# 2022–2025 term of the Auckland Council

The 2022–2025 triennium is the current and fifth term of the Auckland Council, a territorial authority that governs the Auckland region of New Zealand. It was elected at the 2022 local elections held on 8 October, and mayor and councillors were sworn in on 28 October.

## Events
### 2022

* 8 October: Preliminary election results released, Brown leads by over 50,000 votes.
* 8 October: Auckland Transport chair Adrienne Young-Cooper resigns following election of Brown, who said he would replace all directors of major council controlled agencies.
* 15 October: Final election results released, Brown confirmed to have won.
* 20 October: Mayor-elect Brown meets with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
* 27 October: Mayor-elect Brown announces Desley Simpson will be his deputy, saying she was "overwhelmingly" supported by the incoming council members.
* 28 October: Mayor and councillors sworn in.

### 2023

* 27 January–2 February: Severe flooding in Auckland after heavy rainfall across the upper North Island.
* 12 February: Cyclone Gabrielle reaches Auckland as a subtropical storm, worsening flooding.
* April–October: Council rolls out food scrap bins across the region, with mixed reactions from Aucklanders.

### 2024

* 14 January: Central government cancels the Auckland Light Rail project.
* 21 February: Former councillor and 2022 mayoral race runner-up, Efeso Collins, dies following charity run.
* 4 July: The council voted 18–3 to oppose the government's increases to road speed limits.
* 9 November: Wayne Brown releases his draft of Mayoral Proposal for the Annual Plan 2025-26, confirming plans for Auckland Transport to be brought back under council control.
* 4 December: The council sold for $1.31 billion the remaining shares it owned in the Auckland International Airport as part of the council's long-term plan.
* 19 December: The council voted 11–8 to oppose the Government's Treaty Principles Bill.

## Composition
### Mayor

Two-term incumbent mayor Phil Goff did not stand for re-election, with the 2022 race for mayor seeing the centre-right Wayne Brown face off against the centre-left Efeso Collins (endorsed by Labour and the Greens), with Brown winning by more than 54,000. The election of Brown saw the super city's first right wing mayor since its inception in 2010.
Tim Murphy of Newsroom described Brown as an "anti-establishment" candidate, with Brown himself stating that his election "sent the clearest possible message to Auckland Council, and central government in Wellington." Brown said that transport was the number issue, followed by crime, unfinished projects, over regulation, and council spending.
| Mayor | Mayor | Affiliation | Affiliation | Political lean | Political lean | Elected | Deputy |
| | Wayne Brown | | Fix Auckland | | Right-leaning | 2022 | Desley Simpson |

### Councillors

A right ward shift was noted in the council following the 2022 elections, not only with the election of the right-leaning Wayne Brown as mayor. Eight new councillors were elected, with Julie Fairey, Lotu Fuli, and Kerrin Leoni being the new left wing faces and Andy Baker, Maurice Williamson, Ken Turner, and Mike Lee being the new councillors from the right. Many of the new right wing councillors ran on "reining in" council spending, including former National MP Maurice Williamson.
| Ward | Councillor | Affiliation | Political lean | Elected |
| Albany | John Watson | Putting People First | Right-leaning | 2016 |
| Albany | Wayne Walker | Putting People First | Right-leaning | 2010 |
| Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa | Christine Fletcher | Communities and Residents | Right-leaning | 2010 |
| Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa | Julie Fairey | City Vision | Left-leaning | 2022 |
| Franklin | Andy Baker | Team Franklin | Right-leaning | 2022 |
| Howick | Sharon Stewart | Independent | Right-leaning | 2010 |
| Howick | Maurice Williamson | Independent | Right-leaning | 2022 |
| Manukau | Lotu Fuli | Labour | Left-leaning | 2022 |
| Manukau | Alf Filipaina | Labour | Left-leaning | 2010 |
| Manurewa-Papakura | Angela Dalton | None | Left-leaning | 2019 |
| Manurewa-Papakura | Daniel Newman | Manurewa-Papakura Action Team | Right-leaning | 2016 |
| Maungakiekie-Tāmaki | Josephine Bartley | Labour | Left-leaning | 2018 |
| North Shore | Chris Darby | For the Shore | Left-leaning | 2013 |
| North Shore | Richard Hills | A Positive Voice for the Shore | Left-leaning | 2016 |
| Ōrākei | Desley Simpson | Communities and Residents | Right-leaning | 2016 |
| Rodney | Greg Sayers | Independent | Right-leaning | 2016 |
| Waitākere | Shane Henderson | Labour | Left-leaning | 2019 |
| Waitākere | Ken Turner | WestWards | Right-leaning | 2022 |
| Waitematā and Gulf | Mike Lee | Auckland Independents | Right-leaning | 2022 |
| Whau | Kerrin Leoni | Labour | Left-leaning | 2022 |