawke's Bay Regional Council - Wairoa constituency election^[1]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Charles Lambert	1365	50.1
Independent	Fenton Wilson	1266	46.5
Informal: 1 Blank: 93 Total voters: 2725^[2]

Napier constituency

The Napier constituency returned three councillors to the regional council.

2019 Hawke's Bay Regional Council - Napier constituency election^[1]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
Protecting our waterways	Ormsby HinewaI	11838	52.8
None	Neil Kirton	11576	51.7
None	Martin Williams	10312	46.0
None	Nichola Nicholson	8668	38.7
Independent	Paul Bailey	6880	30.7
None	John Smith	2202	9.8
Informal: 20 Blank: 727 Total voters: 22402^[2]

Hastings constituency

The Hastings constituency returned three councillors to the regional council.

2019 Hawke's Bay Regional Council - Hastings constituency election^[1]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Rick Barker	7075	41.0
None	Rex Graham	6799	39.4
The right balance	Craig Foss	6486	37.6
None	Tom Belford	5825	33.9
None	Peter Guerin	5559	32.2
Honest independent	Tim Gilbertson	4620	26.8
Independent	Mary O'Neill	4131	23.9
Independent	Grant R Seton	2344	13.6
Informal: 55 Blank: 804 Total voters: 17259^[2]

Ngaruroro constituency

The Ngaruroro constituency returned one councillor to the regional council.

2019 Hawke's Bay Regional Council - Ngaruroro constituency election^[1]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	Jerf van Beek	4157	58.3
Independent	Guy Wellwood	2396	33.6
Informal: 3 Blank: 578 Total voters: 7136^[2]

Central Hawke's Bay constituency

The Central Hawke's Bay constituency returned one councillor to the regional council.

2019 Hawke's Bay Regional Council - Central Hawke's Bay constituency election^[1]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
Sustainable Tomorrow	Will Foley	3592	59.7
The Gardener	Tony Kuklinski	1643	27.3
Informal: 4 Blank: 201 Total voters: 6013^[2]

Wairoa District Council

The Wairoa District Council used the first past the post system to elect 6 councillors and 1 mayor for the 2019–2022 term.

Mayor

2019 Wairoa mayoral election^[3]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Craig Little	1973	71.5
None	Waipatu Winitana	521	18.9
None	Jennifer Takuta-Moses	179	6.5
Informal: 4 Blank: 82 Total voters: 2759^[2]

General ward

The general ward returned three councillors to the district council.

2019 Wairoa District Council - General ward election^[3]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Denise Eaglesome-Karekare	1190	67.4
Independent	Jeremy Harker	1137	64.4
None	Hine Beth Flood	867	49.1
Independent	Dave Evans	651	36.9
None	Waipatu Winitana	454	25.7
None	Murray Olsen	365	20.7
Informal: 2 Blank: 24 Total voters: 1766^[2]

Māori ward

The Māori ward returned three councillors to the district council.

2019 Wairoa District Council - Māori ward election^[3]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Chaans Tumataroa-Clarke	661	66.6
None	Melissa Kaimoana	518	52.2
None	Danika Goldsack	344	34.6
None	Hinenui Tipoki-Lawton	278	28.0
None	Kurawari Panere	192	19.3
None	Carol Grant	155	15.6
None	Jennifer Takuta-Moses	139	14.0
None	Wayne Taylor	137	13.8
None	Kuini Beatti	112	11.3
Informal: 2 Blank: 14 Total voters: 993^[2]

Napier City Council

The Napier City Council used the first past the post system to elect 12 councillors and 1 mayor for the 2019–2022 term.

Mayor

2019 Napier mayoral election^[4]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	Kirsten Wise	13967	62.3
None	Chris Tremain	5138	22.9
Ratepayers action group	Steve Gibson	2411	10.7
Forward Together	David Hannay	604	2.7
Informal: 28 Blank: 281 Total voters: 22429^[2]

Ahuriri ward

The Ahuriri ward returned two councillors to the city council.

2019 Napier City Council - Ahuriri ward election^[4]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Hayler Browne (née Young)	2853	62.5
Independent	Keith Price	1412	30.9
More of a say	James Crow	1327	29.1
Independent	Matthew Bonnett	1179	25.8
New Independent - time for a change	Craig Morley	1126	24.7
Informal: 17 Blank: 152 Total voters: 4563^[2]

Onekawa-Tamatea ward

The Onekawa-Tamatea ward returned two councillors to the city council.

2019 Napier City Council - Onekawa-Tamatea ward election^[4]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
Local and listening	Richard McGrath	2447	71.2
Independent and working for us	Annette Brosnan	1944	56.5
Ratepayers action group	Steve Gibson	1411	41.0
Informal: 0 Blank: 61 Total voters: 3439^[2]

Nelson Park ward

The Nelson Park ward returned four councillors to the city council.

2019 Napier City Council - Nelson Park ward election^[4]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
Supporting the community	Maxine Boag	2965	66.4
Consultation, Collaboration, Community	(Api) Apiata Tapine	2414	54.1
For a thriving Napier	Sally Crown	1904	42.6
Independent - Vote New	Greg (Grego) Mawson	1742	39.0
Independent	Will Jenkins	1671	37.4
None	Chris Stewart	1649	36.9
Informal: 2 Blank: 145 Total voters: 4466^[2]

Taradale ward

The Taradale ward returned four councillors to the city council.

2019 Napier City Council - Taradale ward election^[4]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	Ronda Chrystal	4780	48.0
Independent	Tania Wright	4646	46.6
Independent	Nigel Simpson	4514	45.3
None	Graeme Taylor	4514	45.3
Independent	Catherine Hawkins	4400	44.2
None	Gary Wise	4397	44.1
None	Jake Brookie	3387	35.0
Informal: 4 Blank: 272 Total voters: 9961^[2]

Hastings District Council

The Hastings District Council used the first past the post system to elect 14 councillors, 6 licensing trust members, 4 community board members and 1 mayor for the 2019–2022 term.

Mayor

Hazlehurst in 2021

2019 Hastings mayoral election^[5]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	Sandra Hazlehurst	13188	54.0
Change Up Hastings	Damon Harvey	10120	41.4
Informal: 10 Blank: 1105 Total voters: 24423^[2]

Mohaka ward

The Mohaka ward returned one councillor to the district council.

2019 Hastings District Council - Mohaka ward election^[5]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Tania Kerr	1173	65.7
None	Stuart Perry	555	31.1
Informal: 0 Blank: 58 Total voters: 1786^[2]

Heretaunga ward

The Heretaunga ward returned two councillors to the district council.

2019 Hastings District Council - Heretaunga ward election^[5]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Ann Redstone	2312	54.9
Independent	Alwyn Corban	1724	41.0
None	Olive Taylor	1170	27.8
Independent	Keith Newman	1072	25.5
None	Jason Whaitiri	1066	25.3
Informal: 7 Blank: 175 Total voters: 4208^[2]

Hastings-Havelock North ward

The Hastings-Havelock North ward returned eight councillors to the district council.

2019 Hastings District Council - Hastings-Havelock North ward election^[5]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Eileen Lawson	8869	61.7
None	Damon Harvey	8519	59.3
None	Malcolm Dixon	7819	54.4
None	Kelvin Watkins	7638	53.2
None	Bayden Barber	7629	53.1
None	Geraldine Travers	7466	52.0
Independent	Wendy Schollum	7011	48.8
None	Simon J H Nixon	6267	43.6
None	Rizwaana (Riz) Latiff	5314	37.0
None	Rebecca Burn	4637	32.2
None	Sayeed Ahmed	3769	26.2
None	Rion Roben	3135	21.8
Informal: 15 Blank: 262 Total voters: 14367^[2]

Flaxmere ward

The Flaxmere ward returned two councillors to the district council.

2019 Hastings District Council - Flaxmere ward election^[5]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peleti Oli	1140	55.0
	None	Henare O'Keefe	893	43.1
	None	Jacoby Poulain	842	40.6
	Independent	Paula Morgan Mihaka	449	21.7
	None	Melanie Petrowski	358	17.3
	None	Gerraldine Kelly Tahere	172	8.
Informal: 5 Blank: 19 Total voters: 2073^[2]

Kahuranaki ward

The Kahuranaki ward returned one councillor to the district council. Sophie Siers was elected uncontested.

Rural Community Board

The Hastings District Council's Rural Community Board was created in 1992 to represent the district's rural communities. Four of the boards seven members are elected from the rural subdivisions of Kaweka, Maraekākaho, Poukawa, and Tūtira.^[6]

Poukawa community subdivision

The Poukawa community subdivision returned one member of the Rural Community Board.

2019 HDC Rural Community Board - Poukawa community subdivision election^[5]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Marcus Buddo	890	77.9
None	Charmaine Tuhaka	123	10.8
Informal: 1 Blank: 128 Total voters: 1142^[2]

Maraekākaho community subdivision

The Maraekākaho community subdivision returned one member of the Rural Community Board.

2019 HDC Rural Community Board - Maraekākaho community subdivision election^[5]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Jonathan Stockley	506	59.6
None	Lesley Wilson	287	33.8
Informal: 0 Blank: 56 Total voters: 849^[2]

Tūtira community subdivision

The Tūtira community subdivision returned one member of the Rural Community Board. Sue Maxwell was re-elected uncontested

Kaweka community subdivision

The Kaweka community subdivision returned one member of the Rural Community Board. Nick Dawson was re-elected uncontested.

Central Hawke's Bay District Council

The Central Hawke's Bay District Council used the first past the post system to elect 8 councillors and 1 mayor for the 2019–2022 term.

Mayor

2019 Central Hawke's Bay mayoral election^[7]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Alex Walker	4984	91.3
None	Darcie Meremere Tu Ahiahi Scowen	334	6.1
Informal: 4 Blank: 136 Total voters: 5458^[2]

Aramoana-Ruahine ward

The Aramoana-Ruahine ward returned four councillors to the district council.

2019 Central Hawke's Bay District Council - Aramoana-Ruahine ward election^[7]
Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
None	Kate Taylor	2118	78.3
None	Tim Aitken	1843	68.1
None	Jerry Greer	1819	67.2
None	Brent Muggeridge	1686	62.3
None	Hirani Maaka	742	27.4
None	Darcie Meremere Tu Ahiahi Scowen	322	11.9
Informal: 2 Blank: 58 Total voters: 2706^[2]

Ruataniwha ward

The Ruataniwha ward returned four councillors to the district council. As the number of nominations received did not exceed the number of vacancies, Kelly Annand, Tim Chote, Gerard Minehan, and Exham Wichman were declared elected.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Regional Council Election Results". Hawke's Bay Regional Council. 17 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-01-19. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "Local Authority Election Statistics 2019". Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs. 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Declaration of results". Wairoa District Council. 18 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Napier City Council 2019 Triennial Elections DECLARATION OF RESULT" (PDF). Napier City Council. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Election Results". Hastings District Council. 2019-11-06. Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
^ "Rural Community Board - Te Poari Hapori Tuawhenua". Hastings District Council. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
^ ^a ^b "2019 Triennial Elections - Declaration of Result". Central Hawke's Bay District Council. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

[:0-1] "Regional Council Election Results". Hawke's Bay Regional Council. 17 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-01-19. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

[:5-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "Local Authority Election Statistics 2019". Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs. 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-07.

[:1-3] "Declaration of results". Wairoa District Council. 18 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

[:2-4] "Napier City Council 2019 Triennial Elections DECLARATION OF RESULT" (PDF). Napier City Council. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

[:3-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Election Results". Hastings District Council. 2019-11-06. Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

[6] "Rural Community Board - Te Poari Hapori Tuawhenua". Hastings District Council. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-03.

[:4-7] "2019 Triennial Elections - Declaration of Result". Central Hawke's Bay District Council. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

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