Auckland City welcomes back John Banks to the mayoral chair.
This is an unofficial list of the main results of today's Local Government elections, as they come in.
A full and comprehensive list of results for the whole country will be available online tomorrow.
Auckland
Mayoralty:
John Banks 44,085
Dick Hubbard 33,768
Alex Sweny 10,169
Council:
Citizens & Ratepayers
- 11 of 19 seats
Christchurch
Mayoralty:
Bob Parker 46,000
Megan Woods 31,000
North Shore
Mayoralty:
Andrew Williams 19,024
George Wood 17,376
Manukau City
Mayoralty:
Len Brown 31,000
Dick Quax 17,000
Arthur Anae 10,396
Waitakere City
Mayoralty:
Bob Harvey 16,899
John Tamihere 12,646
Hamilton
Mayoralty:
Bob Simcock 16,013
Roger Hennebry 5,693
Gordon Chesterman 4,533
Papakura
Mayoralty:
Calum Penrose 4,953
John Robertson 3,609
Rodney
Mayoralty:
Penny Webster 6,496
Wayne Walker 4,612
Larry Mitchell 4,305
Hutt City
Mayoralty:
David Ogden 7,137
Ray Wallace 6,807
Ken Laban 6,655
Far North District
Mayoralty:
Wayne Brown 8,894
Yvonne Sharp 4,674
* Most figures above are based on 98 per cent of the votes having been tallied.
