2004 New Zealand local elections
9 October 2004

Triennial elections for all 74 cities, districts, twelve regional councils and all district health boards in New Zealand were held on 9 October 2004. Most councils were elected using the first-past-the-post method, but ten (of which Wellington City was the largest) were elected using the single transferable vote (STV) method. It was the first time that the STV method was available; the change came through successful lobbying by Rod Donald.[1]

District health board elections

Elections for the 21 district health boards (DHBs) were first held alongside the 2001 local elections. The government had hoped to use the STV voting method from the start but this could not be achieved and in 2001, first-past-the-post voting (FPP) was used based on local wards.[2] For the 2004 elections, the STV method was used. From 2004 onwards, DHB candidates have been elected at large (i.e. across the whole voting area).[3]

STV voting method

Apart from the district health boards, ten district or city councils used the STV method for the 2004 local elections: Kaipara, Papakura, Matamata-Piako, Thames-Coromandel, Kāpiti Coast, Porirua, Wellington, Marlborough, Dunedin, and the Chatham Islands.[4]

A private company, elections.com and its subsidiary Datamail, had been engaged by seven councils, eighteen DHBs, and one licensing trust with operating the STV elections. During the weekend of the elections, it was discovered that when voting papers were transferred to computer-readable data, not all data were correctly recorded. The Office of the Auditor-General became involved and tasked with confirming the election results. The final results for these elections became available in early November, nearly one month after the local election. The government initiated a select committee inquiry.[5]

Overview and list of elected mayors

North Island

Northland Region
district councillors community
boards		 regional
councillors		 Mayor link
Far North District 9 3 3 Green tick Yvonne Sharp, re-elected [6]
Whangarei District 13 – 4 Pamela Peters (new) [7]
Kaipara District 10 – 1 Peter King (new) [8]
Auckland Region
district councillors community
boards		 regional
councillors		 Mayor link
Rodney District 12 – 1 Red X John Law, did not run,
Penny Webster won		 [9]
North Shore City 15 66 2 Green tick George Wood, re-elected [10]
Waitakere City 14 4 2 Green tick Bob Harvey, re-elected [11]
Auckland City 19 9 4 Red X John Banks,
defeated by Dick Hubbard		 [12]
Manukau City 17 8 3 Green tick Sir Barry Curtis [13]
Papakura District 8 – 1 1 John Robertson [14]
Franklin District 12 2 1 1, 2 Mark Ball [15]
1 Franklin and Papakura districts jointly elected one regional councillor. 2 The south part of Franklin District is in the Waikato Region.
Waikato region
district councillors community
boards		 regional
councillors		 Mayor link
Waikato District 13 4 23 Peter Harris [16]
Hamilton City 13 – 4 Michael Redman, new [17]
Waipa District 13 2 1 Alan Livingston [18]
Matamata-Piako District 11 3 1 Hugh Vercoe [19]
Otorohanga District 7 2 1 4 Dale Williams [20]
Waitomo District 6 – 1 4 Mark Ammon [21]
South Waikato District 10 – 1 Neil Sinclair [22]
Taupō District 12 – 2 5, 6 Clayton Stent [23]
Hauraki District 13 – 1 John Tregidga [24]
Thames-Coromandel District 8 5 1 Philippa Barriball [25]
3 Waikato jointly elects one regional councillor with Franklin District and elects another in its own right. 4 Otorohanga and Waitomo districts jointly elect one regional councillor. 5 Parts of Taupō District are in the Bay of Plenty, Manawatū-Whanganui and Hawke's Bay regions. 6 Elects two councillors jointly with Rotorua District.
Bay of Plenty Region7
district councillors community
boards		 regional
councillors		 Mayor link
Western Bay of Plenty District 12 5 2 Graeme Weld [26]
Tauranga District 10 – 4 Stuart Crosby [27]
Rotorua District 12 – 38 Kevin Winters [28]
Whakatāne District 12 2 29 Colin Holmes [29]
Kawerau District 8 – 29 Malcolm Campbell (unopposed) [30]
Opotiki District 11 1 29 John Forbes [31]
7 Three regional councillors are elected in three separate Māori wards. 8 in conjunction with part of Taupō District. 9 Whakatane, Kawerau and Opotiki districts jointly elect two regional councillors.

South Island

Stewart Island / Rakiura

Chatham Islands

See also

References

  1. ↑ "All you'll ever need to know about STV". The New Zealand Herald. 17 September 2004. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. ↑ King, Annette (23 November 2000). "STV system assured for 2004 health board elections" (Press release). Wellington: New Zealand Government. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Government confirms changes to DHB election process" (Press release). Wellington: New Zealand Government. 18 December 2003. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "The Local Government Electoral Option 2008" (PDF). Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Local authority STV elections – October 2004". Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Far North District Council Elected Members Information". Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2007.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ Archived 1 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Archived 29 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ "North Shore City Council – Home". Nscc.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  11. ↑ Archived 8 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ Archived 8 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ "Welcome to Papakura District Council". pdc.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 22 June 2006. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  15. ↑ Archived 22 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ "Waikato District Council – Council – Political – Elected Members". www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  17. ↑ Archived 1 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ↑ "TA News – 9th October 2004 – Local Election Results". teawamutu.co.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "Matamata-Piako District Council – 0800 746 467". Mpdc.govt.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  20. ↑ Archived 18 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ↑ Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ↑ Archived 9 September 2005 at the Wayback Machine
  23. ↑ Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ↑ Archived 1 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  25. ↑ Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  26. ↑ Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  27. ↑ Archived 20 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  28. ↑ Archived 17 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  29. ↑ Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  30. ↑ Archived 20 September 2005 at the Wayback Machine
  31. ↑ Archived 16 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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