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Elections in New Zealand
2024 Tauranga local elections
The 2024 Tauranga local elections will be held via postal voting from 29 June 2024 to 20 July 2024.[1] Tauranga will cover one territorial authority , the Tauranga City Council .
These will be 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 will use the single transferable voting system to elect the Mayor of Tauranga and city councillors[2] [3] [4]
Tauranga City Council has created nine electoral wards for these elections. There are 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 will each return one councillor.[2]
Candidates [ edit ] Nominations for candidates opened on 26 April 2024 and closed on 24 May 2024.[5] [6] [7]
Candidate
Ticket (if any)
Notes
Tanya Bamford-King
Independent
Aureliu Braguta
Independent
Greg Brownless
Community Focus - Responsible Spending
Mayor 2016–2019[8]
Andrew Caie
Independent
Mahé Drysdale
Olympic champion rower, grandson of former mayor Bob Owens [9]
Anthony Goddard
Chudleigh Haggett
Ria Hall
Musician and television presenter[10]
Donna Hannah
BOP Hori
Also stood in 2016 [8]
Tim Maltby
Our Rates are too High
Jos Nagels
Visionary Leadership, Not Repeatership
Douglas Owens
Independent
Former Bay of Plenty regional councillor .[8] [9]
John Robson[11]
Principled; Professional; Democratic
Councillor 2013-2016, 2018-2021[8] [6]
Tina Salisbury
People and Progress over Politics
Deputy mayor 2020–2021[12]
Councillors [ edit ] Mauao/Mount Maunganui general ward [ edit ]
Candidate
Ticket (if any)
Notes
Heidi Hughes[11]
Community, environment, future
Councillor 2019–2020
Garth Mathieson
Teresa Nichols
Michael O'Neill
Jacqueline Pointon
Jen Scoular
Commercial acumen, community heart
Peter Douglas Stanley
Arataki general ward [ edit ]
Candidate
Ticket (if any)
Notes
Sarah-Jane Bourne
Rick Curach
Pick Rick community needs over wants
Anthony Goddard
Teresa Killian
Adrienne Pierce
Kim Renshaw
Voice for Arataki
Jeroen Van der Beek
A local for Arataki Ward
Andrea Webster
Harris Williams
Mike Williams
Common sense on Council
Pāpāmoa general ward [ edit ]
Candidate
Ticket (if any)
Notes
Bryan Archer
John Bowden
Phillip Coleman
Ria Hall[10]
Tim Maltby
Our Rates are too High
Steve Morris
Championing Pāpāmoa on Council
Former councillor[13]
Maaka Nelson
Craig Purcell
Pāpāmoa Pāpāmoa Proud
Shelley Robb
Independent
Welcome Bay general ward [ edit ]
Candidate
Ticket (if any)
Notes
Hautapu Baker
Aureliu Braguta
Ethan Brinkman
Ethan for Reason
Robert Coe
Independent
Donna Hannah
Cameron Templer
Action over Words
Matua-Otūmoetai general ward [ edit ]
Candidate
Ticket (if any)
Notes
Tanya Bamford-King
Independent
Ronald Chamberlain
Glen Crowther
Accountability, Transparency, Community
Suzie Edmonds
Independent
Cam Holden
Independent
Jim McKinlay[10]
Ken Patterson
Basie Pikimaui
Tauranga Moana Kokiritia
Tenby Powell
Our City. Our Future. Together
Mayor 2019–2020
Kim Pritchard
Mike Rayner
For keeping our current facilities
Zach Reeder
David Tank
David Webb
Tomorrow's thriving Tauranga, together
Bethlehem general ward [ edit ]
Candidate
Ticket (if any)
Notes
Charlene Apaapa
Shelley Archibald
Felicity Auva'a
Darren Gilchrist
Gerry Hodgson
Jos Nagels
Visionary Leadership, Not Repeatership
Bevan Rakoia
John Robson[11]
Principled; Professional; Democratic
Kevin (Herb) Schuler
Constructive and Positive Leadership
Tauriko general ward [ edit ]
Candidate
Ticket (if any)
Notes
Larry Baldock
Let's Keep Moving Forward
Former deputy mayor[11]
Murray Guy[14]
Democracy for Tauranga
Marten Rozeboom[10]
Stephen Wheeler
Te Papa general ward [ edit ]
Candidate
Ticket (if any)
Notes
Andrew Caie
Independent
Mark Decke
Chudleigh Haggett
Reihana Marx
Terry Molloy
Jim Smith
Loyal and Local
Rod Taylor
Barbara Turley
Abraham (Bram) van Berkel
Te Awanui Māori ward [ edit ]
Candidate
Ticket (if any)
Notes
Suaree Borell
Learning, Leading and Leveraging
Ashley Hillis
Mikaere Sydney
Tauranga Moana Kōkiritia
References [ edit ]
^ a b 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 . 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024 .^ "Dates for the Tauranga City Council Election in July 2024 and the Following Election" . New Zealand Gazette . 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" . NZ 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.
