2022 Auckland mayoral election

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2022 Auckland mayoral election
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Registered1,142,237
Turnout404,541 (35.4%)
 
Candidate Wayne Brown Efeso Collins
Party Fix Auckland Independent[a]
Popular vote 181,810 124,802
Percentage 44.9% 30.9%
Mayor before election

Phil Goff

 Elected mayor

Wayne Brown

The 2022 Auckland mayoral election was held on 8 October 2022 to determine the Mayor of Auckland, as part of the 2022 New Zealand local elections. The incumbent mayor since 2016, Phil Goff, did not seek re-election. Campaign issues include transport strategy, council finance issues and the Three Waters reform programme. After provisional vote counts were released on 8 October, Wayne Brown declared victory, and Efeso Collins conceded the election.[1]

Candidates

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Affiliation Name Image Background
Independent[2] Viv Beck Chief executive of Heart of the City[3]
Endorsed by Communities and Residents[4]
Unofficially withdrew on 16 September 2022; officially remained a candidate[5]
Independent Gary Brown Hibiscus and Bays Community Board chairman[6]
Fix Auckland Wayne Brown Businessman
Developer
Former Mayor of Far North[7]
Former Chairperson of Tairāwhiti District Health Board
and Northland District Health Board[8]
Independent[9] Efeso Collins Auckland councillor[10]

Endorsed by Labour and the Greens[9][11]

Independent Tony Corbett Founder of New Zealand Sovereignty Party
Candidate for the 2022 Tauranga by-election
Businessman[12]
Independent[13] Robert Hong Hu Lawyer
Notary
Soccer player[14]
New Conservative Ted Johnston 2019 mayoral candidate
Lawyer
Co-leader of the New Conservatives[15]
Independent Michael Kampkes Founder of Citizens Against The Housing Act 2021[16]
Independent John Lehmann [17]
NZ Voice Lisa Lewis Adult entertainer[18]
Independent Craig Lord 2019 mayoral candidate[19]
Independent Pete Mazany [20]
Animal Justice Auckland Michael Morris Animal rights advocate
Research scientist[21]
Independent John Palino Former restaurateur
2013 and 2016 mayoral candidate[22]

Withdrawn candidates

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  • Leo Molloy, businessman, withdrew on 12 August 2022[23]
  • Jake Law, teacher and model. Standing for Albany ward and Hibiscus and Bays Local Board in council elections instead.[24][25]
  • Viv Beck, withdrew unofficially on 16 September 2022, and officially remained a candidate.[5]

Declined to be candidates

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Campaign

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Labour and Green endorsements of Collins

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In elections from 2010 to 2016, mayoral candidates Len Brown and Phil Goff ran as independents and were supported by City Vision, an Auckland group affiliated to the national Labour and Green parties. In 2019, Goff was endorsed directly by Labour.[11] Goff, the incumbent mayor, stated he would announce his intentions on running for a third term in February 2022. Efeso Collins and Richard Hills, Auckland councillors affiliated with Labour, were both reported to be exploring mayoral candidacies while awaiting Goff's decision, in order to avoid crowding the ballot. Frustrated with Goff's timeline in light of an approaching election campaign, Collins formally announced his candidacy on 26 January.[10] On 10 February, Hills announced he would decline to run for mayor, citing the recent birth of his son.[28] Labour announced a process to decide the party's endorsee on 15 February;[32] the process was uncontested, and on 28 February, Labour endorsed Collins' independent campaign.[9] On 15 March, the Green Party announced their endorsement of Collins. This was the first time that the party endorsed a mayoral candidate in Auckland.[11]

National and C&R endorsements

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Molloy claimed on 17 June 2022 while on The AM Show that the National Party had offered to endorse his mayoral campaign, adding that Beck should leave the race. When asked who specifically he had been talking to, Molloy did not identify any individuals, replying "everybody".[33] A spokesperson for National leader Christopher Luxon stated they weren't sure who Molloy was referring to and that they had not endorsed him.[34] The National Party-aligned Communities and Residents local body group endorsed Viv Beck on 12 July 2022.[4]

Debates

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The Penrose Business Association hosted a debate between seven candidates on 23 June.[35][36] A debate hosted by the Takapuna Beach Business Association on 6 July saw seven candidates discuss issues such as climate change and the possibility of a second harbour crossing.[37] On 20 July, Shane Te Pou moderated a debate at Ngā Whare Waatea in Māngere for Radio Waatea between four candidates.[38][39][40]

Six candidates attended a University of Auckland Debating Society on 26 July moderated by Jack Tame, during which Ted Johnston was egged after unknowingly referring to an audience member with Tourette syndrome as "team Efeso" (in reference to Efeso Collins), for which he later apologised.[41][42] Wayne Brown was absent due to the debate conflicting with a campaign fundraising dinner.[43]

Date Organiser(s) Moderator(s) Participants
Beck
Independent		 G. Brown
Independent		 W. Brown
Independent		 Collins
Independent		 Johnston
New Conservative		 Lord
Independent		 Molloy
Independent
23 June Penrose Business Association[35][36] — Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
6 July Takapuna Beach Business Association[37] — Present Present Present Present Present Present Present
20 July Radio Waatea[38][39][40] Shane Te Pou Present Absent Absent Present Absent Present Present
26 July University of Auckland Debating Society[41][42][43] Jack Tame Present Present Absent Present Present Present Present

Campaign issues

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Transport

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Efeso Collins has proposed making public transport in Auckland fare-free.

Collins' flagship policy is free public transport, which is estimated to cost $100–$250 million annually. He has pointed out that some Auckland residents spend 30% of their income on transport, and that free public transport is "the first and best way" to reduce Auckland's greenhouse gas emissions.[44]

Brown has not announced a transport strategy. Instead, he will "get rid of the road cones" and "make sure all the existing projects are finished before new ones are started".[45]

Law supports better alternatives to cars, and specifically the expansion of the rail network.[24] Lord also opposes the light rail project, and wants to lobby the central Government to spend the funds in more critical regions such as passenger rail to Kumeu, and wants to put overhead transport options on the table.[46]

Molloy supported a one-year trial of free public transport, funded through the existing regional fuel tax revenue. Molloy described himself as pro-private car and was in favour of a congestion charge of $3.50.[47] Molloy was not interested in encouraging more cycling. He opposed the proposed light rail project and claimed it "will never happen in my lifetime".[48] Beck did not support universal fare-free public transport, but supported targeted concessions.[49]

Council finances

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Collins is open to discussions around rebalancing the proportions of council income coming from rates, dividends from public assets and central government contributions, and is "proud" that rates only make up half of Auckland's revenue, but is not ruling out rates increases.[50] He opposes the sale of strategic assets, including shares in Auckland Airport.

Lord has pledged to focus on providing core services, promising to be "focused on necessities over niceties", and is adamant that the council can be a much more streamlined and efficient entity.[31]

Leo Molloy suggested the Ports of Auckland be privatised.

Molloy stated that the $1 billion annual spending on wages for council employees needs to be reduced, and proposed removing the middle layer of council administration. He planned to limit rates rises to the rate of inflation of council expenses. He proposed selling Ports of Auckland and the leasehold estate of the land they operate on, which he claimed would raise $7 billion and $10 billion, respectively, and was open to selling shares in Auckland Airport and Eke Panuku, the council-controlled organisation responsible for urban redevelopment. Beck saw future rates rises as "difficult", and supported the sale and movement of the central port.[49]

Water reform

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The government is proposing a Three Waters reform programme to centralise water management infrastructure between territorial authorities. Collins supports the reforms, but notes that Auckland has invested significantly into Watercare Services and has issues around the details of the future governance of assets should the reforms proceed. Brown, Lord and Johnston oppose the reforms, with Brown calling the proposed co-governance model for water management "a dumb idea".[51][52][49][53][54][55]

Co-governance

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Co-governance is a power-sharing arrangement between iwi and elected representatives. Collins fully supports co-governance. Wayne Brown believes it is acceptable in certain cases, such as the Whanganui River and where iwi have a long and strong interest in matters like the maunga (volcanoes).[51][52] Lord opposes co-governance completely.[55][52]

Opinion polling

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Unknown and undecided voters are excluded from these counts but may represent a large proportion of the voters e.g. 33-43% in two September polls.[56]

Date[b] Polling organisation Viv Beck Gary Brown Wayne Brown Efeso Collins Ted Johnston John Lehmann Craig Lord Leo Molloy Michael Morris
Independent Independent Fix Auckland Independent New Conservative Independent Independent Independent Animal Justice
16–20 September 2022 1 News–Kantar Public[57][58] 8 5 35 29 1 <0.5 8 — 1
11–18 September 2022 Ratepayers' Alliance–Curia[59] 10 3 28 26 4 — 8 — —
16 September 2022 Viv Beck withdrew from election[5]
15 September 2022 Talbot Mills[c][59][60] 12 — 22 27 — — 9 — —
8–15 September 2022 1 News–Kantar Public[57][58] 14 4 24 29 1 <0.5 10 — 1
12 August 2022 Leo Molloy withdrew from election[23]
3–11 August 2022 Ratepayers' Alliance–Curia[61] 12.5 6.2 18.6 22.3 6.4 4 7.2 14.5 3.1
18–24 July 2022 Key Research[d][62] 19 – 21 28 – – 8 23 –
3–10 July 2022 Ratepayers' Alliance–Curia[63] 18 – 15 27 5 – 13 23 –
1–12 June 2022 Ratepayers' Alliance–Curia[64] 20.5 – 20.1 21.7 – – 16.0 21.7 –

Results

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2022 Auckland mayoral election[65][66]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Fix Auckland Wayne Brown 181,810 44.94
Independent Efeso Collins 124,802 30.85
Independent Craig Lord 25,021 6.18 −1.86
Independent Robert Hong Hu 8,718 2.15
Independent Gary Brown 8,683 2.14
Independent Viv Beck 7,101 1.75
Independent Tony Corbett 5,479 1.35
Independent John Alcock 5,262 1.30
New Conservative Ted Johnston 4,841 1.19 −3.06
Independent Michael Coote 4,015 0.99
Independent Pete Mazany 3,690 0.91
STOP Trashing Our Planet Tricia Cheel 3,029 0.74 −0.37
Christians Against Abortion Phil O'Connor 2,526 0.62 −0.46
Animal Justice Auckland Michael Morris 2,183 0.53
Independent John Palino 2,144 0.52
NZ Voice Lisa Lewis 2,122 0.52
Independent Michael Kampekes 1,899 0.46
Independent Dani Riekwell 1,708 0.42
Independent John Lehmann 1,068 0.26
Independent David John Feist 1,006 0.24 −0.38
Independent Alezix Heneti 924 0.22
Independent Ryan Earl Pausina 526 0.13
Independent James Malcolm Dunphy 460 0.11
Total valid votes 399,017 98.63 -0.96
Informal votes 784 0.19 −0.24
Blank ballots 4,740 1.17
Majority 57,008 14.09
Turnout 404,541 35.41 −1.11
Registered electors 1,142,237

By local board

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Local board subdivisions won by Brown
Local board subdivisions won by Collins

Source:[67]

Wayne Brown Efeso Collins Craig Lord Others[e] Total
Board Subdivision[f] # % # % # % # % #
Aotea Great Barrier — 135 30.41 180 40.54 14 3.15 115 25.90 444
Albert-Eden Maungawhau 6,950 48.64 5,439 38.07 425 2.97 1,474 10.32 14,288
Albert-Eden Owairaka 4,922 36.09 6,852 50.24 492 3.61 1,372 10.06 13,638
Devonport-Takapuna — 10,258 54.96 5,045 27.03 756 4.05 2,605 13.96 18,664
Franklin Pukekohe 5,731 53.26 1,841 17.11 1,340 12.45 1,849 17.18 10,761
Franklin Wairoa 5,082 60.28 1,410 16.73 898 10.65 1,040 12.34 8,430
Franklin Waiuku 2,234 46.67 880 18.38 761 15.90 912 19.05 4,787
Henderson-Massey — 8,379 35.05 8,403 35.15 1,801 7.53 5,325 22.27 23,908
Hibiscus and Bays East Coast Bays 8,414 57.08 2,901 19.68 993 6.74 2,434 16.51 14,742
Hibiscus and Bays Hibiscus Coast 10,371 55.06 3,256 17.29 1,403 7.45 3,805 20.20 18,835
Howick Botany 6,573 50.52 2,331 17.92 594 4.57 3,512 26.99 13,010
Howick Howick 7,505 57.58 2,261 17.35 834 6.40 2,435 18.68 13,035
Howick Pakuranga 6,298 56.14 2,017 17.98 796 7.10 2,108 18.79 11,219
Kaipātiki — 9,429 43.85 6,983 32.47 1,177 5.47 3,914 18.20 21,503
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu — 2,528 18.97 7,571 56.81 438 3.29 2,789 20.93 13,326
Manurewa — 4,608 29.09 7,047 44.48 661 4.17 3,526 22.26 15,842
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Maungakiekie 3,112 40.27 3,138 40.61 301 3.89 1,177 15.23 7,728
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Tāmaki 3,125 34.73 3,510 39.01 376 4.18 1,987 22.08 8,998
Ōrākei — 19,080 64.30 6,855 23.10 1,041 3.51 2,697 9.09 29,673
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Ōtara 473 9.38 3,469 68.80 72 1.43 1,028 20.39 5,042
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Papatoetoe 2,297 29.98 3,283 42.85 270 3.52 1,811 23.64 7,661
Papakura — 4,642 41.98 2,980 26.95 831 7.51 2,605 23.56 11,058
Puketāpapa — 5,814 43.05 4,722 34.96 507 3.75 2,462 18.23 13,505
Rodney Dairy Flat 1,546 63.86 372 15.37 187 7.72 316 13.05 2,421
Rodney Kumeu 5,193 49.21 1,922 18.21 1,913 18.13 1,524 14.44 10,552
Rodney Warkworth 4,730 54.65 1,761 20.35 1,004 11.60 1,160 13.40 8,655
Rodney Wellsford 839 43.25 318 16.39 456 23.51 327 16.86 1,940
Upper Harbour Upper Harbour 8,943 53.53 3,194 19.12 1,169 7.00 3,402 20.36 16,708
Waiheke — 1,296 36.03 1,767 49.12 127 3.53 407 11.31 3,597
Waitākere Ranges — 5,574 36.05 6,170 39.90 1,671 10.81 2,048 13.24 15,463
Waitematā — 9,744 44.32 9,923 45.13 529 2.41 1,791 8.15 21,987
Whau — 5,985 34.01 7,001 39.79 1,184 6.73 3,427 19.47 17,597
Total 181,810 45.56 124,802 31.28 25,021 6.27 67,384 16.89 399,017

Notes

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  1. ^ Endorsed by Labour and the Greens
  2. ^ These are the survey dates of the poll, or if the survey dates are not stated, the date the poll was released.
  3. ^ Poll commissioned by Efeso Collins
  4. ^ Poll commissioned by Wayne Brown
  5. ^ Excludes informal votes
  6. ^ Not all local boards are subdivided

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