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Revision as of 22:37, 5 October 2016
The 2016 New Zealand local elections will be triennial elections to select local government officials and District Health Board members. Under section 10 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, a "general election of members of every local authority or community board must be held on the second Saturday in October in every third year" from the date the Act came into effect in 2001, meaning 8 October 2016.[1]
Electoral systems
The local elections will be held using postal ballot. Most city and district councils and all but one regional council use the first-past-the-post (FPP) voting system, with the exception of the following six city and district councils that use the single transferable vote (STV) voting system:[2]
- Dunedin City Council
- Kapiti Coast District Council
- Marlborough District Council
- Palmerston North City Council
- Porirua City Council
- Wellington City Council
The Wellington Regional Council is the sole regional council using the STV system.
Environment Canterbury is under statutory management and no elections will be held.[3] Statutory management in Kaipara District will end as it holds its first elections since 2010.[4] All District Health Boards use the STV system.[2]
Mayoral elections
Since the 2013 local elections, two new mayors have been elected. Carterton mayor Ron Mark and Palmerston North mayor Jono Naylor resigned after being elected to Parliament in the 2014 election, with John Booth elected unopposed as the new Carterton mayor and Grant Smith elected in a by-election as the new Palmerston North mayor.
See also
Footnotes
References
- ^ "Local Electoral Act 2001". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Voting and becoming a councillor – Local Government". Local Government New Zealand. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Environment Canterbury (Transitional Governance Arrangements) Bill 2015". Parliament of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Local Elections 2016". Kaipara District. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ a b c Stylianou, Georgina; Truebridge, Nick (12 August 2016). "Who are the South Island's mayoral and council hopefuls?". The Press. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Carterton welcomes new mayor". Stuff.co.nz. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Local body election nominations close". Radio New Zealand. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Gullery, Lawrence (13 August 2016). "Lack of candidates means majority council re-elected unopposed". Waikato Times – Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ "Grant Smith elected mayor of Palmerston North". Stuff.co.nz. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ a b Burroughs, David (14 August 2016). "Limited choice for South Taranaki and Stratford council elections due to low nominations". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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