Richard John Hubbard is a New Zealand businessman and politician,founder and former principal of Hubbard Foods in Auckland,and mayor of Auckland City from 2004 to 2007. He was elected mayor of Auckland City on 9 October 2004,succeeding John Banks,who in turn succeeded Hubbard as mayor on 13 October 2007.
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.
Maurice Donald Williamson is a New Zealand politician and former diplomat.
Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus "Dick" Quax was a Dutch-born New Zealand runner,one-time world record holder in the 5000 metres,and local-body politician.
Communities and Residents (C&R) is a right-leaning local body ticket in Auckland,New Zealand. It was formed in 1938 as Citizens &Ratepayers,with a view to controlling the Auckland City Council and preventing left-leaning Labour Party control. It controlled the council most of the time from World War II until the council was merged into the Auckland Council in 2010. It changed its name from "Citizens &Ratepayers" to "Communities and Residents" in 2012.
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 an elected member of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.
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.
City Vision is a centre-left coalition of two political parties,the New Zealand Labour Party and the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand,and community independents who contest Auckland Council elections every three years. They have usually caucused in affiliation with Labour Party councillors and progressive independents.
Auckland Council is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities,duties and powers of a regional council and so is a unitary authority,according to the Local Government Act 2009,which established the council. The governing body consists of a mayor and 20 councillors,elected from 13 wards. There are also 149 members of 21 local boards who make decisions on matters local to their communities. It is the largest council in Oceania,with a $3 billion annual budget,$29 billion of ratepayer equity,and 9,870 full-time staff as of 30 June 2016. The council began operating on 1 November 2010,combining the functions of the previous regional council and the region's seven city and district councils into one "super council" or "super city".
Michael Lee is a New Zealand local government politician. He has been the Councillor for Waitematāand Gulf on Auckland Council since October 2022,an office he previously held from 2010 to 2019. He was a member of the Auckland Regional Council from 1992 to 2010 and was its final Chair from 2004 to 2010.
Sharon Stewart is a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland Councillor for the Howick ward.
Paul Jonathan Goldsmith is a New Zealand historian and politician. The biographer of several leading right-wing political and business figures,he was first elected a list member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for the National Party at the 2011 election.
Mark Patrick Mitchell is a New Zealand politician,former police officer and security contractor,and a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives since 2011. He is a member of the National Party.
Linda Ann Cooper is a New Zealand politician who was a councillor on the Auckland Council from 2013 to 2022.
An election was held for the office of Mayor of Auckland on 12 October 2013. It was one of many triennial local elections that took place in Auckland and throughout New Zealand at the time.
John Watson is a New Zealand politician who is a councillor on the Auckland Council.
An election was held for the Mayor of Auckland in September and October 2016,closing on 8 October,as part of the 2016 Auckland local government elections. Phil Goff was elected.
Desley Simpson is a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland councillor. In October 2022,Simpson was chosen as the deputy mayor of Auckland.
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.
The 2022 Auckland mayoral election was held on 8 October 2022 to determine the Mayor of Auckland,as part of the 2022 New Zealand local elections. The incumbent mayor since 2016,Phil Goff,did not seek re-election. Campaign issues include transport strategy,council finance issues and the Three Waters reform programme. After provisional vote counts were released on 8 October,Wayne Brown declared victory,and Efeso Collins conceded the election.
