2024 Tauranga City Council election|
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Council election |
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Seats
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Independents
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Mayoral election |
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Mayor before election
Under commission
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Elected mayor
Mahe Drysdale
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The 2024 Tauranga City Council election was a local election held from 29 June to 20 July in Tauranga, New Zealand, following the end of the crown commission. Voters elected the mayor of Tauranga and 9 city councillors, for the unusually quadrennial 2024–2028 term of the Tauranga City Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system was used.
Key dates
Background
These were 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 used the single transferable voting system to elect the Mayor of Tauranga and city councillors[2] for a term that will last until the 2028 local elections.[3][4]
Tauranga City Council created nine electoral wards for these elections. There were 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 each returned one councillor.[2]
Campaign
List of candidates
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]
Mayor
| Candidate
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Ticket (if any)
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Notes
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| Tanya Bamford-King
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Independent
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| Aureliu Braguta
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Independent
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| Greg Brownless
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Community Focus – Responsible Spending
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Mayor 2016–2019[8]
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| Andrew Caie
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Independent
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| Mahé Drysdale
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Olympic champion rower, grandson of former mayor Bob Owens[9]
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| Anthony Goddard
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| Chudleigh Haggett
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| Ria Hall
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Musician and television presenter[10]
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| Donna Hannah
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| BOP Hori
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Also stood in 2016[8]
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| Tim Maltby
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Our Rates are too High
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| Jos Nagels
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Visionary Leadership, Not Repeatership
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| Douglas Owens
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Independent
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Former Bay of Plenty regional councillor.[8] Son of former mayor Bob Owens, uncle of Mahé Drysdale[9]
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| John Robson[11]
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Principled; Professional; Democratic
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Councillor 2013–2016, 2018–2021[8][6]
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| Tina Salisbury
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People and Progress over Politics
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Deputy mayor 2020–2021[12]
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Councillors
Te Awanui Māori ward
| Candidate
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Ticket (if any)
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Notes
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| Suaree Borell
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Learning, Leading and Leveraging
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| Ashley Hillis
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| Mikaere Sydney
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Tauranga Moana Kōkiritia
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Arataki general ward
| Candidate
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Ticket (if any)
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Notes
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| Sarah-Jane Bourne
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| Rick Curach
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Pick Rick community needs over wants
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| Anthony Goddard
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| Teresa Killian
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| Adrienne Pierce
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| Kim Renshaw
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Voice for Arataki
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| Jeroen Van der Beek
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A local for Arataki Ward
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| Andrea Webster
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Independent
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| Harris Williams
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| Mike Williams
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Common sense on Council
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Bethlehem general ward
| Candidate
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Ticket (if any)
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Notes
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| Charlene Apaapa
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| Shelley Archibald
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| Felicity Auva'a
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Forward with Experience Energy Action
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| Darren Gilchrist
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| Gerry Hodgson
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| Jos Nagels
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Visionary Leadership, Not Repeatership
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| Bevan Rakoia
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| John Robson[11]
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Principled; Professional; Democratic
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| Kevin (Herb) Schuler
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Constructive and Positive Leadership
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Matua-Otūmoetai general ward
| Candidate
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Ticket (if any)
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Notes
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| Tanya Bamford-King
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Independent
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| Ronald Chamberlain
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| Glen Crowther
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Accountability, Transparency, Community
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| Suzie Edmonds
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Independent
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| Cam Holden
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Independent
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| Jim McKinlay[10]
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| Ken Patterson
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| Basie Pikimaui
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Tauranga Moana Kōkiritia
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| Tenby Powell
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Our City. Our Future. Together
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Mayor 2019–2020
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| Kim Pritchard
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Independent
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| Mike Rayner
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For keeping our current facilities
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| Zach Reeder
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| David Tank
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| David Webb
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Tomorrow's thriving Tauranga, together
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Mauao/Mount Maunganui general ward
| Candidate
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Ticket (if any)
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Notes
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| Heidi Hughes[11]
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Community, environment, future
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Councillor 2019–2020
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| Garth Mathieson
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| Teresa Nichols
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Independent
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| Michael O'Neill
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Independent
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| Jacqueline Pointon
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| Jen Scoular
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Commercial acumen, community heart
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| Peter Douglas Stanley
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Pāpāmoa general ward
| Candidate
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Ticket (if any)
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Notes
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| Bryan Archer
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| John Bowden
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| Phillip Coleman
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| Ria Hall[10]
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| Tim Maltby
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Our Rates are too High
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| Steve Morris
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Championing Pāpāmoa on Council
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Former councillor[13]
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| Maaka Nelson
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| Craig Purcell
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Pāpāmoa Pāpāmoa Proud
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| Shelley Robb
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Independent
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Tauriko general ward
| Candidate
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Ticket (if any)
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Notes
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| Larry Baldock
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Let's Keep Moving Forward
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Former deputy mayor[11]
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| Murray Guy[14]
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Democracy for Tauranga
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| Marten Rozeboom[10]
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| Stephen Wheeler
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Te Papa general ward
| Candidate
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Ticket (if any)
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Notes
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| Andrew Caie
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Independent
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| Mark Decke
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| Chudleigh Haggett
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| Reihana Marx
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| Terry Molloy
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| Jim Smith
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Loyal and Local
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| Rod Taylor
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Tauranga True
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| Barbara Turley
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| Abraham (Bram) van Berkel
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Welcome Bay general ward
| Candidate
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Ticket (if any)
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Notes
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| Hautapu Baker
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Healthy Environment Thriving Community
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| Aureliu Braguta
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| Ethan Brinkman
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Ethan for Reason
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| Robert Coe
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Independent
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| Donna Hannah
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| Cameron Templer
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Action over Words
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Results
The official results of the election were released on 25 July.[15] Voter turnout was 38.77%,[16] which compares with a turnout of 40.28% at the 2019 election.[17] Only one woman, Jen Scoular for the Mauao/Mount Maunganui ward, was elected to the council.[17] Two former councillors, Steve Morris and Rick Curach, were re-elected.[17]
Mikaere Sydney was elected as councillor for Tauranga's first Māori ward Te Awanui, which the Tauranga commission had confirmed at a meeting in April 2021 following the passage of the Local Electoral (Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Act 2021. Te Awanui is at risk of dissolution due to the National-led coalition government requiring local councils to hold binding referenda on Māori wards.[18]
Summary[16]
| Winning candidate
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Position
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Ward
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| Mahé Drysdale
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Mayor
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At-large
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| Jen Scoular
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Councillor
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Mauao/Mount Maunganui
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| Glen Crowther
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Councillor
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Matua-Otūmoetai
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| Rod Taylor
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Councillor
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Te Papa
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| Kevin "Herb" Schuler
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Councillor
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Bethlehem
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| Marten Rozeboom
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Councillor
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Tauriko
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| Hautapu Baker
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Councillor
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Welcome Bay
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| Rick Curach
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Councillor
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Arataki
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| Steve Morris
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Councillor
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Pāpāmoa
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| Mikaere Sydney
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Councillor
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Te Awanui
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Aftermath and analysis
Notes
References
- ^ Ingoe, Maia (26 April 2024). "Nominations open for Tauranga City Council local elections". RNZ. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Elections 2024 > Information for voters". www.tauranga.govt.nz. Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Wanted: candidates for council's 2024 election – The Bay's News First". www.sunlive.co.nz. SunMedia. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Dates for the Tauranga City Council Election in July 2024 and the Following Election". New Zealand Gazette. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Elections 2024 > Information for candidates". www.tauranga.govt.nz. Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ a b Evans, Alisha (24 May 2024). "Tauranga City Council election hopefuls confirmed". SunLive. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "Elections 2024". www.tauranga.govt.nz. Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d Gillespie, Kiri; Wilson, Megan (24 May 2024). "Tauranga election: Who's running and what you need to know about voting". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ a b Sylvester, Catherine (19 May 2024). "Tauranga election: Olympian Mahé Drysdale announces bid for mayor". Bay of Plenty Times. New Zealand Herald.
- ^ a b c d McConnell, Glenn. "Tauranga's star studded return to democracy". www.stuff.co.nz. Stuff. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d Gillespie, Kiri (14 May 2024). "Tauranga City Council election: Several sacked councillors running again". New Zealand Herald.
- ^ Evans, Alisha (26 April 2024). "Tina Salisbury to run for Tauranga mayoralty". SunLive. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ Evans, Alisha (17 May 2024). "Tauranga City Council nominations off to a slow start". RNZ. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ Gillespie, Kiri (21 May 2024). "Tauranga election: Murray Guy criticised for handling of user's 'barcode' comment on his page". Bay of Plenty Times. New Zealand Herald.
- ^ "Elections 2024". Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ a b "2024 Council Elections DECLARATION OF RESULT" (PDF). Tauranga City Council. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ a b c Wilson, Megan (21 July 2024). "Mount Maunganui's Jen Scoular only woman elected in Tauranga City Council 2024 election". Bay of Plenty Times. The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Tauranga's first Māori ward councillor Mikaere Sydney undergoing medical treatment in hospital". The New Zealand Herald. 22 July 2024. Archived from the original on 23 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.