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Lianne Dalziel cruises back into the Christchurch mayoralty.
That’s not good news.
Given the only alternative was Minto, yes it is.
Phil Goff takes Auckland.
https://twitter.com/AklCouncil/status/784555006741647360
Election results 2016 for Auckland mayor:
1. GOFF 179206
2. CRONE 105413
3. SWARBRICK 26474
Well, the prick’s leaving parliament at long last, so that’s good, I guess. Shame about Auckland. Hopefully Labour will have a replacement who actually cares about what the party stands for.
Michael Wood.
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cool – he’s been on popping up for a while now. Seems good.
Chloe S for Deputy? Penny needs a rest or at least think of who could be a replacement Deputy? A plan for a successor?
Don’t do a Helen!
Dont be ridiculous!! Since she didnt stand for council Swarbrick wont be anything
Advisor on engagement to Mayor’s office would be a better fit.
Does Auckland really need another middle class white woman who is branding herself.
The mayoralty was just another step like her earlier clothing label ( I kid you not) and marketing consultancy.
“She started a clothing label. She became a patron of the arts, working with artists, hiring galleries, pinning down sponsors and selling work to the likes of Sir James Wallace. She worked at 2degrees …..She graduated, and started a marketing consultancy.
http://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/07-09-2016/let-me-be-your-ruler-the-impatient-ambition-of-chloe-swarbrick/
Its all the stuff to excite the top 10%, no connection to the big diversity that is Auckland now. Is really being a new generation Vic Crone all that relevant ?
plus she owns a cafe, is a fashion designer, and a journalist too, plus got her BA and LLB. Now she has been an Auckland Mayoral Candidate too.
And all by 22 years old eh.
Some people actually fell for this obvious crap.
She impressed me for her understanding of the role. And has achieved more already than many longstanding political hacks.
Also managed to leverage 3rd place with social media skills rather than money. Those are skills any organisation with a 15% public approval rating should be securing.
Of course, in a suitable recent grad position.
I guess Ms Swarbrick might be willing to add the Mayor’s office to her company’s client list. If Goff is serious about rehabilitiating Council’s reputation with citizens he really can’t ignore such relevant results. Clearly respects her too. Let’s see.
Little or Turei (or both) should engage her to teach them how to use social media in an election campaign. If her campaign budget was $9k and she got third from nowhere, she must know something useful.
Scout Barbour-Evans got within 1 place of getting onto DCC on a budget of $550 and no campaign team (they’re currently waiting for final results to see if they are in).
https://twitter.com/scoutriver
Yep. Can’t have hurt her social media business, getting a result like that.
What does it take to be ‘patron’ of the arts?
Money, upbringing, and family contacts.
Cathy Casey deputy mayor highest polling councilor
Chloe’s policies are pretty scary, like Goff ‘Rogernomics’ generation but for the millennials. Be scared if this women gets in power, if you did not enjoy Rogernomics. It is actually worse if the person is nice and gentle and everyone loves them, noone analyses their policies too carefully, as too busy saying how they remind them of their daughter and how nice it is that youth are connecting.
No surprises if she gets a job with Goff or a consultancy role for social media marketing ‘to connect with the youth’ for the council. Together they can ‘transform’ Auckland council into ‘more business friendly’, ‘more developer friendly’, ‘more economically driven’ with the National government’s help and get the youth on board with that vision! Help a developer, cram more people in and voila somehow (not sure how) transport is improved and more houses are created (unfortunately at price points many people can’t afford and someone has to pay for the infrastructure and what happens with climate change and disruptive weather events).
As soon as there is another global crisis, guess what, it will be chaos, with unbuilt developments everywhere (Soho hole), PPP’s screwed up, contractors left without being paid, developers bankrupt (or having the council aka ratepayers bankroll them). While people like to think that the first home buyers then rock up and buy them cheap, history tends to show the opposite happens, the banks will not lend and everything stops including all the jobs. Then we have the 166,000 students of working visas, the 69,000 migrants per year and the returning Kiwis all together with the unemployed Kiwis. One big happy family. sarc.
Most people just want the council to create a nice community and keep the libraries going, the transport improving, the rubbish collected and the city safe and the rates under control. I don’t buy into the council having a huge role in the housing crisis, I think that the blame leads straight to the government. Councils need to stay out of it because like the Kaipara council we don’t need them to start bankrupting themselves with developments that will end in disaster. http://www.interest.co.nz/bonds/60974/heavily-indebted-and-disgraced-kaipara-district-council-raises-fears-over-bailing-out
We have already wasted enough on the failed Supercity.
The majority of voters who did not bother voting, did not have a candidate to vote for.
In what way are they ‘Rogernomics’?
Results from other Auckland wards
Whau- Ross Clow (labour)
Waitemata Mike Lee ( City Vision)
Waiatakere Penny Hulse & Linda Cooper
Rodney – Sayers
Orakei- Desley Simpson (CR)
North Shore Chris Darby & Chris Hills
Maungakiekie Denise Krum
Manurewa-Papakura Daniel Newman & John Walker
Manukau FILIPAINA, Alf & COLLINS, Fa’anana Efeso (both Labour)
Howick Sharon Stewart & Dick Quax
Franklin Bill Cashmore (unopposed)
Eden Roskill Cathy Casey ( CV) Christine Fletcher(CR)
Albany John Watson & Wayne Walker
Auckland Future seems to have flopped, with only one win (existing councillor) Linda Cooper. But of course they ran under CR name and maybe a few independents -Bill Ralston
Easy left majority there.
Much much easier to manage than Brown had.
Richard Hills beating Gillan is excellent. There will be a recount I’m sure.
Cooper winning by just 700 from Presland says it’s Preslands next time.
Who is Sayers?
Rodneys Chris Sayers has beaten Penny Webster.
He seems to have a slick campaign (http://gregsayers.co.nz/) concentrating on roads and nonsense on how hard done by is Rodney.
he lives on the waterfront at Snells beach
“Greg has owned and developed a trans-Tasman financial management software company (Real Software Support Ltd), an organisational cultural change company (Connexions Consulting Ltd) and has been a business specialist for PricewaterHouse Coopers.”
Doesnt really say what hes ‘doing’ now, but Im guessing hes now a housing developer.
Who is left and who is right. Mike Lee and Cathy Casey are the only names that jump out as left. Everyone else is more vague.
No success for the new National party brand, Future Auckland.
And that nasty little bunch of rich ***** on Waiheke with that Jordan Williams vehicle ‘ Ratepayers Alliance ( offshoot of Taxpayers Anti-union) didnt really have much impact either.
There were a lot of last minute votes on the North Shore (the ballot box in my local library was close to overflowing), which have yet to be counted, and only 71 votes between Gillon and Hills. That race may not be over yet.
Oh fuck me, did Quax and Stewart get in again?! Arsebiscuits.
In Howick…
17839 voted for Sharon Stewart.
15446 voted for Dick Quax
George Carlin.
Genius.
http://thespinoff.co.nz/auckland-2016/09-08-2016/ultimate-power-ranks-aucklands-most-insanely-competent-and-outlandishly-incompetent-local-politicians/
Auckland’s south-east has ‘huge underbelly of covert racism’ – council candidate
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/314803/underbelly-of-racism-in-howick,-pakuranga-council-candidate
During the unitary plan debate, Stewart was one of the stupidest people I’ve ever heard in public office. Maybe there’s something in Howick’s water?
http://thespinoff.co.nz/auckland-2016/03-08-2016/thank-god-someone-is-trying-to-loosen-dick-quaxs-death-grip-on-howick/
With Auckland won by Goff, Wellington by Lester & Dalziel in Ch-Ch …. gotta be good for Labour?
I don’t really give a damn whether it is good or bad for Labour.
I care about Wellington and it will be bloody terrible for us, the residents of Wellington.
Suck it in alwyn, but maybe time it between wind gusts, or their will be even less oxygen too feed that grey matter of yours.
Overall yes.
Good left-green majorities in Dunedin, Christchurch, Auckland, Wellington. A good good day.
And Rotorua – Steve Chadwick’s back in.
Celebrating a good win here in the local community board. But downcast that divisive ex Nat MP Sandra Goudie
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/4541853/MP-Sandra-Goudie-quitting-Parliament
has pipped much preferred candidate Peter French for Mayor. Grrrr
I wouldnt want to be a mangrove…
Incredible isn’t it!
The have no understanding of the challenges facing Whangamata in particular, and the East Coastal towns, from Sea level rise and they want to rip out the one sure protection, so they can moor a few more boats.
On the western side – facing less problems from storm surge, the people get it, and the mangroves are left to get on with their thing, and also act as nursery plants for other trees and wetland plants to establish.
Our new Mayor will back “development” because “she listens”.
In Whangamata, removal of the mangroves means more silt gets through to the harbour bar and the beaches. That should develop the dunes long term.
Dave Cull has been returned as mayor in Dunedin. I preferred Aaron Hawkins, but I ranked Cull second so I’m ok with it. The rest of council will be interesting as a few incumbents stood down this election.
I did the same Hawkins/ Cull ordering myself. At least it wasn’t Vandervis or the Whiley Coyote as Mayor!
Unfortunately Pat Wall didn’t make over the line for the Green Party on the ORC, he only got 299 votes less than Kempton. All old faces there, except Noone who has moved over from the DCC.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/otago-regional-council-results
In better news; Michael Laws lost his try at the Dunstan branch of the ORC, though by less than a hundred votes!
[snap Weka on that last paragraph]
And for Dunedin City Council according to this voting guide by local activist Mark Baxter, it’s around 9:5 in favour of the centre-left to left bloc, so a reasonable result.
DCC results are in. Good for the Greens that Marie Laufiso made it in (Brockville is a very politically disengaged part of town – unless they all vote out of zone, and I don’t thing Otago Pasifika have ever had an elected representative before). Down side is that Conrad Steadman also made it in; “Former policeman, currently a real-estate agent, if that wasn’t bad enough he was recently spotted schmoozing with John Key when Key was last in Dunedin, politics are completely right wing” (from Ovid’s link above, but just to save me typing much the same in my own words).
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/six-new-faces-dcc
SERIOUSLY???
I didn’t see that in Ovid’s link – do you have some context on who said that where & when CV? It does sounds pretty gormless and vague, but isn’t in the candidate booklet blurb for either Laufiso or Stedman (though it’d be right at home amongst the other banalities).
It was in the ODT link. One could speculate on CV’s motivation for posting the quote out of context, or just post the whole thing 😉
Damian Newell said he was `”absolutely ecstatic”.
“I’m over the moon mate.”
“`I just think Dunners is on the cusp of something great, and I just want to do my bit.”
His first order of business was the Dunedin Hospital upgrade.
“`We need that upgrade now, and we need to make as much noise about as we can.
“Obviously it’s a central government issue, but as a council we need to make some noise.”
Thanks Weka, it took me a surprisingly long time to realise what ODT link you meant – the online version has a bad habit of changing text until the physical copy is printed (or I have a bad habit of not screen capturing; take your pick). When I posted the link there was only two paragraphs listing the returning and new councillors.
Newell’s a bit of a strange one, with links to Labour (at one stage being considered for a labour endorsement for DCC). But also involved in real estate (which puts him well down my list), and his public comes mainly from his being a radio personality with his More FM dayjob. Have to see how he does in his new role.
Also, re the DCC; “green bloc”; that’s a surprisingly robust strawman that the Dunedin Right wingers love to bash about. Despite endless rumours (mainly from Vandervis & Whiley) there has been no actual evidence of councillors meeting outside hours to concoct nefarious agendas. But that idea is evidently more palatable to their egos than their own proposals are just not good enough to get a majority vote.
Do you remember that John Key said that NZ was “on the cusp of something special”?
http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2016/07/04/a-1billion-dollar-bribe-to-developers-using-borrowed-money-isnt-a-solution/
It’s a bog-standard empty political platitude, not necessarily a right-winger shibboleth.
It’s a Crosby Textorism is what it is. He may simply have picked it up from reading John Key saying it, and David Cameron used something very similar as well. I’m not saying that he’s employed the services of Crosby Textor or anything like that.
That’s great about Laufiso, and having two Green ticket councillors. Dunedin always strikes me as being an interesting mix of conservative and progressive.
Mr O’Malley said he would be talking to the likes of the South Dunedin Action Group to get on top of issues in the suburb, and find out about the new hotel.
On whether he could work with Mayor Dave Cull, who was accused by some candidates during the election of having formed a “green bloc” on the council, Mr
O’Malley said: “Oh yeah, I don’t have any issues.”
What was that about?
Looks like Michael Laws didn’t make it onto the Otago Regional Council, so that’s cause for celebration.
he seems to be emulating Shadbolt- I care where as long as Im [elected position]
I think everyone’s sick and tired of his crap.
https://twitter.com/RusselNorman/status/784594328253530112
Looks like HB council has swung in favour of no Ruataniwha dam
The culture at Hawke’s Bay Regional Council could change, now anti-dam campaigner Paul Bailey sits at the council table.
…
He and Mr Kirton are the only new additions to the council – with all other incumbents seeking re-election successful – however their presence could shift the councils support on the controversial Ruataniwha dam.
Napier ward hopefuls Martin Williams and Moira Irving – who had stated their support for the dam – have not been elected.</i<
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11725142
That’s encouraging. I checked out the HB vote expecting it to be a big turnout, but it seemed to be the usual numbers.
Hugely excited by this!
Still a lot of work to be done but first step has been taken. No more rubber stamping with the chaimans casting vote.
Wellington City Council results here. A very healthy line-up of Labour, Greens and other lefty candidates.
http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/elections/elections-2016/results
Mumbles and Nash will be upset. Good results independently of my little indulgence in schadenfreude.
Left Majority?
I make it 7/14 councillors plus the mayor on a rough count (of candidates who are Labour, Greens or known to be left-aligned) so yes!
Colin King was the National MP for Kaikoura but stood for Mayor of Blenheim.
John Leggett won the Blenheim Mayoralty with double the number the votes that Colin received.
Am pleased with the result.
Wasn’t Leggett the target of a DP hit by Simon Lusk and Cameron Slater? If so, glad to see those two losers (Jordan William’s mates) have lost out yet again!
We think so Anne. It seemed to my conspiracy mind that in exchange for exiting Kings MP seat, that Lusk and co would get him the Mayorship as a reward, but Mice and men…..
He’s a lovely fellow and all that but to be honest Hamish McDouall’s greatest contribution as our new mayor could well be his holding the cabinet club candidate to a distant second.
PRELIMINARY ELECTION RESULTS
MAYOR
Hamish McDouall will be Whanganui’s new Mayor. The preliminary results for the Mayoral contest are:
MCDOUALL, Hamish (6724)
TAYLOR, Alan (3841)
[..]
WHANGANUI DISTRICT COUNCILLORS
(12 vacancies)
The preliminary results indicate that the following 12 candidates are elected as councillors:
REID, Hadleigh (9265)
CLEVELAND, Murray (8746)
BENNETT, David (8607)
ANDERSON, Charlie (8421)
CRAIG, Helen (8316)
JOBLIN, Kate (8273)
VINSEN, Rob (7954)
TAYLOR, Alan (7949)
CHANDULAL-MACKAY, Josh (7417)
DUNCAN, Jenny (6861)
BAKER-HOGAN, Philippa (6745)
YOUNG, Graeme (6256)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11725228
What happened in christchurch?
As predicted by the predictable rabid, vocal minority extreme left dingbats, the eminently electable Minto gave normal, sensible leftie LD a right bloody nose, giving the missing millions waiting for an ultra messiah a glimmer of hope in this labour party neo liberal nightmare world of NZ 2016.
Or, in the real world, Lianne Dalziel romped to a landslide re-election victory as she beat nearest rival John Minto by a resounding 60,000 votes.
As templates go, it was a bit of a fizzer
in CHCH surprisingly it appears Rochelle Phipps missed making the CDHB…oh and LD was returned as Mayor.
In Ashburton the democracy opponent was replaced,
The People’s Choice (centre-left, a lot of Labour members involved…) won 7 of 16 wards, so with the Mayor and a couple of other independent councillors, there’s a clear majority there.
Excellent.
Right winger Rachel Reese easily re-elected as Mayor of NELSON, poor buggers, there wasn’t much choice sadly.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/85109104/Rachel-Reese-re-elected-as-Nelson-mayor
Maybe she will do something about Lewis Stanton this term, LMFAO yeah right.
http://www.newshub.co.nz/tvshows/paulhenry/protest-to-get-lewis-stanton-off-nelson-streets-2016100711
Centre left winger Richard Kempthorne easily wins his 4th term as Mayor of the TASMAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Mum will be thrilled. Voting is tight for the third seat in Motueka.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/85094195/richard-kempthorne-wins-fourth-term-as-tasman-mayor
Congratulations Mike Lee
Did he win against that appalling rightwing ex-media-type, Ralston?
This is a good thing because new reality TV addicts and bus route transport junkies like Grieve and Reynolds both backed the loser in Ralston.
Ditto EE.
Any good news for the left here?
All I see in the provinces is a bunch of Rotarians being swapped for another bunch of Rotarians.
Congratulations to Goff, Dalzeil and Lester though.
those idiots hat voted in a lefty council in Auckland john key will have no choice but to appoint a commissioner to run Auckland and they next years election should be canceled the country cant afford the left taking power john must move no and take executive control we can risk an election loss
So you are saying the right can’t afford democracy!!!
the country cant afford democracy the lefty are a threat to the economy and house prices there economic vandals national must rule there is no choice the left are economic terrorists
[letting this out of moderation (reluctantly). How about using some punctuation, and please try and make some political argument, otherwise the vitriol gets boring and you are starting to look like a troll – weka]
HUH
Weird.
Oh lets keep feeding house prices. Great plan.
righty on…Could this be satire? If not, it is quite a laugh anyway!! Comedy Gold
Tis an extravagance, guv.
LOL
A few left-wing people get in and it’s clearly the apocalypse so we obviously have to have a coup.
What now for the Farrar/Leggett/Espiner crowd? Soundly beaten by the people of Wellington who can see through dirty politics any and every day of the week.
Great news.
Neither Leggett nor Espiner have anything to do with #dirtypolitics. Please don’t dilute the real significance of that nasty campaign.
Eric Roy made Southland Regional Council, btw.
As did I 🙂
Congratulations, Robert Guyton. Pleased you made it onto the Sthland Reg Council. We need people like you on regional councils.
So you two cancel each other out? Congrats all the same.
Congrats Robert!
Good news on that win Mr Guyton. 🙂
Thank you, everyone. The next three years are going to be, though I don’t need to tell you folks here, very interesting indeed!
onya
No more rubber stamping of dairy conversions I hope?
Nice one Robert 🙂
congratulations
Congratulations Robert. Best of luck.
Centre-left Sheryl Mai back in Whangarei as Mayor with an increased majority and in the face of a well-financed right wing populist vanity party Go-Whangarei ticket. Green Anna Murphy in as Councillor for the coastal and Hikurangi ward beating right wing councillor for the coast SuzY Bretherton and coming only four votes behind long term rural councillor of the same ward, Greg Martin. Only two Go-Whangarei councillors got in so that’s great f or the mid-North
Go Sheryl!
Mike Tana who just finished his term as President of the PSA won the mayoralty in Porirua. I’m sure he’ll be a welcome lefty relief … 👿
Awesome!
Now that, is a real leftwinger. PSA organiser, the works.
Cheered me up no end that Mike Lee won.The thought of that latte swilling twat Ralston was to much to contemplate 😂
Amid concern about local body election voting levels I am left wondering whether the fostering of apathy in national politics is also increasing disinterest at the local level.
And as for calls for the introduction of on-line voting to make it easier, I must admit finding a NZ Post mailbox near where I live was a mission,
Did you go online ? NZ Post has its website which will tell you.
It was more a comment about NZ Post becoming a parcel delivery company. Since I last posted a letter (which isn’t that long ago) NZ Post has obviously been busy removing mailboxes. There used to be one at the end of our street, then another about 1.5km away and so on. Obviously mail volumes have dropped, I understand that, but a sign of the times. **sigh**
I think we’ll get really high turnout, say 80%, in a few years. This should happen as the western economies hit crisis points, with what Nicole Foss calls the diminishing trust horizon. Under economic stress people will be trading locally to survive and local governance is going to be crucial.
Glad to see that Penny Blight 1/2’ed her vote this election and was a dismal failure (again).
Seems the more people who know who she is the less that vote for her.
Shes a walking embarrassment.
You’re an unpleasant, bitter little person, aren’t you James? You’ll give yourself an ulcer at this rate.
Not at all. Not bitter – I think she’s bat shit crazy and I’m glad that she’s been seen as such.
Far from an ulcer- I’m pretty relaxed.
Ak mayoral votes laid out like seats in parliament:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CurdT9fWgAARqqY.jpg:large