New face on Vector trust

The Citizens & Ratepayers Now ticket has won four of the five seats in the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust postal election.

Three sitting members - Warren Kyd, Karen Sherry and Mike Buczkowski - will be joined by James Carmichael.

Shale Chambers of the centre-left Powerlynk ticket was also re-elected to the trust, which owns 75.1 per cent of the powerlines company Vector.

About 21 per cent of 290,000 eligible voters in Auckland City, Manukau and part of Papakura voted - a similar figure to previous elections.