2022 Local Elections

The local body elections for the Whangārei District were held on 8 October 2022.

For the 2022 local body elections, Whangārei was divided into five general wards and a Māori ward.

Registered voters elected a Mayor and 13 Councillors who represented the five general wards and one Māori ward - the wards and number of councillors associated with each ward were:

  • Bream Bay General Ward (two councillors)
  • Hikurangi - Coastal General Ward (two councillors)
  • Mangakahia - Maungatapere General Ward (one councillor)
  • Whangārei District Māori Ward (two councillors)
  • Whangārei Heads General Ward (one councillor)
  • Whangārei Urban General Ward (five councillors)

Pre-election report 2022(PDF, 3MB)

2022 Local Elections final results

You can view the final number of voting returns received, including special votes for the 2022 Elections below:

Final voting document returns report(PDF, 158KB)

The final 2022 election results can be found below:

Declaration of results of the 2022 elections(PDF, 199KB)

Mayoral voting results 2022

Name Votes received Rank
BUDD, Mike
Affiliation: Independent		 5814  
COCURULLO, Vince 8157 1
COUPER, Ken 5037
FLOWER, Brad
Affiliation: Independent		 4675  
GREEN, Fiona 1068  
JACOB, Nick
Affiliation: Independent		 1660  
SHORTLAND, Shaquille 2180
INFORMAL 43
BLANK 308

Bream Bay General Ward voting results 2022

2 councillors elected

Name Votes received Rank
BEAN, Steve
Affiliation: Independent		 2063  
COUPER, Ken 2439 1
HALSE, Phil 2320 2
SHIRKEY, Shilane 1414  
INFORMAL 0
BLANK 123

Hikurangi - Coastal General Ward voting results 2022

2 councillors elected

Name Votes received Rank
BENNEY, Gavin 1703 1
FLOWER, Brad
Affiliation: Independent		 1172  
JEEVES, Greg
Affiliation: Independent

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MARTIN, Greg 1317
McKENZIE, Scott 1441 2
THOMASSON, Tracey 1223
INFORMAL 3
BLANK 63

Mangakahia - Maungatapere General Ward voting results 2022

1 councillor elected.

Name Votes received Rank
REID, Simon John
Affiliation: Independent		 1557 1
ROBERTSON, Iain James 700
INFORMAL 1
BLANK 111

Whangārei District Māori Ward voting results 2022

2 councillors elected.

Name Votes received Rank
HARDING, Deb 904 1
HOPA, Pauline 694  
MITCHELL, Simon 513  
RUKA, Phoenix
Affiliation: Te Pāti Māori		 889 2
TANA, Zhairn Zee 266  
WAKEFIELD, Nicki 703  
INFORMAL 1
BLANK 61

Whangārei Heads General Ward voting results 2022

1 councillor elected.

Name Votes received Rank
BLACKLEY, David
Affiliation: Independent		 1023  
HOLMES, Patrick
 Affiliation: Independent		 1851 1
INFORMAL 1
BLANK 122

Whangārei Urban General Ward voting results 2022

5 councillors elected.

Name Votes received Rank
BROWN, Alan
Affiliation: Independent		 2945  
CHRISTIE, Crichton 3079  
COCURULLO, Vince 6114  
CONNOP, Nicholas Hunter 4121 2
DOHERTY, Paul 2426  
GALLAGHER, Graeme 2149  
GOLIGHTLY, Jayne
 Affiliation: Independent		 5316 1
GREEN, Fiona 2192  
HASKELL, Ren 1119  
McMILLAN, Glen
Affiliation: Independent		 1003  
OLSEN, Marie
Affiliation: Independent		 3564 5
PETERS, Carol 3998 3
SAMU, Isopo 2707  
SHORTLAND, Shaquille 2255  
TITFORD, Jesse 822  
WINDELBORN, Hazely 579  
WOOD, Stephen 2034  
YOUNG, Adam
Affiliation: Independent		 1165  
YOVICH, Paul 3824 4
INFORMAL 63
BLANK 149

2022 election donations and expenses

The candidates' declarations of Electoral Donations and Expenses for the 2022 elections are below:

Mayor

BUDD, Mike(PDF, 868KB)

COCURULLO, Vince(PDF, 292KB)

COUPER, Ken(PDF, 129KB)

FLOWER, Brad(PDF, 121KB)

GREEN, Fiona(PDF, 113KB)

JACOB, Nick(PDF, 2MB)

SHORTLAND, Shaquille(PDF, 199KB)

Bream Bay General Ward

BEAN, Steve(PDF, 163KB)

COUPER, Ken(PDF, 192KB)

HALSE, Phil(PDF, 2MB)

SHIRKEY, Shilane(PDF, 1MB)

Hikurangi - Coastal General Ward

BENNEY, Gavin(PDF, 2MB)

FLOWER, Brad(PDF, 99KB)

JEEVES, Greg(PDF, 172KB)

MARTIN, Greg(PDF, 246KB)

MCKENZIE, Scott(PDF, 378KB)

THOMASSON, Tracey(PDF, 4MB)

Mangakahia - Maungatapere General Ward

REID, Simon John(PDF, 154KB)

ROBERTSON, Iain James(PDF, 1MB)

Whangārei District Māori Ward

HARDING, Deb(PDF, 242KB)

HOPA, Pauline(PDF, 2MB)

MITCHELL, Simon(PDF, 152KB)

RUKA, Phoenix(PDF, 780KB)

TANA, Zhairn Zee(PDF, 2MB)

WAKEFIELD, Nicki(PDF, 948KB)

Whangārei Heads General Ward

BLACKLEY, David(PDF, 190KB)

HOLMES, Patrick(PDF, 238KB)

Whangārei Urban General Ward

CHRISTIE, Crichton(PDF, 188KB)

COCURULLO, Vince(PDF, 111KB)

CONNOP, Nicholas Hunter(PDF, 264KB)

DOHERTY, Paul(PDF, 1MB)

GALLAGHER, Graeme(PDF, 174KB)

GOLIGHTLY, Jayne(PDF, 191KB)

GREEN, Fiona(PDF, 107KB)

HASKILL, Ren(PDF, 272KB)

McMILLAN, Glen(PDF, 158KB)

OLSEN, Marie(PDF, 211KB)

PETERS, Carol(PDF, 245KB)

SAMU, Isopo(PDF, 1MB)

SHORTLAND, Shaquille(PDF, 210KB)

TITFORD, Jesse(PDF, 5MB)

WINDELBORN, Hazely(PDF, 2MB)

WOOD, Stephen(PDF, 103KB)

YOUNG, Adam(PDF, 857KB)

YOVICH, Paul(PDF, 176KB)

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