New ZealandAs it happened: Elections - Who won?Preliminary results are in for most parts of the country in today's local council elections.08 Oct 01:01 AM
New ZealandLocal election results as they come inFull preliminary results for 2016 local body elections for the North Island.08 Oct 12:45 AM
New ZealandUPDATE: Chadwick claims victory in mayoral race (+video)3.05pm: Re-elected mayor Steve Chadwick has confirmed Dave Donaldson will again be her deputy mayor. Mrs Chadwick and her supporters08 Oct 12:30 AM
New ZealandLocal elections: The resultsINTERACTIVE: Explore the local election results as they come in.08 Oct 12:07 AM
New ZealandPoll: Who do you want to be mayor?The race to elect a new mayor for Auckland and other cities and towns round the country is drawing to a close.06 Oct 08:19 PM
New ZealandSth Auckland voter turnout Super City's lowestVoter numbers in South Auckland are the lowest across the entire Super City as the deadline for returning ballot papers looms.05 Oct 11:58 PM
New ZealandLocal Elections 2016: by the numbersINTERACTIVE: Explore turnout maps, wasted votes and numbers of female candidates in the 2016 local elections.05 Oct 08:42 PM
OpinionBrian RudmanRudman: Is this how to run a democracy?COMMENT: Once again the democratic process has been diverted by a large donation to a single candidate.05 Oct 04:00 PM
Politics#WillSheVote? Yes, she will!#WillSheVote? Hinekia Fitzgerald has made her decision.05 Oct 06:55 AM
New ZealandYoung Monty coins his own mayoral chainsA Wellington boy was worried outgoing mayor Celia Wade-Brown would miss her mayoral chains - so he made her some new ones out of chocolate 05 Oct 03:28 AM
OpinionMayoral candidates views on food securityCOMMENT: Fear of prime Pukekohe growing land being lost to development seems to have become a last-minute Auckland Mayoral race issue.04 Oct 09:07 PM
EditorialEditorial: Don't miss the voteVoters need to assess which of candidates looks more capable of doing so. The elections matter and so does your vote.04 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandPost your vote today, urge candidatesPlease vote TODAY. Today is the last day to post voting papers to be sure they meet the Saturday deadline for the local body elections.04 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionSoper: Shout out to the young, go and voteIt seems there's little motivation, especially for the young, to have their say on who should run our towns and cities.04 Oct 05:30 AM
OpinionBryce EdwardsPolitical Roundup: Who's to blame for a record low voter turnout?Local government appears to be headed towards an existential crisis - a situation in which few of us care enough about the existence 04 Oct 02:24 AM
New ZealandRenewed calls for online votingLatest figures show just 19.88 per cent of votes have been returned in Auckland, with some areas as low as 16.3 per cent.03 Oct 04:00 PM
New Zealand#WillSheVote? Candidates pitch to lifelong non-voter#WillSheVote? Lifelong Local Body election non-voter Hinekia Fitzgerald hears from candidates on her journey to the polls.03 Oct 07:53 AM
New ZealandCalls for review after low voter turnoutLow voter turnout in Auckland is spurring a call for a major review of local body elections.02 Oct 08:25 PM
New Zealand#WillSheVote? part 3The Auckland Mayoral candidates address Hinekia directly to canvas for her vote in the current local body electionWatch02 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandLast dash in race to be mayorPhil Goff attended a church service for cats and dogs in central Auckland yesterday. Vic Crone kept out of the rain, criss-crossing the city's malls.02 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandGoff's election day starts on the farmPhil Goff's alarm clock will ring at 6am today. He will get up, put on gumboots and feed out baleage to the steers at his 8ha farmlet in Clevedon.30 Sep 04:00 PM
New ZealandLen Brown: The man who died twiceLen Brown was the Super City's first mayor. However, it's arguable how he will be most remembered.30 Sep 04:00 PM
New Zealand#WillSheVote? Experts share voting tipsHinekia Fitzgerald has never voted in a Local Body election. Can two elections experts convince her why her vote matters?30 Sep 12:58 AM
New ZealandWatch: Will she vote? Part 2Part two of the #WillSheVote series. Hinekia speaks to two Massey Uni local government experts.Watch29 Sep 10:25 PM
New ZealandCouncil services affect you every dayFrom the moment you jump into the shower in the morning until you stagger back home later that night after a few post-work beers29 Sep 07:59 AM
OpinionBryce EdwardsPolitical Roundup: 20 unconventional election candidatesElections benefit from colourful, quirky, and dissident candidates - even distasteful ones. So who are New Zealand local government's current crop of outsiders?29 Sep 01:51 AM
New ZealandBattle for your vote: What they'd offerWe asked seven Auckland mayoral candidates how they would help some of our communities and their issues. Here are their responses.28 Sep 11:16 PM
New Zealand#WillSheVote? Follow non-voter to pollsHinekia Fitzgerald has never voted in a local body election. Will this election be different?28 Sep 08:36 AM
New ZealandWatch: Social media spurs Chloe Swarbrick's successIf the race for Auckland's mayor was won on social media, Chloe Swarbrick would leave everyone else in her digital dust.28 Sep 03:39 AM
New ZealandYoung battling to engage with electionsWhy are young people so alienated from politics? People aged 18-24 are the least likely age-group to vote in the upcoming local body elections.27 Sep 04:00 PM
OpinionGreg McKeown: Put council back in controlCOMMENT: Auckland needs a new direction set by the elected representatives not the bureaucracy.26 Sep 04:00 PM
New ZealandCommunities have their sayWe went to various communities to ask them what they want from a new mayor - here is what they said.25 Sep 04:00 PM
