Chatham Islands Council

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Chatham Islands Council
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Type
Type
Term limits
None
History
Preceded by Chatham Islands County Council
Leadership
Deputy Mayor
Keri Day [1]
CEO
Structure
Seats9 [a]
Length of term
3 years
Elections
FPP [2]
Last election
 8 October 2022
Next election
11 October 2025
Meeting place
13 Waitangi Tuku Road, Waitangi
Website
www.cic.govt.nz
Footnotes
  1. ↑ The mayor and 8 councillors

The Chatham Islands Council is the local government authority for the Chatham Islands in New Zealand. The council has many of the functions, duties and powers of a district council and of a regional council, [3] making it in effect a unitary authority with slightly fewer responsibilities than other unitary authorities.

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History

The Chatham Islands was incorporated into the Colony of New Zealand by the British in 1842. The first local government set up on the islands was the Chatham Islands Māori Council in 1900. [4]

Chatham Islands County was established in 1901, [5] [6] though the Chatham Islands County Council was not established until 1926. [7] [8]

Succeeding the county council, the Chatham Islands Council was established by the Chatham Islands Council Act 1995 (Statute No 041, Commenced: 1 November 1995) to administer the Chatham Islands and the adjoining sea, known as the "Chatham Islands Territory". [3]

Composition

The Chatham Islands Council comprises a mayor and eight councillors, all elected at-large by a first-past-the-post system. [2]

Monique Croon was first elected as mayor in the 2019 local elections. [9] At the 2022 local elections, since the number of candidates did not exceed the number of vacancies, the candidates for the councillors were declared elected without an election being held. [10]

Chatham Islands Council, 2022–2025 [1] [11]
PositionName
Mayor Monique Croon
Deputy MayorKeri Day
CouncillorGreg Horler
CouncillorSteve Joyce
CouncillorNigel Ryan
CouncillorGraeme Hoare
CouncillorAmanda Seymour
CouncillorCeline Gregory-Hunt
CouncillorJudy Kamo

Elections

2022

2022 Chatham Islands Council election
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Mayoral election
  Monique Croon (cropped to head).jpg Greg Horler August 2024 (cropped).jpg
CandidateMonique CroonGreg Horler
Affiliation Independent Independent
Popular vote124116
Percentage51.6748.32
Mayor before election

Monique Croon
Independent

Elected mayor

Monique Croon
Independent

Council election
8 seats on the Chatham Islands Council
5 seats needed for a majority
PartySeats+/–
Independent 80
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Mayor

2022 Chatham Islands mayoral election [12] [13] [14]
AffiliationCandidateVote%
Independent Monique Croon12451.67
Independent Greg Horler11648.34
Informal00.00
Blank00.00
Total24053.22
Registered451
Independent hold

Council

At-large [12] [13] [14]
AffiliationCandidateVote
Independent Keri Lea Dayunopposed
Independent Celine "Bubbles" Gregory-Huntunopposed
Independent Graeme Hoareunopposed
Independent Greg Horlerunopposed
Independent Richard Steven Joyceunopposed
Independent Judy Kamounopposed
Independent Nigel Clancy Ryanunopposed
Independent Amanda Seymourunopposed
Registered451
Independent hold
Independent hold
Independent hold
Independent hold
Independent hold
Independent gain from Independent
Independent gain from Independent
Independent hold

2025

2025 Chatham Islands Council election
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← 202211 October 20252028 →
Mayoral election
Mayor before election

Monique Croon
Independent

Elected mayor

Greg Horler
Independent

Council election
8 seats on the Chatham Islands Council
5 seats needed for a majority
PartySeats+/–
Independent 80
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Mayor

Based on the provisional results, third-term councillor Greg Horler has been elected to the mayoralty, defeating incumbent mayor Monique Croon. [16]

CandidateVotes%
Greg Horler205
Monique Croon 90
Informal––
Blank5
Majority115
Turnout300

Council

CandidateVotes%
Nathaniel Whaitiri201
Graeme Hoare197
Keri Lea Day165
Jacqui Southcombe165
Bridget Gibb153
Celine (Bubbles) Gregory-Hunt149
Pita Thomas132
Amanda Seymour125
Jenna Hoverd121
Jack Daymond108
Rennae Edmonds104
Judy Kamo100
Loretta Lanauze89
Trescia Lawson60
Informal3
Blank–

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Meet the team". www.cic.govt.nz. Chatham Islands Council. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Elections 2025 are coming!". www.cic.govt.nz. Chatham Islands Council. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Chatham Islands Council Act 1995". New Zealand Legislation. New Zealand Government. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020. There is hereby constituted a district, to be known as The Chatham Islands Territory, which district comprises the islands known as the Chatham Islands and the area of the territorial sea adjoining those islands.
  4. ↑ Rennie, Hugh (17 November 2022). "How the Chatham Islands overcame 150 years of misrule". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Chatham Islands County Bill 1901 (144–2)". www.nzlii.org. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "THE NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL YEAR-BOOK, 1912". www3.stats.govt.nz. POPULATION ON ADJACENT ISLANDS. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  7. ↑ McLintock, A. H.; Jobberns, George. "CHATHAM ISLANDS". An encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, 1966. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, 1966. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  8. ↑ Richards, Rhys. "Chatham Islands – Overview". teara.govt.nz. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "SGWN Profile: Monique Croon". gwn.govt.nz. Government Women's Network. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "Local elections 2022". www.cic.govt.nz. Chatham Islands Council. 8 October 2022. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "2022 election results". www.cic.govt.nz. Chatham Islands Council. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  12. 1 2 Guise, Jo (11 October 2022). "Declaration of results for the Chatham Islands Council – 2022 elections" (PDF). ElectioNZ.
  13. 1 2 "Local Authority Election Statistics 2022". Department of Internal Affairs. 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  14. 1 2 Butt, Cindy (14 October 2019). "Declaration of results for the Chatham Islands Council – 2019 elections" (PDF). Chatham Islands Council .
  15. ↑ "Preliminary election results". www.cic.govt.nz. Chatham Islands Council. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  16. ↑ "New mayor for Chatham Islands as Greg Horler unseats incumbent". RNZ . 12 October 2025. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
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