After 27 years as a figure of local government in Hawke's Bay, this term will be regional councillor Alan Dick's last.
Based on preliminary results from Saturday's election, Mr Dick has been re-elected to the Napier seat on Hawke's Bay Regional Council.
"Naturally I'm very pleased," he said, adding there would probably be some big changes in council this term.
Some of the results of the weekend's election had surprised Mr Dick - from the "very close call" between Wairoa candidates Fenton Wilson and Dean Whaanga, and former Hastings deputy mayor Cynthia Bowers' being unsuccessful in her bid for a Hastings ward seat.
"I congratulate the winners and commiserate with the losers," he said.