Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board Explained
| Local Board Members |
| Leader1 Type: | Chairperson |
| Leader1: | Maria Meredith |
| Party1: | Labour |
| Leader2 Type: | Deputy chairperson |
| Leader2: | Debbie Burrows |
| Party2: | Communities & Residents |
| Political Groups1: |
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| Members: | 7 |
| Term Length: | 3 years |
| Last Election1: | 2022 |
| Next Election1: | 2025 |
| Meeting Place: | 7-13 Pilkington Road, Panmure |
The Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council. It is the only local board overseen by the council's Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Ward councillor (some wards administer more than one local board).
The Maungakiekie-Tāmaki board, named after Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill and the Tamaki River estuary in the board area, covers the suburbs of Glen Innes, Mount Wellington, Onehunga, Oranga, Panmure, Penrose, Point England, Royal Oak, Southdown, Sylvia Park, Tamaki, Te Papapa, Wai o Taiki Bay, and Westfield.[1]
The board is governed by seven board members elected from two subdivisions: three from the Maungakiekie subdivision (board area west of the Southern Motorway, excluding Westfield), and four from the Tāmaki subdivision (Westfield and board area east of the Southern Motorway).[2] The first board members were elected with the nationwide local elections on Saturday 9 October 2010.
Demographics
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board Area covers 36.38km2[3] and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.
2022-2025 term
The current board members for the 2022-2025 term, elected at the 2022 local elections, are:[4] [5]
| Name | Ticket (if any) | Subdivision | Position |
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| Maria Meredith | bgcolor= | | Labour | Tāmaki | Chairperson |
| Debbie Burrows | bgcolor= | | Communities and Residents | Maungakiekie | Deputy Chairperson |
| Don Allan | bgcolor= | | Communities and Residents | Maungakiekie | Board member |
| Nerissa Henry | bgcolor= | | Labour | Tāmaki | Board member |
| Chris Makoare | bgcolor= | | Labour | Tāmaki | Board member |
| Peter McGlashan | bgcolor= | | Labour | Tāmaki | Board member |
| Tony Woodcock | bgcolor= | | Communities and Residents | Maungakiekie | Board member |
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2019–2022 term
The board members for the 2019–2022 term, elected at the 2019 local body elections, were:[6]
2016–2019 term
The board members, elected at the 2016 local body elections or in a subsequent by-election, were:[7]
| width=1% | | width=33% | Name | width=33% | Party | WIDTH=33% | Position |
|---|
| bgcolor= | | Chris Makoare | Labour | Chair |
| Don Allan | | Deputy Chair |
| Debbie Burrows | Auckland Future | |
| Bernie Diver | Auckland Future | |
| bgcolor= | | Nerissa Henry | Labour | |
| bgcolor= | | Maria Meredithn1 | Labour | |
| bgcolor= | | Alan Verrall | Labour | | |
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n1 This member was elected in a May 2018 by-election triggered when member
Josephine Bartley was elected as a ward councillor.
[8] Election results
2016 election results
Maungakiekie subdivision[9]
| Name | Party | Votes |
|---|
| Bernie Diver | Auckland Future | 3183 |
| Don Allan | nil | 3032 |
| Debbie Leaver | Auckland Future | 2847 |
| Hema Wihongi | Maungakiekie Community Voices | 2537 |
| Angelina Weir | Maungakiekie Community Voices | 2364 |
| Jacqueline Clark | Independent | 2098 |
| Chris Jenkin | Maungakiekie Community Voices | 2000 |
| Caroline Gray | Independent | 1260 |
| INFORMAL | 10 |
| BLANK | 930 | |
Tāmaki subdivision
2013 election results
Maungakiekie subdivision
| width=1% | | width=30% | Name | width=34% | Party | width=25% | Votes |
|---|
| Simon Randall | Maungakiekie Team | Elected Unopposed |
| Brett Clark | Maungakiekie Team | Elected Unopposed |
| Bridget Graham | Maungakiekie Team | Elected Unopposed |
|
Tāmaki subdivision
| width=1% | | width=35% | Name | width=34% | Party | WIDTH=20% | Votes |
|---|
| bgcolor= | | Josephine Bartley | Labour | 6194 |
| bgcolor= | | Chris Makoare | Labour | 5708 |
| bgcolor= | | Alan Verral | Labour | | 5548 |
| bgcolor= | | Obed Unasa | Labour | 4392 |
| Jocelyn Calvert | Independent | 2587 |
| Patrick O'Meara | Independent | 2435 |
| Yvonne Dainty | Independent | 2125 |
| Makelesi Ngata | | 1847 |
| INFORMAL | 14 |
| BLANK | 662 | |
2010 election results
Maungakiekie subdivision
| width=1% | | width=35% | Name | width=34% | Party | WIDTH=20% | Votes |
|---|
| Simon Randall | Maungakiekie Team | 5173 |
| Bridget Graham | Maungakiekie Team | 4847 |
| Brett Clark | Maungakiekie Team | 4711 |
| bgcolor= | | Debbie Leaver | Focus Local | 3209 |
| bgcolor= | | Carl Power | Citizens & Ratepayers | 2440 |
| bgcolor= | | Roshni Golian | Citizens & Ratepayers | 2060 |
| bgcolor= | | Joseph Rebello | Citizens & Ratepayers | 1425 |
| bgcolor= | | Kane Te Waaka | Independent | 904 |
| bgcolor= | | Walter Wi-Peri | | 343 |
| Informal | | 16 |
| Blank | | 875 | |
Tāmaki subdivision
| width=1% | | width=35% | Name | width=34% | Party | WIDTH=20% | Votes |
|---|
| bgcolor= | | Leila Boyle | Labour | 8388 |
| bgcolor= | | Alan Verral | Labour | | 7523 |
| bgcolor= | | Josephine Bartley | Labour | 7432 |
| bgcolor= | | Chris Makoare | Labour | 7367 |
| bgcolor= | | Bob Wakefield | Citizens & Ratepayers | 4447 |
| Informal | | 7 |
| Blank | | 1238 | |
List of board chairs
| | width=33% | Name | width=33% | Affiliation | width=33% | Term |
|---|
| 1 | bgcolor= | | Leila Boyle | Labour | | 2010–2012 |
| 2 | | Simon Randall | Maungakiekie Team | 2012–2016 |
| 3 | bgcolor= | | Josephine Bartley | Labour | 2016–2018 |
| 4 | bgcolor= | | Chris Makoare | Labour | 2018–2019 |
| 5 | bgcolor= | | Maria Meredith | Labour | 2019–present |
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Notes and References
- Web site: Maungakiekie-Tamaki local board and subdivisions map . 23 July 2010.
- Web site: Auckland Governance Arrangements: Determinations of Wards, Local Boards and Boundaries for Auckland . March 2010 . 14 November 2010.
- Web site: ArcGIS Web Application. 25 February 2022. statsnz.maps.arcgis.com.
- Web site: Contact Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board members . www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz . . 3 June 2024.
- Web site: Local elections 2022 Official results. www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz . . 3 June 2024.
- Web site: Local board members. 18 October 2019. 26 October 2019. Auckland Council.
- Web site: Contact Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board. www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. en. 21 February 2017.
- News: Auckland by-elections: Ken Turner and Maria Meredith win. Smith. Simon. 24 May 2018. Stuff.co.nz. 25 August 2019.
- Web site: Election results 2016. www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. en. 21 February 2017.
