The Mayor of Auckland is the directly elected head of the Auckland Council,the local government authority for the Auckland Region in New Zealand,which it controls as a unitary authority. The position exists since October 2010 after the amalgamation of various territorial authorities. The mayor is supported by a deputy mayor.
Margaret Ann Hartley is a former New Zealand member of parliament,a former mayor of North Shore City,and a member of the Labour Party.
Grant Gillon is a former New Zealand politician. He was a member of parliament between 1996 and 2002,representing the Alliance Party,has held a number of seats in local government. He previously served on the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board representing Shore Action.
George Sydney Wood is a former mayor of North Shore City and a former Auckland Councillor. He was the only North Shore City mayor to be elected for three terms and later represented North Shore ward on the Auckland Council between 2010 and 2016. He is now the Deputy Chair of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.
Leonard Charles Brown is a former mayor of Auckland,New Zealand,and former head of the Auckland Council. He won the 2010 Auckland mayoral election on 9 October 2010 and was sworn in as Mayor of Auckland on 1 November 2010,being the first to hold that title for the amalgamated Auckland "Super City",and was re-elected in 2013. Brown had previously been elected mayor of Manukau City in October 2007,the second time he ran for that office. Brown is married to Shirley Anne "Shan" Inglis,and has three daughters. As Mayor of Auckland,Brown was a vocal advocate for the City Rail Link and helped pass the city's first Unitary Plan.
Andrew Bruce Forbes Williams is a New Zealand former politician. In 2007 he won election as Mayor of North Shore City. Williams served on a community board during 2004–2007,and as a city councillor in the term before that in 2001–2004. North Shore City Council was abolished in October 2010,becoming part of the Auckland "Super City". Williams won election to the New Zealand Parliament on 26 November 2011 as a list MP for the New Zealand First Party,but only served one term.
Cameron Eric Brewer is a New Zealand former politician who was an elected representative on Auckland Council for nine years –a two-term Auckland Councillor for Ōrākei Ward,and one term as an elected member of the Rodney Local Board as part of the Rodney First ticket –before retiring at the 2019 local body elections to focus on his business.
Alfred Meredith Filipaina is a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland Councillor.
Sharon Stewart is a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland Councillor for the Howick ward.
Ross Clow is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as a councillor on the Auckland Council from 2013 to 2019. He was earlier a Waitakere City Councillor.
Bill Cashmore is a New Zealand local government politician,the former deputy mayor of Auckland,and represented the Franklin ward on the Auckland Council from 2013 to 2022. He retired following the 2022 local elections.
The 2016 Auckland local elections took place between September and October 2016 by postal vote. The elections were the third since the merger of seven councils into the Auckland Council,which is composed of the mayor and 20 councillors,and 149 members of 21 local boards. Twenty-one district health board members and 41 licensing trust members were also elected.
Richard Brian Hills is an Auckland Councillor who was elected at the 2016 Auckland elections. He is Auckland's youngest current councillor,the first openly gay Auckland Councillor and one of two Ngāpuhi iwi members. He has been an advocate for more investment in local youth and secured a youth centre in Glenfield.
Alan Gregory Sayers is an entrepreneur,author and a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland Councillor.
North Shore Ward is an Auckland Council ward that elects two councillors and covers the Devonport-Takapuna and Kaipātiki Local Boards. The two councillors are currently Richard Hills and Chris Darby.
The Devonport-Takapuna Local Board covers from Castor Bay,and Sunnynook south to the end of the Devonport Peninsula;it is separated from the Kaipātiki board area by the Northern Motorway. This local board sits in the Auckland Council office buildings on The Strand in Takapuna. These were the North Shore City Council offices until the North Shore City Council was merged into Auckland Council in 2010. It is part of the North Shore Ward of Auckland Council,which also includes the Kaipātiki Local Board.
Shore Action is a political ticket which contests the boards and council seats in the North Shore Ward of the Auckland Council. They have a strong focus on retention of local assets and investment in the natural environment,along with a focus on local participation in local body politics.
Howick Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council,and is overseen by the council's Howick Ward councillors.
The 2019 Auckland local elections took place between September and October 2019 by postal vote as part of nation-wide local elections. The elections were the fourth since the merger of seven councils into the Auckland Council,which is composed of the mayor and 20 councillors,and 149 members of 21 local boards. Twenty-one district health board members and 41 licensing trust members were also elected.
