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2007 New Zealand local elections

Local elections in New Zealand

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previous_election	2004 New Zealand local elections
previous_year	2004
next_election	2010 New Zealand local elections
next_year	2010
election_date	13 October 2007
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election_name	Regional council elections
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seats_for_election	134 regional councillors across 12 regions
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election_name	Territorial authority elections
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seats_for_election	791 local councillors across 73 territorial authorities
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election_name	Mayoral elections
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seats_for_election	73 mayors across 73 territorial authoritites
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The 2007 New Zealand local elections (Māori: Nga Pōtitanga ā-Rohe 2007) were triennial elections that were held from September until 13 October 2007 to elect local mayors and councillors, regional councillors, and members of various other local government bodies.

All 12 of New Zealand's regions and all 73 cities and districts participated in the election.

Key dates

Background

Voting system

The single transferable vote (STV) method was first used at the 2004 local elections, when ten districts and city councils employed this alternative to first-past-the-post voting (FPP). Of those ten, two district councils—Papakura and Matamata-Piako—reverted to FPP. The remaining eight councils that used STV in 2007 were Kaipara, Thames-Coromandel, Kāpiti Coast, Porirua, Wellington, Marlborough, Dunedin, and the Chatham Islands. All other councils used first past the post.

All district health boards (DHBs) used STV.

Campaign

Elections

Regional councils

The regional level of government in New Zealand is organised into areas controlled by regional councils.

Council	Electoral System	Seats	Councillors	Turnout	Details	Sources	2004	Result	All 12 councils	134
council=Northland	source={{Cite web	title=Final Regional Council election results in	date=18 October 2007	url=http://www.nrc.govt.nz/News/Final-Regional-Council-election-results-in-/	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103010815/http://www.nrc.govt.nz/News/Final-Regional-Council-election-results-in-/	archive-date=3 November 2007	council link=Northland Regional Council	seats=8	FPP]]

Territorial authorities

The city and district level of government in New Zealand is organised into areas controlled by territorial authorities. Some of these also have the powers of regional governments and are known as unitary authorities. The Chatham Islands have their own specially legislated form of government.

Council	Electoral System	Seats	Councillors	Turnout	Details	Sources	2004	Result	All 73 councils	791
council=Far North	prev source=	group 1=Independents	group 2=Value for Ratepayers	party=other right}}	group 2 number=3	source={{Cite web	date=21 September 2007	url=http://www.fndc.govt.nz/Democracy/Elections/candidates.asp	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109215658/http://www.fndc.govt.nz/Democracy/Elections/candidates.asp

Mayors

All territorial authorities (including the unitary authorities) directly elected mayors.

Territorial authority	Incumbent	Elected	Runner-up	Details	Sources
mayor=Far North	incumbent =Yvonne Sharp	Wayne Brown]]	elected affiliation=Value for Ratepayers	elected colour=	runner-up=Yvonne Sharp	source={{Cite report	url=http://www.dia.govt.nz/Pubforms.nsf/URL/Local_Authority_Election_Statistics_2007.pdf/$file/Local_Authority_Election_Statistics_2007.pdf	date=2008	publisher=Department of Internal Affairs – Te Tari Taiwhenua	location=Wellington	issn=0112-3785	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517212107/http://www.dia.govt.nz/Pubforms.nsf/URL/Local_Authority_Election_Statistics_2007.pdf/$file/Local_Authority_Election_Statistics_2007.pdf	archive-date=17 May 2017	url-status=dead}}{{Cite web

Analysis

Aftermath

References

"The Local Government Electoral Option 2008". [[Department of Internal Affairs]].
(18 December 2003). "Government confirms changes to DHB election process". New Zealand Government.

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