Celia Wade-Brown's re-election will be a boost to advocates of a single super-city for the Wellington region. Photo / SNPA
Wellington's re-elected mayor wants to push ahead with a merger of local councils but won't say whether she would run as mayor of the supercity.
In a nail-biting finish, left-leaning independent Celia Wade-Brown retained the mayoralty by 2284 votes over former councillor and test cricketer John Morrison, gaining 26,854 votes
to Morrison's 24,570.
Both candidates had been hoping for a clear win rather than the tight result of the 2010 election, when Wade-Brown had to wait a week for special votes to confirm her victory.
The cycling mayor, who has made transport a core plank of her campaigns, is joined by three other Green councillors - making Wellington the greenest council in the county.
As well as Wade-Brown who, although independent, is linked to the party, Green councillors include incumbent Iona Pannett and newcomers David Lee and Sarah Free.
