Results of the 2022 New Zealand regional council elections

Chair election
25 October 2022
5 of 9 votes needed for majority
Chair before election; Penny Smart; Independent	Elected Chair ; Tui Shortland; Independent Green

2022 Northland Regional Council election
← 2019 8 October 2022 2025 →
Registered	131,647
Turnout	49,181 (42.46%)
	9 seats on the Northland Regional Council; 5 seats needed for a majority

2022 New Zealand regional council elections
← 2019 8 October 2022 2025 →
Turnout	844,405 (43.09% 2.06 pp)
	11 regional councils
	131 regional councillors

Elections for the regional councils of New Zealand were held on 11 October 2022 as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. 131 regional councillors were elected across all 11 regions.

Maps

Summary

Councillors and council control

	Seats	+/-	Councils	+/-
No majority			11	0
Independent	120	2
Green^[a]	7	4	0	0
The People's Choice	2	2	0	0
Te Pāti Māori	1	1	0	0
Labour	1	0	0	0
The Common Good	0	1	0	0
The Wellington Party	0	1	0	0

Northland Regional Council

The 2022 Northland Regional Council election was contested across one Māori and seven general constituencies; the boundaries had been redrawn for this election. All general constituencies elected one member whilst the Māori constituency elected two. A by-election for the Whangārei Urban constituency occurred in 2021.

Two incumbents did not run for re-election. In total, four of the six incumbents who ran were re-elected. In terms of partisanship, most councillors were independents and a Green-endorsed independent won a seat.

Final results were declared on 14 October so under the Local Electoral Act 2001 the winning candidates took office at 00:00 15 October NZDT.

Summary

2022 Northland Regional Council election
Affiliation		Raw votes^[c]	%	+/−	Candidates	+/−	Elected	+/−
	Independent	43,383	87.95		22	+3	8	−1
	Independent Green	4,922	9.98	(new)	1	(new)	1	+1
	Sovereign.nz	1,023	2.07	(new)	1	(new)	0	0
Total valid votes		49,328

Informal		934	1.90
Blank		3,275	6.66
Turnout		49,181	(42.46)
Registered		131,647
	No majority
	Independent Green gains chairmanship from Independent

Composition summary

Constituency	2019			Elected
Te Hiku		Independent	Joe Carr	abolished
Far North	new seat				Independent	Joe Carr
Hokianga-Kaikohe		Independent	Colin Kitchen	abolished
Bay of Islands-Whangaroa	new seat				Independent	Marty Robinson
Coastal North		Independent	Marty Robinson	abolished
Coastal North		Independent	Jocelyn Yeoman^R	abolished
Coastal Central		Independent	Amy Macdonald		Independent	Amy Macdonald
Coastal South		Independent	John Hunt^R		Independent	Rick Stolwerk
Mid North	new seat				Independent	Geoff Crawford
Whangārei Central		Independent	Jack Craw		Independent	Jack Craw
Whangārei Central		Independent	John Bain^R	abolished
Kaipara		Independent	Penny Smart		Independent	John Blackwell
Te Raki Māori	new seat				Independent Green	Tui Shortland
Te Raki Māori	new seat				Independent	Peter-Lucas Jones
^R retired

Far North general constituency

Far North general constituency^[2]^[1]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Joe Carr	2,585	36.58
	Independent	Marty Yuretich	1,662	23.52
	Independent	Justin Blaikie	1,649	23.33
	Independent	Clyde Samson	475	6.72
Informal			336	4.75
Blank			360	5.09
Turnout			7,067	(45.29)
Registered			15,605
	Independent win (new constituency)

Bay of Islands-Whangaroa general constituency

Bay of Islands-Whangaroa general constituency^[2]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Marty Robinson	2,390	32.64
	Independent	Tania McInnes	2,322	31.71
	Sovereign.nz	Phil Gentry	1,023	13.97
	Independent	Peter Gill	869	11.87
Informal			344	4.70
Blank			375	5.12
Turnout			7,323	(46.20)
Registered			15,850
	Independent win (new constituency)

Kaipara general constituency

Kaipara general constituency^[2]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	John Blackwell	3,198	48.43	(new)
	Independent	Penny Smart^†	2,969	44.96	n/a
Informal			53	0.80	n/a
Blank			384	5.81	n/a
Turnout			6,604	(47.20)	n/a
Registered			13,991
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Mid North general constituency

Mid North general constituency^[2]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Geoff Crawford	3,087	47.15
	Independent	Lesley Adcock	1,180	18.02
	Independent	William Sullivan	881	13.46
	Independent	John McCaw	766	11.7
Informal			53	0.81
Blank			580	8.86
Turnout			6,547	(45.99)
Registered			14,236
	Independent win (new constituency)

Coastal Central general constituency

Coastal Central general constituency^[2]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Amy MacDonald^†	4,384	55.55	+26.47
	Independent	Paul Dimery	2,352	29.80	+7.96
	Independent	Christine Woods	662	8.39	(new)
Informal			15	0.19	−0.68
Blank			479	6.07	−0.91
Turnout			7,892	(51.23)	(+24.34)
Registered			15,404
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Coastal South general constituency

Coastal South general constituency^[2]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Rick Stolwerk	Unopposed
Registered			15,831
	Independent hold

Whangārei Central general constituency

Whangārei Central general constituency^[2]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Jack Craw^†	4,062	62.14	+8.51
	Independent	Tony Savage	1,661	25.41	(new)
Informal			6	0.09	−0.04
Blank			808	12.36	+4.65
Turnout			6,537	(42.02)	(+2.94)
Registered			15,556
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Te Raki Māori constituency

Te Raki Māori constituency^[2]^[3]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Green	Tui Shortland	4,922	68.26
	Independent	Peter-Lucas Jones	3,597	49.88
	Independent	Lance Bryers	2,209	30.63
	Independent	Robin Grieve	423	5.87
Informal			127	1.76
Blank			289	4.01
Turnout			7,211	(28.64)
Registered			25,174
	Independent Green win (new constituency)
	Independent win (new constituency)

Chair selection

Tui Shortland (Independent Green) was appointed chair unopposed.^[4]

Waikato Regional Council

2022 Waikato Regional Council election

← 2019

8 October 2022

2025 →

Turnout

103,420 (38.67%)

14 seats on the Waikato Regional Council
8 seats needed for a majority

Party		Seats	+/–
	Independent	14	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Fourteen councillors were elected to the Waikato Regional Council across six general constituencies and two Māori constituencies.

Hamilton general constituency

Hamilton general constituency^[5]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Angela Strange	18,155	59.71
	Independent	Bruce Clarkson	14,864	48.89
	Independent	Jennifer Nickel	13,937	45.84
	Independent	Chris Hughes	13,282	43.68
	Independent	Russ Rimmington	12,716	41.82
	Independent	Meshweyla MacDonald	11,054	36.35
Informal			205	0.67
Blank			1,528	5.03
Turnout			30,406	31.37
Registered			96,936
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent

Taupō‐Rotorua general constituency

Taupō‐Rotorua general constituency^[5]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mich'eal Downard	6,319	49.67
	Independent	Simone Stevenson	4,079	32.06
	Independent	Peter Kidd	584	4.59
Informal			13	0.10
Blank			1,728	13.58
Turnout			12,723	50.40
Registered			25,242
	Independent gain from Independent

Thames‐Coromandel general constituency

Thames-Coromandel general constituency^[5]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Warren Maher	6,979	45.87
	Independent	Denis Tegg	6,542	43.00
Informal			5	0.03
Blank			1,689	11.10
Turnout			15,215	50.24
Registered			30,284
	Independent gain from Independent

Waihou general constituency

Waihou general constituency^[5]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ben Dunbar-Smith	7,957	85.04
	Independent	Robert Cookson	6,596	70.49
	Independent	Philip Sherwood	5,943	63.51
	Independent	Anita Goodman	3,532	37.75
	Independent	Anaru Adams	2,585	27.63
	Independent	Chris van der Aa	2,303	24.61
	Independent	David Waine	2,303	24.61
	Independent	Justus Katzur	1,082	11.56
Informal			166	1.77
Blank			2,008	21.46
Turnout			9,357	44.60
Registered			20,979
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Waikato general constituency

Waikato general constituency^[5]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Noel Smith	7,389	47.34
	Independent	Pamela Storey	7,315	46.86
	Independent	Fred Lichtwark	5,994	38.40
	Independent	Jennifer Hayman	4,272	27.37
Informal			7	0.04
Blank			1,053	6.75
Turnout			15,610	33.24
Registered			46,968
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold

Waipa-King Country general constituency

Waipa-King Country general constituency^[5]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Stu Kneebone	10,332	51.60
	Independent	Clyde Graf	8,467	42.28
	Independent	Judy Sherriff	7,438	37.15
	Independent	Barry Quayle	5,905	29.49
Informal			82	0.41
Blank			1,280	6.39
Turnout			20,024	42.58
Registered			47,031
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent

Ngā Hau e Whā Māori constituency

Ngā Hau e Whā Māori constituency^[5]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Tipa Mahuta	Unopposed
Registered			20,621
	Independent hold

Ngā Tai ki Uta Māori constituency

Ngā Tai ki Uta Māori constituency^[5]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Kataraina Hodge	Unopposed
Registered			14,843
	Independent hold

Chair selection

Pamela Storey and Stu Kneebone were deadlocked for the position of chair 7-to-7; a coin toss decided in Storey's favour.^[6]

Bay of Plenty Regional Council

2022 Bay of Plenty Regional Council election

← 2019

8 October 2022

2025 →

Turnout

77,924 (36.63%)

14 seats on the Bay of Plenty Regional Council
8 seats needed for a majority

	Seats	+/–
Independent	12	−2
Te Pāti Māori	1	+1
Independent Green	1	+1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Fourteen councillors were elected to the Bay of Plenty Regional Council across four general constituencies and three Māori constituencies.

Eastern Bay of Plenty general constituency

Eastern Bay of Plenty general constituency^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Malcolm Campbell	7,651	63.87
	Independent	Doug Leeder	5,716	47.72
	Independent	Sarah Jane van der Boom	4,358	36.38
	Independent	Russell Orr	2,961	24.72
	Independent	Mawera Karetai	2,382	19.88
Informal			18	0.15
Blank			569	4.75
Turnout			11,979	53.91
Registered			22,219
	Independent win (new constituency)
	Independent win (new constituency)

Rotorua general constituency

Rotorua general constituency^[7]^[8]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kevin Winters	7,102	38.35
	Independent	Lyall Thurston	6,612	35.70
	Independent	Tim Smith	5,286	28.54
	Residents & Ratepayers	Mark Gould	5,190	28.03
	Independent	Katie Priscilla Paul	3,719	20.08
	Independent Green	Radhika Dahya	2,817	15.21
Informal			27	0.15
Blank			1,139	6.15
Turnout			18,519	52.78
Registered			35,085
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Tauranga general constituency

Tauranga general constituency^[7]^[3]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Stuart Crosby	12,316	44.97
	Independent	Ron Scott	10,983	40.11
	Independent	Paula Thompson	10,029	36.62
	Independent	Andrew von Dadelszen	9,050	33.05
	Independent Green	Kat MacMillan	8,834	32.26
	Independent	Mark Wassung	8,539	31.18
	Independent	David Love	7,848	28.66
	Independent	Murray Guy	7,342	26.81
	Independent	Matt Cooney	6,825	24.92
	Independent	Jason Nicholls-Faitele	6,198	22.63
	Independent	Phil Ross	6,022	21.99
	Independent	Jos Nagels	5,465	19.96
	Independent	Larry Baldock	4,628	16.90
	Independent	Murray White	4,529	16.54
	Independent	Mark Fogerty	3,567	13.03
	Independent	Stephen Wheeler	1,734	6.33
	Independent	Bryan Deuchar	1,718	6.27
Informal			60	0.22
Blank			37	0.14
Turnout			27,385	28.45
Registered			96,244
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent Green gain from Independent

Western Bay of Plenty general constituency

Western Bay of Plenty general constituency^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jane Nees	8,264	59.93
	Independent	Ken Shirley	6,380	46.27
	Independent	Sean Newland	4,217	30.58
	Independent	Julian Fitter	3,290	23.86
Informal			18	0.13
Blank			1,087	7.88
Turnout			13,789	38.75
Registered			35,586
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent

Māuao Māori constituency

Māuao Māori constituency^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Matemoana McDonald	1,281	56.71
	Independent	Buddy Mikaere	901	39.88
Informal			5	0.22
Blank			64	2.83
Turnout			2,259	19.54
Registered			11,560
	Independent hold

Ōkurei Māori constituency

Ōkurei Māori constituency^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Te Taru White	1,809	45.30
	Independent	Raina M Meha	1,791	44.85
Informal			1	0.03
Blank			362	9.07
Turnout			3,993	33.13
Registered			12,051
	Independent hold

Kohi Māori constituency

Kohi Māori constituency^[7]^[9]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Te Pāti Māori	Toi Kai Rākau Iti	Unopposed
Registered			9,980
	Te Pāti Māori gain from Independent (incumbent changed affiliation)

Chair selection

Two candidates for chair were nominated Doug Leeder and Te Taru White. Leeder was elected by majority of a show of hands.^[10]

Hawke's Bay Regional Council

2022 Hawke's Bay Regional Council election

← 2019

8 October 2022

2025 →

Turnout

34,137 (39.16%)

11 seats on the Hawke's Bay Regional Council
6 seats needed for a majority

Party		Seats	+/–
	Independent	11	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Eleven councillors were elected to the Hawke's Bay Regional Council across five general constituencies and two Māori constituencies.

Wairoa general constituency

Wairoa general constituency^[11]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Di Roadley	1,182	63.82
	Independent	Apiata Tapine	534	28.83
Informal			0	0.00
Blank			183	9.88
Turnout			1,852	57.86
Registered			3,201
	Independent gain from Independent

Ahuriri/Napier general constituency

Ahuriri/Napier general constituency^[11]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Neil Kirton	12,261	69.46
	Independent	Martin Williams	11,446	64.84
	Independent	Hinewai Ormsby	9,323	52.82
	Independent	Mark Barham	6,362	36.04
Informal			5	0.03
Blank			651	3.69
Turnout			17,652	42.70
Registered			41,344
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Heretaunga/Hastings general constituency

Heretaunga/Hastings general constituency^[11]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jock Mackintosh	7,604	59.74
	Independent	Sophie Siers	7,132	56.03
	Independent	Xan Harding	5,921	46.52
	Independent	Craig Foss	5,491	43.14
	Independent	Steve Gibson	4,381	34.42
Informal			18	0.14
Blank			487	3.83
Turnout			12,729	36.21
Registered			35,149
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Ngaruroro general constituency

Ngaruroro general constituency^[11]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Jerf van Beek	Unopposed
Registered			14,505
	Independent hold

Tamatea/Central Hawke's Bay general constituency

Tamatea/Central Hawke's Bay general constituency^[11]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Will Foley	Unopposed
Registered			10,695
	Independent hold

Māui ki te Raki Māori constituency

Māui ki te Raki Māori constituency^[11]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Charles Lambert	988	51.89
	Independent	Michelle McIlroy	789	41.44
Informal			2	0.11
Blank			162	8.51
Turnout			1,904	25.43
Registered			7,486
	Independent win (new constituency)

Māui ki te Tonga Māori constituency

Māui ki te Tonga Māori constituency^[11]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thompson Hokianga	Unopposed
Registered			9,060
	Independent win (new constituency)

Chair selection

Hinewai Ormsby was the sole nominee and was thus elected unopposed to the chair position.^[12]

Taranaki Regional Council

2022 Taranaki Regional Council election

← 2019

8 October 2022

2025 →

Turnout

35,564 (44.55%)

11 seats on the Taranaki Regional Council
6 seats needed for a majority

Party		Seats	+/–
	Independent	11	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Eleven councillors were elected to the Taranaki Regional Council across four general constituencies and one Māori constituency.

New Plymouth general constituency

New Plymouth general constituency^[13]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Susan Hughes	10,537	52.63
	Independent	Charlotte Littlewood	10,239	51.14
	Independent	Tom Cloke	10,012	50.00
	Independent	Craig Williamson	8,188	40.90
	Independent	David Lloyd Lean	8,121	40.56
	Independent	Elvisa van der Leden	6,025	30.09
	Independent	Allen Juffermans	5,619	28.06
	Independent	Rusty Kane	3,403	17.00
	Independent	Chris Wilkes	3,194	15.95
	Independent	Lyall James Field	2,848	14.22
	Independent	Darrel Nicholas	2,402	12.00
Informal			265	1.32
Blank			1,450	7.24
Turnout			20,022	46.79
Registered			42,794
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

North Taranaki general constituency

North Taranaki general constituency^[13]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mike Davey	4,137	65.69
	Independent	Donald Hugh McIntyre	3,422	54.33
	Independent	Tama Blackburn	2,166	34.39
Informal			125	1.98
Blank			418	6.64
Turnout			6,298	44.86
Registered			14,038
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Stratford general constituency

Stratford general constituency^[13]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alan Jamieson	741	30.02
	Independent	Mary Bourke	623	25.24
	Independent	Matthew McDonald	582	23.58
	Independent	Andrew Wood	463	18.76
Informal			9	0.36
Blank			50	2.03
Turnout			2,468	38.2
Registered			6,461
	Independent gain from Independent

South Taranaki general constituency

South Taranaki general constituency^[13]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Neil William Walker	3,354	49.50
	Independent	Donna Cram	2,873	42.40
	Independent	Alan Murray	2,476	36.54
	Independent	Deborah Clough	1,944	28.69
	Independent	Urs Signer	1,030	15.20
Informal			40	0.59
Blank			287	4.24
Turnout			6,776	40.97
Registered			16,540
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent

Taranaki Māori constituency

Taranaki Māori general constituency^[11]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Bonita Bigham	Unopposed
Registered			7,097
	Independent win (new constituency)

Chair selection

Charlotte Littlewood was the sole nominee and was thus elected unopposed to the chair position.^[14]

Horizons Regional Council

2022 Horizons Regional Council election

← 2019

8 October 2022

2025 →

Turnout

66,541 (43.47%)

14 seats on the Horizons Regional Council
8 seats needed for a majority

Party		Seats	+/–
	Independent	13	+2
	Independent Green	1	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Fourteen councillors were elected to the Horizons Regional Council (also known as Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council) across six general constituencies and two Māori constituencies.

Horowhenua general constituency

Horowhenua general constituency^[15]^[3]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Emma Clarke	6,853	62.46
	Independent Green	Sam Ferguson	6,261	57.06
	Independent	Donald Hayes	4,071	37.10
Informal			2	0.02
Blank			754	6.87
Turnout			10,972	48.10
Registered			22,811
	Independent hold
	Independent Green hold

Manawatū-Rangitīkei general constituency

Manawatū-Rangitīkei general constituency^[15]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bruce Gordon	6,154	42.94
	Independent	Gordon McKellar	6,114	42.66
	Independent	Peter Wells	5,414	37.78
	Independent	Paul Bayly	3,795	26.48
	Independent	Don Ravine	2,273	15.86
Informal			110	0.77
Blank			1,095	7.64
Turnout			14,331	47.33
Registered			30,276
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent

Palmerston North general constituency

Palmerston North general constituency^[15]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jono Naylor	13,345	62.56
	Independent	Rachel Keedwell	13,148	61.64
	Independent	Fiona Gordon	10,844	50.83
	Independent	Wiremu Kingi Te Awe Awe	9,606	45.03
	Independent	Bal Ghimire	5,300	24.85
Informal			264	1.24
Blank			1,209	1.24
Turnout			21,332	38.56
Registered			55,327
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Ruapehu general constituency

Ruapehu general constituency^[15]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Nikki Riley	1,707	48.60
	Independent	Gail Gray	1,206	34.34
Informal			60	1.71
Blank			515	14.66
Turnout			3,512	53.10
Registered			6,614
	Independent gain from Independent

Whanganui general constituency

Whanganui general constituency^[15]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Cotton	8,613	57.84
	Independent	Alan Taylor	7,416	49.80
	Independent	Allan Wrigglesworth	6,457	43.36
Informal			10	0.08
Blank			1,360	9.07
Turnout			14,892	50.95
Registered			29,228
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent

Tararua general constituency

Tararua general constituency^[15]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Allan Benbow	Unopposed
Registered			11,569
	Independent hold

Raki Māori constituency

Raki Māori constituency^[15]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Turuhia (Jim) Edmonds	Unopposed
Registered			9,694
	Independent win (new constituency)

Tonga Māori constituency

Tonga Māori constituency^[15]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Te Kenehi Teira	1,310	87.22
	Independent	Warwick Gernhoefer	400	26.63
Informal			12	0.8
Blank			227	15.11
Turnout			1,502	17.19
Registered			8,739
	Independent win (new constituency)

Chair selection

The council was divided between support for Rachel Keedwell and Bruce Gordon for the position of chair. Keedwell won the vote of members 8-to-6.^[16]

Council vote on chair selection^[16]
Keedwell		Gordon
	Rachel Keedwell		Bruce Gordon
	Sam Ferguson		Fiona Gordon
	Jim Edmonds		David Cotton
	Jono Naylor		Allan Benbow
	Alan Taylor		Gordon McKellar
	Emma Clarke		Nikki Riley
	Wiremu Te Awe Awe
	Te Kenei Teira
8		6

Greater Wellington Regional Council

2022 Greater Wellington Regional Council election

← 2019

8 October 2022

2025 →

Turnout

154,290 (43.41%)

13 seats on the Greater Wellington Regional Council
7 seats needed for a majority

	Seats	+/–
Independent	9	0
Green	3	+1
Labour	1	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Thirteen councillors were elected to the Greater Wellington Regional Council (also known as Wellington Regional Council) across six general constituencies.

Poneke/Wellington constituency

2022 Greater Wellington Regional Council election: Poneke/Wellington constituency^[17]
Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Final vote^[d]
	Independent	Simon Woolfe	10,061	14.67	9,804
	Green	Yadana Saw	9,734	14.19	9,807
	Green	Thomas Nash	9,396	13.70	9,808
	Labour	Daran Ponter	7,373	10.75	9,806
	Independent	David Lee	5,458	7.96	9,804
	Independent	Roger Blakeley	6,375	9.3	9,782
	Independent	Glenda Hughes	4,206	6.13	0
	Independent	Jake Arthur	4,206	6.13	0
	Independent	Chris Calvi-Freeman	3,611	5.27	0
	Independent	Chris Montgomerie	1,428	2.08	0
	Independent	Thomas Bryan	1,320	1.92	0
	Independent	Leigh Catley	1,270	1.85	0
Informal			358	0.52
Blank			3,888	5.67
Turnout			68,575	45.89
Registered			149,422
	Independent gain from The Wellington Party
	Green gain from Independent
	Green hold
	Labour hold
	Independent hold

Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt constituency

2022 Greater Wellington Regional Council election: Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt constituency^[17]
Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Final vote^[d]
	Independent	David Bassett	7,119	22.26	7,405
	Independent	Ken Laban	7,086	22.16	7,327
	Green	Quentin Duthie	6,477	20.26	7,282
	Labour	Alex Voutratzis	3,259	10.19	3,639
	Independent	Michael Stevenson	2,736	8.56	3,313
	Independent	Peggy Luke-Ngaheke	1,514	4.74	0
	Independent	Tracey Buick	1,241	3.88	0
Informal			895	2.8
Blank			1,637	5.12
Turnout			31,974	40.98
Registered			78,030
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Green hold

Porirua-Tawa constituency

2022 Greater Wellington Regional Council election: Porirua-Tawa constituency^[17]
Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Final vote^[d]
	Independent	Chris Kirk-Burnnand	5,527	27.65	5,867
	Independent	Hikitia Ropata	3,903	19.53	5,925
	Independent	Roger Watkin	4,215	21.09	5,575
	Green	Robyn Smith	3,852	19.27	0
	Independent	Lynette Itani	1,092	5.46	0
Informal			187	0.94
Blank			2,204	11.03
Turnout			19,986	37.89
Registered			52,749
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Kāpiti Coast constituency

2022 Greater Wellington Regional Council election: Kāpiti Coast constituency^[17]^[3]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Penny Gaylor	10,216	52.46
	Independent Green	Asher Wilson-Goldman	7,824	40.18
Informal			12	0.06
Blank			1,366	7.01
Turnout			19,474	45.58
Registered			42,721
	Independent hold

Wairarapa constituency

2022 Greater Wellington Regional Council election: Wairarapa constituency^[17]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Adrienne Staples	Unopposed
Registered			42,721
	Independent hold

Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt constituency

2022 Greater Wellington Regional Council election: Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt constituency^[17]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Ros Connelly	7,376	51.65
	Independent	Steve Taylor	4,321	30.26
	Independent	Peter Hayes	1,453.	10.17
Informal			23	0.16
Blank			1,072	7.51
Turnout			14,281	43.93
Registered			32,510
	Independent hold

Chair selection

Daran Ponter, a Labour councillor, was elected as chair unopposed.^[18]

West Coast Regional Council

2022 West Coast Regional Council election

← 2019

8 October 2022

2025 →

Turnout

12,601 (52.18%)

7 seats on the West Coast Regional Council
4 seats needed for a majority

Party		Seats	+/–
	Independent	7	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Seven councillors were elected to the West Coast Regional Council across three general constituencies.

Buller constituency

Buller constituency^[19]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Frank Dooley	1,769	46.30
	Independent	Mark McIntyre	849	22.22
	Independent	Dave Hawes	794	20.78
	Independent	Paul Reynolds	732	19.16
	Independent	Rosco Moore	687	17.98
	Independent	Stephen Griffin	678	17.74
	Independent	Graham Howard-Mills	489	12.80
	Independent	Charlie Bruning	309	8.09
	Independent	Kair Lippiatt	285	7.46
	Independent	Paul Finlay	173	4.53
	Independent	Matt Ambler	89	2.33
Informal			36	0.94
Blank			106	2.77
Turnout			3,821	49.20
Registered			7,767
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Grey constituency

Grey constituency^[19]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Peter Ewen	3,225	65.14
	Independent	Allan John Birchfield	3,168	63.99
	Independent	Brett Cummings	3,047	61.54
	Independent	Mel Sutherland	1,908	38.54
Informal			1	0.02
Blank			257	5.19
Turnout			4,951	49.32
Registered			10,039
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Westland constituency

Westland constituency^[19]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Andy Campbell	1,603	41.86
	Independent	Peter Haddock	1,501	39.20
	Independent	Stuart Challenger	1,382	36.09
	Independent	Debra Magner	1,315	34.34
	Independent	Fritha Templeton	491	12.82
Informal			11	0.29
Blank			167	4.36
Turnout			3,829	60.38
Registered			6,342
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Chair selection

Allan Birchfield was elected to the position of chair.^[20]

Environment Canterbury

2022 Environment Canterbury election

← 2019

8 October 2022

2025 →

Turnout

202,264 (45.37%)

14 seats of Environment Canterbury
8 seats needed for a majority

Party		Seats	+/–
	Independent	12	+3
	The People's Choice	2	−2

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Fourteen councillors were elected to Environment Canterbury (also known as Canterbury Regional Council) across seven general constituencies.

North Canterbury/Ōpukepuke constituency

North Canterbury/Ōpukepuke constituency^[21]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Claire McKay	13,453	49.28
	Independent	Grant Edge	11,577	42.41
	Independent	Shaun Lissington	9,222	33.78
	Independent	Rachel Vaughan	9,152	33.53
Informal			22	0.08
Blank			3,157	11.57
Turnout			27,297	46.06
Registered			59,265
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Christchurch West/Ōpuna constituency

Christchurch West/Ōpuna constituency^[21]^[8]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice	Craig Pauling	13,534	40.55
	Independent	Deon Swiggs	11,132	33.36
	Independent	John Stringer	10,485	31.42
	Independent	Paul Franicevic	8,543	25.6
	Independent	Andrea Davis (Murray)	7,456	22.34
Informal			7	0.02
Blank			3,221	9.65
Turnout			33,374	45.74
Registered			72,971
	The People's Choice hold
	Independent gain from Independent

Mid-Canterbury/Ōpakihi constituency

Mid-Canterbury/Ōpakihi constituency^[21]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Ian MacKenzie	18,760	57.55
	Independent	John Sunckell	16,557	50.79
	Independent	Peter Trolove	11,624	35.66
	Independent	Matt Coffey	6,546	20.08
Informal			117	0.36
Blank			2,171	6.66
Turnout			32,600	45.68
Registered			71,362
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

South Canterbury/Ōtuhituhi constituency

South Canterbury/Ōtuhituhi constituency^[21]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Nick Ward	10,985	49.20
	Independent	Peter Scott	10,574	47.36
	Independent	Elizabeth McKenzie	10,166	45.53
	Independent	Roy Teweringa Snow	3,805	17.04
Informal			25	0.11
Blank			2,364	10.59
Turnout			22,326	50.32
Registered			44,372
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold

Christchurch North East/Ōrei constituency

Christchurch North East/Ōrei constituency^[21]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	David East	15,512	49.57
	The People's Choice – Labour	Joe Davies	9,963	31.84
	The People's Choice – Labour	Joe Davies	9,963	31.84
	Independent	Ashley Campbell	8,011	25.60
	Independent	Tane Apanui	7,622	24.36
	Independent	John Knox	6,515	20.82
Informal			5	0.02
Blank			2,648	8.46
Turnout			31,295	44.36
Registered			70,555
	Independent gain from Independent
	The People's Choice – Labour hold
	The People's Choice – Labour hold

Christchurch Central/Ōhoko constituency

Christchurch Central/Ōhoko constituency^[21]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Greg Byrnes	10,871	43.24
	Independent	Genevieve Robinson	10,693	42.53
	The People's Choice	Brynlea Stocks	9,556	38.01
	Independent	Murray Wiig	5,840	23.23
	Independent	Lindon Boyce	1,771	7.04
Informal			8	0.03
Blank			2,537	10.09
Turnout			25,142	37.99
Registered			66,188
	Independent gain from The Common Good
	Independent gain from The People's Choice – Labour

Christchurch South/Ōwhanga constituency

Christchurch South/Ōwhanga constituency^[21]^[8]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Vicky Southworth	17,844	59.03
	Independent	Paul Dietsche	10,612	35.10
	The People's Choice	Chrys Horn	9,535	31.54
	Independent	James Macbeth Dann	7,973	26.37
Informal			8	0.03
Blank			2,948	9.75
Turnout			30,230	49.50
Registered			61,070
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from The People's Choice – Labour

Chair selection

Councillors Peter Scott and Craig Pauling were nominated for the position. The votes being 7-to-7, a coin toss was held which Scott won and he was thus elected chair.^[22]

Otago Regional Council

2022 Otago Regional Council election

← 2019

8 October 2022

2025 →

Turnout

75,251 (48.82%)

12 seats of Otago Regional Council
7 seats needed for a majority

	Seats	+/–
Independent	11	0
Green	1	+1
Labour	0	−1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Twelve councillors were elected to the Otago Regional Council across four general constituencies.

Dunstan constituency

Dunstan constituency^[23]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Gary Kelliher	9,885	48.22
	Independent	Alexa Forbes	9,874	48.17
	Independent	Michael Laws	9,517	46.43
	Independent	Tony Lepper	9,496	46.33
	Independent	Mike Barker	6,283	30.65
Informal			102	0.5
Blank			1,439	7.02
Turnout			20,498	45.43
Registered			45,116
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Moeraki constituency

Moeraki constituency^[23]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Kevin Malcolm	Unopposed
Registered			15,220
	Independent hold

Molyneux constituency

Molyneux constituency^[23]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Lloyd McCall	8,487	55.91
	Independent	Kate Wilson	6,763	44.55
	Independent	Carmen Hope	6,460	42.55
Informal			123	0.81
Blank			2,025	13.34
Turnout			15,181	55.53
Registered			27,339
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold

Dunedin constituency

Dunedin constituency^[23]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Gretchen Robertson	17,401	43.97
	Independent	Bryan Scott	15,172	38.34
	Independent	Andrew Noone	15,106	38.17
	Independent	Elliot Weir	12,517	31.63
	Ōtepoti Green	Alan Somerville	11,235	28.39
	Independent	Tim Mepham	11,114	28.09
	Independent	Richard Anderson	9,559	24.16
	Independent	Malcolm Budd	8,917	22.53
	Labour	Bill Southworth	8,722	22.04
	Independent	Ross Davies	8,654	21.87
	Independent	James Cockle	6,401	16.18
	Independent	Mathew Kiore	6,175	15.60
	Independent	Watson Pita	5,115	12.93
	Independent	Jenn Shulzitski	3,367	8.51
Informal			354	0.89
Blank			4,085	10.32
Turnout			39,572	48.48
Registered			81,628
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Labour
	Ōtepoti Green gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Chair selection

Gretchen Robertson and Kevin Malcolm were nominated for the position of chair. Robertson won the vote of councillors 7-to-5.^[24]

Environment Southland

2022 Environment Southland election

← 2019

8 October 2022

2025 →

Turnout

33,232 (51.93%)

12 seats of Environment Southland
7 seats needed for a majority

Party		Seats	+/–
	Independent	12	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Twelve councillors were elected to Environment Southland (also known as Southland Regional Council) across six general constituencies.

Fiordland constituency

Fiordland constituency^[25]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Paul Evans	821	51.03
	Independent	Allan Baird	430	26.72
Informal			0	0.00
Blank			125	7.77
Turnout			1,609	56.54
Registered			2,846
	Independent hold

Eastern-Dome constituency

Eastern-Dome constituency^[25]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Jeremy McPhail	3,856	63.35
	Independent	Alastair Gibson	2,554	41.96
	Independent	Danny Mitchell	2,180	35.81
Informal			3	0.05
Blank			472	7.75
Turnout			6,087	52.64
Registered			11,564
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent

Hokonui constituency

Hokonui constituency^[25]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Peter McDonald	1,244	47.79
	Independent	Russell Gordon MacPherson	928	35.65
Informal			1	0.04
Blank			195	7.49
Turnout			2,603	47.10
Registered			5,527
	Independent gain from Independent

Southern constituency

Southern constituency^[25]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Jon Pemberton	1,004	54.59
	Independent	Lloyd James McCallum	563	30.61
Informal			0	0.00
Blank			150	8.16
Turnout			1,839	41.29
Registered			4,454
	Independent gain from Independent

Invercargill-Rakiura constituency

Invercargill-Rakiura constituency^[25]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Eric Roy	10,191	48.31
	Independent	Lyndal Ludlow	8,632	40.92
	Independent	Maurice Rodway	8,620	40.86
	Independent	Neville Cook	8,242	39.07
	Independent	Phil Morrison	7,291	34.56
	Independent	Robert Guyton	7,054	33.44
	Independent	Bruce Pagan	6,995	33.16
	Independent	Gemma McGrath	5,489	26.02
Informal			11	0.05
Blank			1,582	7.5
Turnout			21,094	53.26
Registered			39,602
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold

Western constituency

Western constituency^[25]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Nicol Horrell	Unopposed
Registered			5,297
	Independent hold

Chair selection

Nicol Horrell was re-elected chair for his third term in the position unopposed.^[26]

Notes

↑ Includes Green-endorsed Independent
↑ Percentage is across contested constituencies only.
↑ Note that voters had different amounts of votes depending on constituency.
1 2 3 Rounded to whole number.

References

1 2 3 "Local Authority Election Statistics 2022". Department of Internal Affairs. April 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ofsoske, Dale (14 October 2022). "Declaration of Results of Election" (PDF). Northland Regional Council.
1 2 3 4 Walford, Chennoah (2022). "Local government elections spotlight". Te Awa. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
↑ "Inaugural Council Meeting". Northland Regional Council. 25 October 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ahipene, Mali (15 October 2022). "Declaration of Results for the Waikato Regional Council 2022 Elections" (PDF). Waikato Regional Council.
↑ Gill, Mary Anne (16 December 2022). "Regional chair for Graf". Cambridge News.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Final results". Bay of Plenty Regional Council. 14 October 2022.
1 2 3 "Our Local Government Candidates". Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022.
↑ The Maori Party (18 August 2022). "Māori Party Secures First Ever Seat At Local Government Table". Scoop.
↑ "Regional Council". Bay of Plenty Regional Council. 19 October 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hooper, Leeanne (14 October 2022). "2022 Local Government elections - declaration of results". Hawke's Bay Regional Council.
↑ "Minutes of a meeting of the Regional Council". Hawke's Bay Regional Council. 26 October 2022.
1 2 3 4 Ofsoske, Dale (14 October 2022). "Declaration of Results of Election" (PDF). Taranaki Regional Council.
↑ Hill, Elijah (26 October 2022). "Taranaki Regional Council's first female chairperson says council has opportunity to become one of the best in the country". Stuff.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Grant, Craig (14 October 2022). "Declaration of Result" (PDF). Horizons Regional Council.
1 2 Galuszka, Jono (27 October 2022). "Rachel Keedwell retains chairperson role at Horizons Regional Council". Stuff.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Lampp, Warwick (14 October 2022). "Declaration of Result" (PDF). Greater Wellington Regional Council.
↑ "Confirmed Public minutes of the Inaugural Council meeting for the 2022–2025 Triennium" (PDF). Greater Wellington Regional Council. 28 October 2022.
1 2 3 Electoral Officer (14 October 2022). "Declaration of Result" (PDF). West Coast Regional Council.
↑ McMahon, Brendon (10 October 2022). "Westland election results victory for 'Trumpism', ousted councillor says". Radio New Zealand.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Morton, Anthony (14 October 2022). "Declaration of Result". Environment Canterbury.
↑ Harvie, Will (28 October 2022). "ECan leader picked by name drawn from tin opposed to regional stadium rate". Stuff.
1 2 3 4 Morton, Anthony (14 October 2022). "Declaration of 2022 election result". Otago Regional Council.
↑ "Minutes of an ordinary meeting of Council" (PDF). Otago Regional Council. 26 October 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Brown, Jan (8 October 2022). "2022 Election results archived". Environment Southland.
↑ Kelly, Rachael (28 October 2022). "Horrell retains Environment Southland chairmanship". Stuff.

[1] Includes Green-endorsed Independent

[contested_only-3] Percentage is across contested constituencies only.

[raw_vote-4] Note that voters had different amounts of votes depending on constituency.

[rounded-21] 1 2 3 Rounded to whole number.

[stats_2022-2] 1 2 3 "Local Authority Election Statistics 2022". Department of Internal Affairs. April 2026.

[Northland_2022-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ofsoske, Dale (14 October 2022). "Declaration of Results of Election" (PDF). Northland Regional Council.

[green_endorsed-6] 1 2 3 4 Walford, Chennoah (2022). "Local government elections spotlight". Te Awa. Retrieved 23 August 2025.

[7] "Inaugural Council Meeting". Northland Regional Council. 25 October 2022.

[Waikato-8] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ahipene, Mali (15 October 2022). "Declaration of Results for the Waikato Regional Council 2022 Elections" (PDF). Waikato Regional Council.

[9] Gill, Mary Anne (16 December 2022). "Regional chair for Graf". Cambridge News.

[Bay_of_Plenty-10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Final results". Bay of Plenty Regional Council. 14 October 2022.

[Green_Endorsed_2-11] 1 2 3 "Our Local Government Candidates". Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022.

[12] The Maori Party (18 August 2022). "Māori Party Secures First Ever Seat At Local Government Table". Scoop.

[13] "Regional Council". Bay of Plenty Regional Council. 19 October 2022.

[Hawke's_Bay-14] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hooper, Leeanne (14 October 2022). "2022 Local Government elections - declaration of results". Hawke's Bay Regional Council.

[15] "Minutes of a meeting of the Regional Council". Hawke's Bay Regional Council. 26 October 2022.

[Taranaki-16] 1 2 3 4 Ofsoske, Dale (14 October 2022). "Declaration of Results of Election" (PDF). Taranaki Regional Council.

[17] Hill, Elijah (26 October 2022). "Taranaki Regional Council's first female chairperson says council has opportunity to become one of the best in the country". Stuff.

[Horizons-18] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Grant, Craig (14 October 2022). "Declaration of Result" (PDF). Horizons Regional Council.

[:0-19] 1 2 Galuszka, Jono (27 October 2022). "Rachel Keedwell retains chairperson role at Horizons Regional Council". Stuff.

[Greater_Wellington-20] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lampp, Warwick (14 October 2022). "Declaration of Result" (PDF). Greater Wellington Regional Council.

[22] "Confirmed Public minutes of the Inaugural Council meeting for the 2022–2025 Triennium" (PDF). Greater Wellington Regional Council. 28 October 2022.

[West_Coast-23] 1 2 3 Electoral Officer (14 October 2022). "Declaration of Result" (PDF). West Coast Regional Council.

[24] McMahon, Brendon (10 October 2022). "Westland election results victory for 'Trumpism', ousted councillor says". Radio New Zealand.

[Canterbury-25] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Morton, Anthony (14 October 2022). "Declaration of Result". Environment Canterbury.

[26] Harvie, Will (28 October 2022). "ECan leader picked by name drawn from tin opposed to regional stadium rate". Stuff.

[Otago-27] 1 2 3 4 Morton, Anthony (14 October 2022). "Declaration of 2022 election result". Otago Regional Council.

[28] "Minutes of an ordinary meeting of Council" (PDF). Otago Regional Council. 26 October 2022.

[Southland-29] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Brown, Jan (8 October 2022). "2022 Election results archived". Environment Southland.

[30] Kelly, Rachael (28 October 2022). "Horrell retains Environment Southland chairmanship". Stuff.

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