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Watch NZH Local Focus: Feyen to drive change in Horowhenua

Newly elected Horowhenua mayor Michael Feyen is promising to include the community in decision making. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Opotiki mayor hits 6

John Forbes' early blunder didn't diminish his election result. And he admits his opponent Les Keane ran a good campaign after all. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Whakatane mayor survives close call

Tony Bonne believes strong marketing was behind winning the mayoralty with less votes, so he is determined to communicate better this term. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Tracey Collis Tararua District’s new mayor

Tracey Collis vows to hit the ground running as she steps up the challenge of Tararua District’s new mayor. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Editorial: Disillusioned public and a low turnout

The turnout for the Auckland Council election was profoundly disappointing. What has happened to the hopes once held for a unified, strongly led city?

Goff: No more 'most liveable city'

New Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says he wants to stamp his own mark on the city.

Phil Goff's options for a deputy mayor

Phil Goff's choice for a deputy mayor might be a dramatic break from how his predecessor ran the Super City.

Hamilton mayoralty still in doubt

Hamilton's next mayor may not be known for a few days yet.

Has online voting's time come?

Can online voting turn around our dreadful local body election voter turnout?

Air NZ bosses 'could rescue Council'

Former Air NZ bosses could be installed in Auckland Council to rebuild public confidence in the failed institution, says new Auckland Mayor Phil Goff.

Hamilton race goes down to the wire

The race for Hamilton's top job proved one of the tightest, with progress results suggesting the mayoralty had swung by a whisker to underdog Andrew King.

Haircut, then mayoralty for Lester

Justin Lester was getting a haircut when he took the phone call telling him he had won the race to become Wellington mayor.

Non-voters are the clever ones

COMMENT: If you haven't voted in local body elections, don't beat yourself up. It shows you're smart enough to have worked out whole exercise is a joke.

Watch NZH Local Focus: New Mayor for Tauranga

Greg Brownless talks to Local Focus for the first time about winning the mayoralty and plans for Tauranga. Made with funding from NZ on Air

South Island: Local election results as they come in

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New councillor Larry Dallimore ready to get down to work

Three current Napier City councillors - Mark Herbert, Mark Hamilton and Michelle Pyke - appear to have lost their seats with 98% of the vote counted in the local government elections.