# 2019 Hawke's Bay local elections

The 2019 Hawke's Bay local elections were held on 12 October 2019 as part of the wider 2019 New Zealand local elections to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. These elections covered one regional council, four territorial authorities, a district health board, a licensing trust, and a rural community board.

## Hawke's Bay Regional Council

The Hawke's Bay Regional Council used the first past the post system to elect 9 regional councillors for the 2019–2022 term.

### Wairoa constituency

The Wairoa constituency returned one councillor to the regional council.
2019 Hawke's Bay Regional Council - Wairoa constituency election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| None | Charles Lambert | 1365 | 50.1 |
| Independent | Fenton Wilson | 1266 | 46.5 |
| Informal: 1 Blank: 93 Total voters: 2725 ||||

### Napier constituency

The Napier constituency returned three councillors to the regional council.
2019 Hawke's Bay Regional Council - Napier constituency election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Protecting our waterways | Ormsby HinewaI | 11838 | 52.8 |
| None | Neil Kirton | 11576 | 51.7 |
| None | Martin Williams | 10312 | 46.0 |
| None | Nichola Nicholson | 8668 | 38.7 |
| Independent | Paul Bailey | 6880 | 30.7 |
| None | John Smith | 2202 | 9.8 |
| Informal: 20 Blank: 727 Total voters: 22402 ||||

### Hastings constituency

The Hastings constituency returned three councillors to the regional council.
2019 Hawke's Bay Regional Council - Hastings constituency election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| None | Rick Barker | 7075 | 41.0 |
| None | Rex Graham | 6799 | 39.4 |
| The right balance | Craig Foss | 6486 | 37.6 |
| None | Tom Belford | 5825 | 33.9 |
| None | Peter Guerin | 5559 | 32.2 |
| Honest independent | Tim Gilbertson | 4620 | 26.8 |
| Independent | Mary O'Neill | 4131 | 23.9 |
| Independent | Grant R Seton | 2344 | 13.6 |
| Informal: 55 Blank: 804 Total voters: 17259 ||||

### Ngaruroro constituency

The Ngaruroro constituency returned one councillor to the regional council.
2019 Hawke's Bay Regional Council - Ngaruroro constituency election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Jerf van Beek | 4157 | 58.3 |
| Independent | Guy Wellwood | 2396 | 33.6 |
| Informal: 3 Blank: 578 Total voters: 7136 ||||

### Central Hawke's Bay constituency

The Central Hawke's Bay constituency returned one councillor to the regional council.
2019 Hawke's Bay Regional Council - Central Hawke's Bay constituency election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Sustainable Tomorrow | Will Foley | 3592 | 59.7 |
| The Gardener | Tony Kuklinski | 1643 | 27.3 |
| Informal: 4 Blank: 201 Total voters: 6013 ||||

## Wairoa District Council

The Wairoa District Council used the first past the post system to elect 6 councillors and 1 mayor for the 2019–2022 term.

### Mayor

2019 Wairoa mayoral election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| None | Craig Little | 1973 | 71.5 |
| None | Waipatu Winitana | 521 | 18.9 |
| None | Jennifer Takuta-Moses | 179 | 6.5 |
| Informal: 4 Blank: 82 Total voters: 2759 ||||

### General ward

The general ward returned three councillors to the district council.
2019 Wairoa District Council - General ward election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| None | Denise Eaglesome-Karekare | 1190 | 67.4 |
| Independent | Jeremy Harker | 1137 | 64.4 |
| None | Hine Beth Flood | 867 | 49.1 |
| Independent | Dave Evans | 651 | 36.9 |
| None | Waipatu Winitana | 454 | 25.7 |
| None | Murray Olsen | 365 | 20.7 |
| Informal: 2 Blank: 24 Total voters: 1766 ||||

### Māori ward

The Māori ward returned three councillors to the district council.
2019 Wairoa District Council - Māori ward election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| None | Chaans Tumataroa-Clarke | 661 | 66.6 |
| None | Melissa Kaimoana | 518 | 52.2 |
| None | Danika Goldsack | 344 | 34.6 |
| None | Hinenui Tipoki-Lawton | 278 | 28.0 |
| None | Kurawari Panere | 192 | 19.3 |
| None | Carol Grant | 155 | 15.6 |
| None | Jennifer Takuta-Moses | 139 | 14.0 |
| None | Wayne Taylor | 137 | 13.8 |
| None | Kuini Beatti | 112 | 11.3 |
| Informal: 2 Blank: 14 Total voters: 993 ||||

## Napier City Council

The Napier City Council used the first past the post system to elect 12 councillors and 1 mayor for the 2019–2022 term.

### Mayor

2019 Napier mayoral election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Kirsten Wise | 13967 | 62.3 |
| None | Chris Tremain | 5138 | 22.9 |
| Ratepayers action group | Steve Gibson | 2411 | 10.7 |
| Forward Together | David Hannay | 604 | 2.7 |
| Informal: 28 Blank: 281 Total voters: 22429 ||||

### Ahuriri ward

The Ahuriri ward returned two councillors to the city council.
2019 Napier City Council - Ahuriri ward election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| None | Hayler Browne (née Young) | 2853 | 62.5 |
| Independent | Keith Price | 1412 | 30.9 |
| More of a say | James Crow | 1327 | 29.1 |
| Independent | Matthew Bonnett | 1179 | 25.8 |
| New Independent - time for a change | Craig Morley | 1126 | 24.7 |
| Informal: 17 Blank: 152 Total voters: 4563 ||||

### Onekawa-Tamatea ward

The Onekawa-Tamatea ward returned two councillors to the city council.
2019 Napier City Council - Onekawa-Tamatea ward election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Local and listening | Richard McGrath | 2447 | 71.2 |
| Independent and working for us | Annette Brosnan | 1944 | 56.5 |
| Ratepayers action group | Steve Gibson | 1411 | 41.0 |
| Informal: 0 Blank: 61 Total voters: 3439 ||||

### Nelson Park ward

The Nelson Park ward returned four councillors to the city council.
2019 Napier City Council - Nelson Park ward election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Supporting the community | Maxine Boag | 2965 | 66.4 |
| Consultation, Collaboration, Community | (Api) Apiata Tapine | 2414 | 54.1 |
| For a thriving Napier | Sally Crown | 1904 | 42.6 |
| Independent - Vote New | Greg (Grego) Mawson | 1742 | 39.0 |
| Independent | Will Jenkins | 1671 | 37.4 |
| None | Chris Stewart | 1649 | 36.9 |
| Informal: 2 Blank: 145 Total voters: 4466 ||||

### Taradale ward

The Taradale ward returned four councillors to the city council.
2019 Napier City Council - Taradale ward election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Ronda Chrystal | 4780 | 48.0 |
| Independent | Tania Wright | 4646 | 46.6 |
| Independent | Nigel Simpson | 4514 | 45.3 |
| None | Graeme Taylor | 4514 | 45.3 |
| Independent | Catherine Hawkins | 4400 | 44.2 |
| None | Gary Wise | 4397 | 44.1 |
| None | Jake Brookie | 3387 | 35.0 |
| Informal: 4 Blank: 272 Total voters: 9961 ||||

## Hastings District Council

The Hastings District Council used the first past the post system to elect 14 councillors, 6 licensing trust members, 4 community board members and 1 mayor for the 2019–2022 term.

### Mayor

2019 Hastings mayoral election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Sandra Hazlehurst | 13188 | 54.0 |
| Change Up Hastings | Damon Harvey | 10120 | 41.4 |
| Informal: 10 Blank: 1105 Total voters: 24423 ||||

### Mohaka ward

The Mohaka ward returned one councillor to the district council.
2019 Hastings District Council - Mohaka ward election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| None | Tania Kerr | 1173 | 65.7 |
| None | Stuart Perry | 555 | 31.1 |
| Informal: 0 Blank: 58 Total voters: 1786 ||||

### Heretaunga ward

The Heretaunga ward returned two councillors to the district council.
2019 Hastings District Council - Heretaunga ward election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| None | Ann Redstone | 2312 | 54.9 |
| Independent | Alwyn Corban | 1724 | 41.0 |
| None | Olive Taylor | 1170 | 27.8 |
| Independent | Keith Newman | 1072 | 25.5 |
| None | Jason Whaitiri | 1066 | 25.3 |
| Informal: 7 Blank: 175 Total voters: 4208 ||||

### Hastings-Havelock North ward

The Hastings-Havelock North ward returned eight councillors to the district council.
2019 Hastings District Council - Hastings-Havelock North ward election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| None | Eileen Lawson | 8869 | 61.7 |
| None | Damon Harvey | 8519 | 59.3 |
| None | Malcolm Dixon | 7819 | 54.4 |
| None | Kelvin Watkins | 7638 | 53.2 |
| None | Bayden Barber | 7629 | 53.1 |
| None | Geraldine Travers | 7466 | 52.0 |
| Independent | Wendy Schollum | 7011 | 48.8 |
| None | Simon J H Nixon | 6267 | 43.6 |
| None | Rizwaana (Riz) Latiff | 5314 | 37.0 |
| None | Rebecca Burn | 4637 | 32.2 |
| None | Sayeed Ahmed | 3769 | 26.2 |
| None | Rion Roben | 3135 | 21.8 |
| Informal: 15 Blank: 262 Total voters: 14367 ||||

### Flaxmere ward

The Flaxmere ward returned two councillors to the district council.
2019 Hastings District Council - Flaxmere ward election :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peleti Oli | 1140 | 55.0 |
| | None | Henare O'Keefe | 893 | 43.1 |
| | None | Jacoby Poulain | 842 | 40.6 |
| | Independent | Paula Morgan Mihaka | 449 | 21.7 |
| | None | Melanie Petrowski | 358 | 17.3 |
| | None | Gerraldine Kelly Tahere | 172 | 8. |
| Informal: 5 Blank: 19 Total voters: 2073 |||||

### Kahuranaki ward

The Kahuranaki ward returned one councillor to the district council. Sophie Siers was elected uncontested.

### Rural Community Board

The Hastings District Council's Rural Community Board was created in 1992 to represent the district's rural communities. Four of the boards seven members are elected from the rural subdivisions of Kaweka, Maraekākaho, Poukawa, and Tūtira.

#### Poukawa community subdivision

The Poukawa community subdivision returned one member of the Rural Community Board.
2019 HDC Rural Community Board - Poukawa community subdivision election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| None | Marcus Buddo | 890 | 77.9 |
| None | Charmaine Tuhaka | 123 | 10.8 |
| Informal: 1 Blank: 128 Total voters: 1142 ||||

#### Maraekākaho community subdivision

The Maraekākaho community subdivision returned one member of the Rural Community Board.
2019 HDC Rural Community Board - Maraekākaho community subdivision election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| None | Jonathan Stockley | 506 | 59.6 |
| None | Lesley Wilson | 287 | 33.8 |
| Informal: 0 Blank: 56 Total voters: 849 ||||

#### Tūtira community subdivision

The Tūtira community subdivision returned one member of the Rural Community Board. Sue Maxwell was re-elected uncontested

#### Kaweka community subdivision

The Kaweka community subdivision returned one member of the Rural Community Board. Nick Dawson was re-elected uncontested.

## Central Hawke's Bay District Council

The Central Hawke's Bay District Council used the first past the post system to elect 8 councillors and 1 mayor for the 2019–2022 term.

### Mayor

2019 Central Hawke's Bay mayoral election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| None | Alex Walker | 4984 | 91.3 |
| None | Darcie Meremere Tu Ahiahi Scowen | 334 | 6.1 |
| Informal: 4 Blank: 136 Total voters: 5458 ||||

### Aramoana-Ruahine ward

The Aramoana-Ruahine ward returned four councillors to the district council.
2019 Central Hawke's Bay District Council - Aramoana-Ruahine ward election :
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| None | Kate Taylor | 2118 | 78.3 |
| None | Tim Aitken | 1843 | 68.1 |
| None | Jerry Greer | 1819 | 67.2 |
| None | Brent Muggeridge | 1686 | 62.3 |
| None | Hirani Maaka | 742 | 27.4 |
| None | Darcie Meremere Tu Ahiahi Scowen | 322 | 11.9 |
| Informal: 2 Blank: 58 Total voters: 2706 ||||

### Ruataniwha ward

The Ruataniwha ward returned four councillors to the district council. As the number of nominations received did not exceed the number of vacancies, Kelly Annand, Tim Chote, Gerard Minehan, and Exham Wichman were declared elected.