9:18:05 Thursday 1 May 2025

Elections

Rolleston wins Tauranga Māori ward byelection

Hemi Rolleston is Tauranga's new Māori ward councillor, taking up the seat his nephew was unable to fill. Tauranga City Council released the final result... Read More

Hemi Rolleston leads Māori ward councillor race

Hemi Rolleston is set to be Tauranga's new Māori ward councillor, an early vote count indicates. Tauranga City Council released the progress result for the... Read More

2025 boundary review to reshape NZ politics

The proposed review of electorate boundaries for the 2026 election will significantly change the Bay of Plenty and Tauranga electorates. Tauranga is set to... Read More

Five vie for Tauranga’s new Māori ward

Five people are vying to be Tauranga's new Māori ward councillor. Nominations have closed for the Te Awanui Māori Ward by-election after Mikaere Sydney... Read More

Nominations open for Te Awanui Māori by-election

People passionate about the future of Tauranga and keen to be part of the city council's governance team are encouraged to stand as candidates in the Te Awanui... Read More

Tauranga's Māori ward race gets under way

With all eyes on Waitangi this week as the nation marks the national day, in Tauranga, another important decision needs to be made regarding who will become... Read More

Māori ward race gets under way

With all eyes on Waitangi this week as the nation marks the national day, in Tauranga, another important decision needs to be made regarding who will become... Read More

Tauranga’s first Māori ward councillor resigns

Tauranga's first Māori ward councillor Mikaere Sydney is resigning after never being able to take up the job because of illness. A by-election... Read More

Vote winner says Maketū 'overdue for some love'

Brett Waterhouse is Maketū's newest community board member. Waterhouse has been elected to the Maketū Community Board, following a byelection in Western... Read More

Tauranga election 2024: Candidate spends revealed

Tauranga's mayor Mahé Drysdale had the second most expensive campaign of the July election and the two biggest donations - one from his mum and another... Read More

Why Mayor Drysdale finds election praise 'weird'

Mahé Drysdale's wife thought he was joking when he first told her of his plans to run for Tauranga Mayor. The two-time Olympic gold medallist had... Read More

Steve Morris only one voted back from 2019 council

The only councillor to be re-elected from Tauranga's previously sacked council says he is pleased to have 'broken through that ceiling”. Newly elected... Read More