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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]
Nominations for candidates opened on 26 April 2024 and closed on 24 May 2024. [5] The following 86 candidates [6] have been confirmed to be running for the positions of mayor and the nine city councillors: [7]
Candidate | Ticket (if any) | Notes |
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Tanya Bamford-King | Independent | |
Aureliu Braguta | Independent | |
Greg Brownless | Community Focus - Responsible Spending | Mayor 2016–2019 [8] |
Andrew Caie | Independent | |
Mahé Drysdale | Olympic champion rower, grandson of former mayor Bob Owens [9] | |
Anthony Goddard | ||
Chudleigh Haggett | ||
Ria Hall | Musician and television presenter [10] | |
Donna Hannah | ||
BOP Hori | Also stood in 2016 [8] | |
Tim Maltby | Our Rates are too High | |
Jos Nagels | Visionary Leadership, Not Repeatership | |
Douglas Owens | Independent | Former Bay of Plenty regional councillor. [8] Son of former mayor Bob Owens, uncle of Mahé Drysdale [9] |
John Robson [11] | Principled; Professional; Democratic | Councillor 2013-2016, 2018-2021 [8] [6] |
Tina Salisbury | People and Progress over Politics | Deputy mayor 2020–2021 [12] |
Candidate | Ticket (if any) | Notes |
---|---|---|
Heidi Hughes [11] | Community, environment, future | Councillor 2019–2020 |
Garth Mathieson | ||
Teresa Nichols | ||
Michael O'Neill | ||
Jacqueline Pointon | ||
Jen Scoular | Commercial acumen, community heart | |
Peter Douglas Stanley |
Candidate | Ticket (if any) | Notes |
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Sarah-Jane Bourne | ||
Rick Curach | Pick Rick community needs over wants | |
Anthony Goddard | ||
Teresa Killian | ||
Adrienne Pierce | ||
Kim Renshaw | Voice of Arataki | |
Jeroen Van der Beek | A local for Arataki Ward | |
Andrea Webster | ||
Harris Williams | ||
Mike Williams | Common sense on Council | |
Candidate | Ticket (if any) | Notes |
---|---|---|
Bryan Archer | ||
John Bowden | ||
Phillip Coleman | ||
Ria Hall [10] | ||
Tim Maltby | Our Rates are too High | |
Steve Morris | Championing Pāpāmoa on Council | Former councillor [13] |
Maaka Nelson | ||
Craig Purcell | Pāpāmoa Pāpāmoa Proud | |
Shelley Robb | Independent |
Candidate | Ticket (if any) | Notes |
---|---|---|
Hautapu Baker | ||
Aureliu Braguta | ||
Ethan Brinkman | Ethan for Reason | |
Robert Coe | Independent | |
Donna Hannah | ||
Cameron Templer | Action over Words | |
Candidate | Ticket (if any) | Notes |
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Tanya Bamford-King | Independent | |
Ronald Chamberlain | ||
Glen Crowther | Accountability, Transparency, Community | |
Suzie Edmonds | Independent | |
Cam Holden | Independent | |
Jim McKinlay [10] | ||
Ken Patterson | ||
Basie Pikimaui | Tauranga Moana Kokiritia | |
Tenby Powell | Our City. Our Future. Together | Mayor 2019–2020 |
Kim Pritchard | ||
Mike Rayner | For keeping our current facilities | |
Zach Reeder | ||
David Tank | ||
David Webb | Tomorrow's thriving Tauranga, together |
Candidate | Ticket (if any) | Notes |
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Charlene Apaapa | ||
Shelley Archibald | ||
Felicity Auva'a | ||
Darren Gilchrist | ||
Gerry Hodgson | ||
Jos Nagels | Visionary Leadership, Not Repeatership | |
Bevan Rakoia | ||
John Robson [11] | Principled; Professional; Democratic | |
Kevin (Herb) Schuler | Constructive and Positive Leadership |
Candidate | Ticket (if any) | Notes |
---|---|---|
Larry Baldock | Let's Keep Moving Forward | Former deputy mayor [11] |
Murray Guy [14] | Democracy for Tauranga | |
Marten Rozeboom [10] | ||
Stephen Wheeler |
Candidate | Ticket (if any) | Notes |
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Andrew Caie | Independent | |
Mark Decke | ||
Chudleigh Haggett | ||
Reihana Marx | ||
Terry Molloy | ||
Jim Smith | Loyal and Local | |
Rod Taylor | ||
Barbara Turley | ||
Abraham (Bram) van Berkel |
Candidate | Ticket (if any) | Notes |
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Suaree Borell | Learning, Leading and Leveraging | |
Ashley Hillis | ||
Mikaere Sydney | Tauranga Moana Kōkiritia |
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