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Local election results

Obama loses another staffer

<i>Preliminary election results:</i> Rotorua

Voting system 'out of kilter'

Full house scoops $125,000

<i>Preliminary election results:</i> Far North

Left, right and centre - it's a council for all

Epsom tipped as place for Banks comeback

It is unlucky 13 for John Banks this time

<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Key grasps the China problem

Old fashioned city campaign may have hurt Banks badly

Defeated, again. Emotional, again. But after losing a second Auckland mayoral race, John Banks hinted at yet another comeback.

<i>Oscar Kightley:</i> Brown is the new blue and white in Auckland

After 170 years this is the closest Auckland has come to having a brown mayor.

Brown's town just got a lot bigger

It has been a hard-fought slog, but Len Brown is now mayor of a Supercity with the largest council in Australasia.

New mayors pledge change

Henry sorry - but not sorry enough

A public relations specialist says Paul Henry would be well aware he had made a huge mistake but was yet to show the right amount of remorse.

Shore mayor gone hook, line and sinker