# Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board

The Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council. It is the only local board overseen by the council's Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Ward councillor (some wards administer more than one local board).
The Maungakiekie-Tāmaki board, named after Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill and the Tamaki River estuary in the board area, covers the suburbs of Glen Innes, Mount Wellington, Onehunga, Oranga, Panmure, Penrose, Point England, Royal Oak, Southdown, Sylvia Park, Tamaki, Te Papapa, Wai o Taiki Bay, and Westfield.
The board is governed by seven board members elected from two subdivisions: three from the Maungakiekie subdivision (board area west of the Southern Motorway, excluding Westfield), and four from the Tāmaki subdivision (Westfield and board area east of the Southern Motorway). The first board members were elected with the nationwide local elections on Saturday 9 October 2010.

## Demographics

Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board Area covers 36.47 km$^2$ (14.08 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 88,200 as of June 2024, with a population density of 2,418 people per km$^2$.
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board Area had a population of 78,102 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 1,818 people (2.4%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 8,097 people (11.6%) since the 2013 census. There were 38,433 males, 39,363 females and 306 people of other genders in 26,499 dwellings. 3.8% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 34.5 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 14,784 people (18.9%) aged under 15 years, 17,079 (21.9%) aged 15 to 29, 36,711 (47.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 9,531 (12.2%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 42.2% European (Pākehā); 14.1% Māori; 25.9% Pasifika; 29.9% Asian; 3.0% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.5% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 91.4%, Māori language by 2.9%, Samoan by 4.9%, and other languages by 30.4%. No language could be spoken by 2.9% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 42.4, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 41.7% Christian, 4.4% Hindu, 2.7% Islam, 1.2% Māori religious beliefs, 2.6% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, 0.2% Jewish, and 1.7% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 39.3%, and 6.1% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 20,340 (32.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 25,467 (40.2%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 17,514 (27.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $45,100, compared with $41,500 nationally. 8,388 people (13.2%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 34,989 (55.3%) people were employed full-time, 6,417 (10.1%) were part-time, and 2,226 (3.5%) were unemployed.

## 2022-2025 term

The current board members for the 2022-2025 term, elected at the 2022 local elections, are:
| Name | Ticket (if any) | Subdivision | Position |
| Maria Meredith | Labour | Tāmaki | Chairperson |
| Debbie Burrows | Communities and Residents | Maungakiekie | Deputy Chairperson |
| Don Allan | Communities and Residents | Maungakiekie | Board member |
| Nerissa Henry | Labour | Tāmaki | Board member |
| Chris Makoare | Labour | Tāmaki | Board member |
| Peter McGlashan | Labour | Tāmaki | Board member |
| Tony Woodcock | Communities and Residents | Maungakiekie | Board member |

## 2019–2022 term

The board members for the 2019–2022 term, elected at the 2019 local body elections, were:
| Name | Party | Votes |
| Maria Meredith | Labour | 4269 |
| Don Allan | C&R – Communities and Residents | 4116 |
| Nerissa Henry | Labour | 4110 |
| Peter McGlashan | Labour | 3944 |
| Chris Makoare | Labour | 3940 |
| Debbie Burrows | C&R – Communities and Residents | 3760 |
| Tony Woodcock | C&R – Communities and Residents | 3394 |

## 2016–2019 term

The board members, elected at the 2016 local body elections or in a subsequent by-election, were:
| Name | Party | Position |
| Chris Makoare | Labour | Chair |
| Don Allan | | Deputy Chair |
| Debbie Burrows | Auckland Future | |
| Bernie Diver | Auckland Future | |
| Nerissa Henry | Labour | |
| Maria Meredith$^{n1}$ | Labour | |
| Alan Verrall | Labour | |
$^{n1}$ This member was elected in a May 2018 by-election triggered when member Josephine Bartley was elected as a ward councillor.

## Election results
### 2016 election results
#### Maungakiekie subdivision

| | Name | Party | Votes |
| | Bernie Diver | Auckland Future | 3183 |
| | Don Allan | nil | 3032 |
| | Debbie Leaver | Auckland Future | 2847 |
| | Hema Wihongi | Maungakiekie Community Voices | 2537 |
| | Angelina Weir | Maungakiekie Community Voices | 2364 |
| | Jacqueline Clark | Independent | 2098 |
| | Chris Jenkin | Maungakiekie Community Voices | 2000 |
| | Caroline Gray | Independent | 1260 |
| INFORMAL | INFORMAL | INFORMAL | 10 |
| BLANK | BLANK | BLANK | 930 |

#### Tāmaki subdivision

| | Name | Party | Votes |
| | Josephine Bartley | Labour | 5161 |
| | Chris Makoare | Labour | 4506 |
| | Nerissa Henry | Labour | 4497 |
| | Alan Verrall | Labour | 4227 |
| | Tony Smith | Independent | 2946 |
| | Yvonne Dainty | Independent | 2311 |
| | Barbara Shaw | Independent | 2101 |
| | Patrick O'Meara | Independent | 1173 |
| | Bryan Mockridge | United Future | 1566 |
| INFORMAL | INFORMAL | INFORMAL | 22 |
| BLANK | BLANK | BLANK | 839 |

### 2013 election results
#### Maungakiekie subdivision

| Name | Party | Votes |
| Simon Randall | Maungakiekie Team | Elected Unopposed |
| Brett Clark | Maungakiekie Team | Elected Unopposed |
| Bridget Graham | Maungakiekie Team | Elected Unopposed |

#### Tāmaki subdivision

| | Name | Party | Votes |
| | Josephine Bartley | Labour | 6194 |
| | Chris Makoare | Labour | 5708 |
| | Alan Verral | Labour | 5548 |
| | Obed Unasa | Labour | 4392 |
| | Jocelyn Calvert | Independent | 2587 |
| | Patrick O'Meara | Independent | 2435 |
| | Yvonne Dainty | Independent | 2125 |
| | Makelesi Ngata | | 1847 |
| INFORMAL | INFORMAL | INFORMAL | 14 |
| BLANK | BLANK | BLANK | 662 |

### 2010 election results
#### Maungakiekie subdivision

| Name | Party | Votes |
| Simon Randall | Maungakiekie Team | 5173 |
| Bridget Graham | Maungakiekie Team | 4847 |
| Brett Clark | Maungakiekie Team | 4711 |
| Debbie Leaver | Focus Local | 3209 |
| Carl Power | Citizens & Ratepayers | 2440 |
| Roshni Golian | Citizens & Ratepayers | 2060 |
| Joseph Rebello | Citizens & Ratepayers | 1425 |
| Kane Te Waaka | Independent | 904 |
| Walter Wi-Peri | | 343 |
| Informal | | 16 |
| Blank | | 875 |

#### Tāmaki subdivision

| Name | Party | Votes |
| Leila Boyle | Labour | 8388 |
| Alan Verral | Labour | 7523 |
| Josephine Bartley | Labour | 7432 |
| Chris Makoare | Labour | 7367 |
| Bob Wakefield | Citizens & Ratepayers | 4447 |
| Informal | | 7 |
| Blank | | 1238 |

## List of board chairs

| # | Name | Affiliation | Term |
| 1 | Leila Boyle | Labour | 2010–2012 |
| 2 | Simon Randall | Maungakiekie Team | 2012–2016 |
| 3 | Josephine Bartley | Labour | 2016–2018 |
| 4 | Chris Makoare | Labour | 2018–2019 |
| 5 | Maria Meredith | Labour | 2019–present |