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The 2001 New Zealand local elections were triennial elections held in New Zealand on Saturday 13 October 2001.

The Rodney District held its election in March rather than October due to the resignation of the previous mayor.

Election schedule

Key dates relating to the local elections were as follows:[1]

27 July Nominations open
24 August Last day of candidate nominations and withdrawals, closed at noon. Unopposed candidates are declared nominated to office.
21–26 September Postal ballots to be sent out where required.
13 October Polling day – Polls open 9am to 7pm. Postal ballots must be returned to returning officer before poll close.

Voting system

The 2001 local elections were the last occasion when first-past-the-post voting (FPP) was used exclusively. From the 2004 elections onwards, territorial authorities and regional councils could choose betw26 een FPP and the single transferable vote (STV) method.[2] District health board elections had to use STV from 2004 and were changed to at-large elections.[3]

Elections

Regional councils

The regional level of government in New Zealand is organised into areas controlled by regional councils.

Council Electoral System Seats Control Turnout[4] Details Sources
1998 Result
Northland FPP 8
  •   ? unknown
  •   8 Independents
 		42,081 (44.6%) [5]
Auckland FPP 13
  •   13 unknown
340,999 (43.4%) [6][7][8]
Waikato FPP 14
  •   ? unknown
  •   13 Independents
  •   1 Hamilton First
 		98,613 (40.4%) [9][10]
Bay of Plenty FPP 12
  •   11 unknown
  •   12 Independents
 		71,011 (43.3%) [4]
Hawke's Bay FPP 9
  •   ? unknown
  •   9 Independents
 		48,730 (49.9%) [4]
Taranaki FPP 10
  •   10 unknown
  •   10 Independents
 		32,136 (44.0%) [11][4]
Manawatu-Wanganui FPP 11
  •   ? unknown
  •   11 Independents
 		42,678 (27.9%) [12]
Wellington FPP 13
  •   ? unknown
  •   11 Independents
  •   1 Hutt 2020
  •   1 City Vision – Terris' Team
 		119,467 (39.5%) [13]
West Coast FPP 6
  •   6 unknown
  •   6 Independents
 		17,858 (78.5%) [4]
Canterbury FPP 14
  •   14 unknown
168,228 (48.1%) [4][14][15]
Otago FPP 12
  •   12 unknown
  •   12 Independents
 		81,383 (60.6%) [16][17]
Southland FPP 12
  •   11 unknown
  •   12 Independents
 		34,840 (55.5%) [4]
All 12 councils 134

Territorial authorities

The city and district level of government in New Zealand is organised into areas controlled by territorial authorities. Some of these also have the powers of regional governments and are known as unitary authorities. The Chatham Islands have their own specially legislated form of government.

Council Electoral System Seats Control Turnout[4] Details Sources
1998 Result
Far North FPP 10
  •   ? unknown
  •   6 Independent
  •   3 The Proven Team
  •   1 Community First
 		16,479 (48.1%) [18][19]
Whangarei FPP 13
  •   ? unknown
  •   13 Independents
 		23,873 (49.7%) [5]
Kaipara FPP 10
  •   ? unknown
  •   9 Independents
  •   1 Residents & Ratepayers
 		5,275 (44.1%) [20][21]
Rodney FPP 12
  •   ? unknown
  •   12 Independents
 		[22]
Auckland City FPP 19
  •   ? unknown
109,703 (43.2%) [23]
North Shore FPP 15
  •   15 unknown
  •   15 Independents
 		49,418 (37.8%) [24][25][4][26]
Waitakere FPP 17
  •   13 unknown
  •   9 Team West
  •   3 Independents
  •   2 Independent Ratepayers and Residents
 		41,614 (38%) [27][28][4][29]
Manukau FPP 20
  •   ? unknown
  •   4 Independents
  •   4 Labour
  •   4 Manurewa Residents
  •   3 Howick Community Spirit
  •   3 Papatoetoe Independents
  •   1 Independent Ratepayers
  •   1 PR&RT
 		62,899 (35.0%) [7][4][30]
Papakura FPP 8
  •   ? unknown
  •   4 Independents
  •   3 Papakura Vision
  •   1 Your Team
 		11,536 (41.9%) [31]
Franklin FPP 14
  •   ? unknown
  •   14 Independents
 		9,017 (26.8%) [32][33]
Thames-Coromandel FPP 9
  •   ? unknown
  •   9 Independents
 		10,946 (54.3%) [34][35]
Hauraki FPP 13
  •   ? unknown
  •   13 Independents
 		5,392 (45.5%) [4]
Waikato FPP 13
  •   ? unknown
  •   13 Independents
 		7,611 (29.3%) [4]
Matamata-Piako FPP 11
  •   11 unknown
  •   11 Independents
 		10,557 (52.2%) [36][4]
Hamilton FPP 13
  •   13 unknown
  •   7 Independents
  •   3 Hamilton First
  •   3 Proudly Independent
 		37,104 (47.2%) [37][4][38]
Waipa FPP 12
  •   12 unknown
  •   12 Independents
 		12,397 (45.0%) [4]
Otorohanga FPP 7
  •   ? unknown
  •   6 Independents
  •   1 vacant
 		1,308 (23.8%) [39][4]
South Waikato FPP 13
  •   13 unknown
  •   13 Independents
 		6,096 (39.6%) [4]
Waitomo FPP 6
  •   ? unknown
  •   6 Independents
 		1,663 (27.7%) [4]
Taupo FPP 12
  •   ? unknown
  •   10 Independents
  •   2 Taupo Concerned Citizens
 		12,752 (58.0%) [40][41]
Western Bay of Plenty FPP 12
  •   ? unknown
  •   9 Independents
  •   2 Resource Users Association
  •   1 Democracy Network in Action
 		13,744 (50.3%) [42][43]
Tauranga FPP 13
  •   13 unknown
  •   12 Independents
  •   1 Ratepayers Action
 		33,161 (51.2%) [44]
Rotorua Lakes FPP 12
  •   ? unknown
  •   12 Independents
 		20,941 (48.7%) [45]
Whakatane FPP 13
  •   ? unknown
  •   13 Independents
 		12,342 (57.8%) [46][4]
Kawerau FPP 8
  •   ? unknown
  •   8 Independents
 		2,348 (56.6%) [4]
Opotiki FPP 10
  •   ? unknown
  •   10 Independents
 		3,515 (63.4%) [47][48]
Gisborne FPP 14
  •   14 unknown
  •   13 Independents
  •   1 Rates Reform
 		16,991 (59.8%) [49]
Wairoa FPP 9
  •   ? unknown
  •   9 Independents
 		3,031 (53.2%) [4]
Hastings FPP 15
  •   14 Independents
  •   15 Independents
 		19,647 (43.6%) [50][51][4]
Napier FPP 12
  •   ? unknown
  •   12 Independents
 		21,486 (55.9%) [52]
Central Hawke's Bay FPP 10
  •   ? unknown
  •   10 Independents
 		1,809 (21.1%) [4]
New Plymouth FPP 16
  •   16 unknown
  •   16 Independents
 		28,531 (58.7%) [11][4]
Stratford FPP 10
  •   ? unknown
  •   10 Independents
 		3,053 (49.8%) [4]
South Taranaki FPP 12
  •   ? unknown
  •   12 Independents
 		8,032 (43.5%) [53][4]
Ruapehu FPP 11
  •   10 unknown
  •   11 Independents
 		4,524 (49.4%) [54]
Wanganui FPP 12
  •   12 unknown
  •   12 unknown
 		19,557 (65.2%)
Rangitikei FPP 11
  •   ? unknown
  •   11 Independents
 		5,827 (55.7%) [4]
Manawatu FPP 10
  •   ? unknown
  •   10 Independents
 		10,005 (51.6%) [4]
Palmerston North FPP 15
  •   ? unknown
  •   15 Independents
 		24,471 (48.0%) [55]
Tararua FPP 8
  •   ? unknown
  •   8 Independents
 		6,922 (56.9%) [4]
Horowhenua FPP 10
  •   ? unknown
  •   10 unknown
 		12,796 (62.0%)
Kapiti Coast FPP 14
  •   ? unknown
  •   14 Independents
 		19,942 (63.1%) [56][4]


Porirua FPP 13
  •   7 Independents
  •   6 Labour
12,807 (42.8%) [57][58]
Upper Hutt FPP 10
  •   ? unknown
  •   10 Independents
 		14,614 (57.6%) [59]
Lower Hutt FPP 11
  •   7 Independents
  •   5 City Vision - Terris' Team
  •   5 City Vision - Terris' Team
  •   4 Independents
  •   1 Hutt 2020 - Labour
  •   1 Hutt 2020
 		29,772 (45.8%) [citation needed][60]
Wellington FPP 19
  •   ? unknown
58,642 (47.8%) [61]
Masterton FPP 10
  •   ? unknown
  •   10 unknown
 		10,005 (51.6%)
Carterton FPP 8
  •   ? unknown
  •   8 Independents
 		3,341 (66.6%) [4]
South Wairarapa FPP 9
  •   ? unknown
  •   9 Independents
 		2,859 (45.4%) [62][4]
Tasman FPP 13
  •   ? unknown
  •   13 unknown
 		16,051 (55.4%)
Nelson FPP 12
  •   ? unknown
  •   12 Independents
 		16,059 (52.7%) [4]
Marlborough FPP 13
  •   13 unknown
  •   13 Independents
 		18,910 (63.9%) [63]
Buller FPP 11
  •   ? unknown
  •   11 unknown
 		5,039 (72.2%)
Grey FPP 8
  •   8 unknown
  •   8 Independents
 		5,384 (54.3%) [4]
Westland FPP 12
  •   ? unknown
  •   12 Independents
 		4,011 (74.6%) [64]
Kaikoura FPP 7
  •   ? unknown
  •   7 Independents
 		1,764 (72.1%) [4]
Hurunui FPP 9
  •   9 unknown
  •   9 unknown
 		3,816 (46.7%) [65]
Waimakariri FPP 14
  •   ? unknown
  •   14 Independents
 		15,606 (58.8%) [66][4]
Christchurch FPP 24
  •   7 Citizens
  •   7 Labour for Christchurch 2021
  •   4 Ind. for Christchurch 2021
  •   3 Independents
  •   2 True Independent
  •   1 Alliance
111,392 (48.8%) [67][68]
Banks Peninsula FPP 7
  •   7 unknown
  •   7 Independents
 		4,110 (64.5%) [69][4]


Selwyn FPP 11
  •   ? unknown
  •   11 Independents
 		7,616 (39.1%) [70][4]
Ashburton FPP 12
  •   ? unknown
  •   12 Independents
 		10,271 (54.0%) [4]
Timaru FPP 12
  •   ? unknown
  •   12 Independents
 		16,196 (51.2%) [71]
Mackenzie FPP 10
  •   ? unknown
  •   10 Independents
 		1,482 (54.5%) [4]
Waimate FPP 8
  •   ? unknown
  •   8 Independents
 		1,750 (32.4%) [72][4]
Waitaki FPP 15
  •   15 unknown
  •   15 Independents
 		10,003 (65%) [73][4]
Central Otago FPP 13
  •   ? unknown
  •   13 Independents
 		6,908 (62.1%) [74][4]
Queenstown-Lakes FPP 11
  •   11 unknown
  •   11 Independents
 		7,501 (59.6%) [75][4]
Dunedin FPP 14
  •   ? unknown
  •   14 Independents
 		36,284 (43.2%) [76][77]
Clutha FPP 14
  •   ? unknown
  •   14 Independents
 		5,242 (42.2%) [78][4]
Southland FPP 12
  •   ? unknown
  •   12 Independents
 		4,655 (22.8%) [79][4]
Gore FPP 11
  •   ? unknown
  •   11 Independents
 		6,179 (68.5%) [80][4]
Invercargill FPP 12
  •   ? unknown
  •   12 Independents
 		21,245 (58.8%) [4]
Chatham Islands FPP 8
  •   8 unknown
  •   8 Independents
 		uncontested [4]
All 74 councils 865

Mayors

All territorial authorities (including the one unitary authority) directly elected mayors.

Territorial authority Incumbent Elected Runner-up Details Sources
Far North   Yvonne Sharp (Ind.)   Carl Maria (Ind.) [81][19][18][4]
Whangarei   Craig Brown (Ind.)   Calvin Green (People First – Green) [82][5]
Kaipara   Graeme Ramsey (Ind.) unopposed [citation needed][4][20]
Rodney   (vacant)   John Law (Ind.)   Greg Sayers (Ind.) [83][22]
Auckland City   Christine Fletcher (Ind.)   John Banks (Ind.)   Chris Fletcher (Ind.) Details [84][23]
North Shore   George Wood (Ind.)   Joel Cayford (Ind.) [24][4][25]
Waitakere   Bob Harvey (Team West)   Vanessa Neeson (Ind.) [85][27][29][4][28]
Manukau   Barry Curtis (Residents and Ratepayers)   Cliff McMahon (Ind.) [citation needed][4][7][30]
Papakura   David Buist (Ind.)   T H Maxwell (Papakura Vision) [86][31]
Franklin   Heather Maloney (Ind.)   Don Swales (Ind.) [citation needed][33][4][32]
Thames-Coromandel   Chris Lux (Ind.)   Margaret Hawkeswood (Ind.) [citation needed][35][4][34]
Hauraki   Basil Morrison (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][87]
Waikato   Angus Macdonald (?)   Peter Harris (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][88]
Matamata-Piako   Hugh Vercoe (Ind.)   Mark Troughton (?) [89][4][36]
Hamilton   Russ Rimmington (?)   David Braithwaite (Ind.)   Russ Rimmington (Proudly Independent) [90][37][91]
Waipa   John Hewitt (?)   Alan Livingston (Ind.)   ? (?) [92][4][93]
Otorohanga   Eric Tait (Ind.) unopposed [94][4][39]
South Waikato   Gordon Blake (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][95]
Waitomo   Steve Parry (?)   Allan Andrews (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][94]
Taupō   Joan Williamson (?)   Clayton Stent (Ind.)   ? (?) [96][4][97]
Western Bay of Plenty   Maureen Anderson (?)   Graeme Weld (Ind.)   ? (?) [98][4][99]
Tauranga   Noel Pope (?)   Jan Beange (Ind.)   Stuart Crosby (?) [100][101]
Rotorua Lakes   Grahame Hall (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][102]
Whakatane   Colin Hammond (Ind.)   Christine Chambers (?) [103][4][46]
Kawerau   Lyn Hartley (?)   Malcolm Campbell (Ind.)   ? (?) [104][4][105]
Opotiki   Don Riesterer (?)   John Forbes (Ind.)   Murray Thompson (?) [106][4][47]
Gisborne   John Clarke (?)   Meng Foon (Ind.)   Geoff Swainson (Ind.) [107][49]
Wairoa   Derek Fox (?)   Les Probert (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][108]
Hastings   Jeremy Dwyer (Ind.)   Lawrence Yule (Ind.)   Dinah Williams (?) [50][4][51]
Napier   Alan Dick (?)   Barbara Arnott (Ind.)   Tony Reid (Ind.) [109][52]
Central Hawke's Bay   Hamish Kynoch (?)   Tim Gilbertson (Ind.)   Hamish Kynoch (?) [4][110]
New Plymouth   Claire Stewart (?)   Peter Tennent (Ind.)   Maurice Betts (?) [111][4][11]
Stratford   Brian Jeffares (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][112]
South Taranaki   Mary Bourke (Ind.)   Jeffrey Ward (?) [113][4][53]
Ruapehu   Weston Kirton (?)   Sue Morris (Ind.)   Weston Kirton (?) [114][4][115]
Wanganui   Chas Poynter (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][116]
Rangitikei   John Vickers (?)   Bob Buchanan (Ind.)   ? (?) [citation needed][4][117]
Manawatu   Audrey Severinsen (Ind.)   ? (?) [118][4][119]
Palmerston North   ? (?)   Mark Bell-Booth (Ind.)   Jill White (Ind.) [55]
Tararua   Maureen Reynolds (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][120]
Horowhenua   Tom Robinson (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][121]
Kapiti Coast   Iride McCloy (?)   Alan Milne (Ind.)   Nigel Wilson (?) [122][4][56]
Porirua   Jenny Brash (Ind.) unopposed [57][58]
Upper Hutt   Rex Kirton (?)   Wayne Guppy (Ind.)   Heather Newell (Ind.) [123][59]
Lower Hutt   John Terris (City Vision – Terris' Team)   Scott Dalziell (Labour) Details [124][60]
Wellington   Mark Blumsky (Ind.)   Kerry Prendergast (Ind.)   Mary Varnham (Ind.) Details [125][61]
Masterton   Bob Francis (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][126]
Carterton   Martin Tankersley (Ind.)   ? (?) [citation needed][4][127]
South Wairarapa   John Read (Ind.)   Garrick Emms (?) [citation needed][4][62]
Tasman   John Hurley (Ind.)   Colleen Marshall (?) [4][128]
Nelson   Paul Matheson (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][129]
Marlborough   Gerald Hope (Ind.)   Tom Harrison (Ind.)   Gerald Hope (Ind.) [130][63]
Buller   Pat O'Dea (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][131]
Grey   Kevin Brown (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][132][133]
Westland   John Drylie (Ind.)   Allen Hurley (Ind.) [citation needed][64]
Kaikoura   Jim Abernathy (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][134]
Hurunui   John Chaffey (?)   Tony Arps (Ind.)   Fran Perriam (Ind.) [citation needed][65]
Waimakariri   Janice Skurr (?)   Jim Gerard (Ind.)   Jo Kane (?) [citation needed][4][66]
Christchurch   Garry Moore (Christchurch 2021)   George Balani (Ind.) Details [135][136]
Banks Peninsula   Noeline Allen (?)   Bob Parker (Ind.)   Val McClimont (?) [4][69]
Selwyn   Michael McEvedy (Ind.)   Bill Woods (?) [137][4][70]
Ashburton   Murray Anderson (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][138]
Timaru   Wynne Raymond (Ind.)   Richard Lyon (Ind.) [139][71]
Mackenzie   Neil Anderson (?)   Stan Scorringe (Ind.)   ? (?) [140][4][141]
Waimate   David Owen (Ind.)   Peter McIlraith (?) [4][72]
Waitaki   Duncan Taylor (?)   Alan McLay (Ind.)   Helen Brookes (?) [142][4][73]
Central Otago   Bill McIntosh (?)   Malcolm MacPherson (Ind.)   Edna McAtamney (?) [143][4][74]
Queenstown-Lakes   Warren Cooper (?)   Cleve Geddes (Ind.)   Simon Hayes (?) [4][75]
Dunedin   Sukhi Turner (Ind.)   Peter Chin (Ind.) Details [144][145][76]
Clutha   Juno Hayes (Ind.)   Vanessa Robertson-Briggs (?) [146][4][78]
Southland   Frana Cardno (Ind.) unopposed [147][4][79]
Gore   Mary Ogg (?)   Owen O'Connor (Ind.)   Mary Ogg (?) [148][4][80]
Invercargill   Tim Shadbolt (Ind.) unopposed [149][4][150]
Chatham Islands   Patrick Smith (Ind.)   ? (?) [4][151]

District health boards

District health boards (DHBs) were established in January 2001 through the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000.[152] At that time, the 21 DHBs had their boards appointed by the Minister of Health, Annette King. Each board has up to eleven members and seven of those are elected in local elections.[152] As defined in section 7 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, board members for DHBs are to be elected as part of the local elections.[153] The 2001 local elections were thus the inaugural elections for the country's then 21 DHBs. Elections were based on candidacies in local wards.[3]

Council Electoral System Seats Controla Turnout Details Sources
Previous Result
Northland FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   7 Independents
 		[5]
Auckland FPP 7
  •   (new)
[154]
Waitemata FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   6 Independents
  •   1 Team West
 		[155][156]
Counties Manukau FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   5 Independents
  •   1 Labour
  •   1 Manurewa Residents
 		[7][157]
Waikato FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   7 Independents
 		[158]
Bay of Plenty FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   7 Independents
 		[159][160]
Lakes FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   6 Independents
  •   1 Taupo Concerned Citizens
 		[161][162]
Tairāwhiti FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   7 Independents
 		[163]
Hawke's Bay FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   7 unknown
 		[164]
Taranaki FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   7 unknown
 		[11]
Whanganui FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   7 unknown
MidCentral FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   7 unknown
Hutt Valley FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   3 Independents
  •   3 Hutt 2020
  •   1 City Vision - Terris' Team
 		[60]
Capital and Coast FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   6 Independents
  •   1 unknown
 		[61]
Wairarapa FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   7 unknown
Nelson Marlborough FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   5 unknown
  •   2 Independents
 		[63]
West Coast FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   5 unknown
  •   2 Independents
 		[165]
Canterbury FPP 7
  •   (new)
[166]
South Canterbury FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   6 Independents
  •   1 unknown
 		[71]
Otago FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   7 Independents
 		[167]
Southland FPP 7
  •   (new)
  •   7 unknown
 		[79][80]
21 boards 147

Other outcomes

Of those who stood for election, 18 percent were declared elected unopposed.[168] Spoiled votes made up 4.1 percent of the total votes.[169]

Notes

  1. ^ Total voters / registered voters in contested wards, for territorial authorities.

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