I hereby declare the results of the elections held on 8 October 2022 for the following offices:
Mayor (one vacancy)
| Candidate |
Affiliation |
Status |
| SMITH, Grant |
Independent |
Elected |
| MITCHELL, Glenn |
Independent |
Excluded |
| KIKHOUNGA-NGOT, Hussein Pierre |
Independent |
Excluded |
| BARBER, Ross Easton |
Team God |
Excluded |
Informal votes received: 65
Blank votes received: 784
I therefore declare Grant SMITH to be elected. The final quota as determined at the last iteration was 10612.
Te Pūao Māori Ward (two vacancies)
Elected unopposed when nominations closed were Roly FITZGERALD and Debi MARSHALL-LOBB.
Te Hirawanui General Ward (thirteen vacancies)
| Candidate |
Affiliation |
Status |
| WOOD, William George |
|
Elected |
| BOWEN, Rachel |
Independent |
Elected |
| FINDLAY, Lew |
Independent |
Elected |
| BARRETT, Brent |
Green |
Elected |
| MICKALAD, Orphée |
Independent |
Elected |
| NAYLOR, Karen |
Independent |
Elected |
| DENNISON, Vaughan |
|
Elected |
| ARNOTT, Mark Gordon |
|
Elected |
| JOHNSON, Lorna |
Labour |
Elected |
| HANDCOCK, Patrick |
Independent |
Elected |
| HAPETA, Leonie |
|
Elected |
| MEEHAN, Billy |
Independent |
Elected |
| ZABELIN, Kaydee |
Green |
Elected |
| CANDISH, James |
|
Excluded |
| BUTT, Zulfiqar |
Labour |
Excluded |
| FUGLE, Les |
|
Excluded |
| RAHIM, Atif |
Independent |
Excluded |
| TAONUI, Rhia |
Independent |
Excluded |
| PETRENAS, Bruno William |
Independent |
Excluded |
| CHAWLA, Manjit |
|
Excluded |
| WALMSLEY, Samuel |
Independent |
Excluded |
| CLEMENT, Mike |
Independent |
Excluded |
| BUTLER, Mel |
|
Excluded |
| JENSEN, Dion Allen |
Independent |
Excluded |
| LAMB, Tania |
|
Excluded |
| LEE, Chiu Yeung |
|
Excluded |
| FRASER, Jacinta |
|
Excluded |
| KIKHOUNGA-NGOT, Hussein Pierre |
Independent |
Excluded |
| WELLINGTON, Murray John |
|
Excluded |
| DUTT, Meenal |
Independent |
Excluded |
| WOOLLAMS, Anton |
|
Excluded |
| ROKKANNO, Zakk |
Independent |
Excluded |
| WILSON, Nathan Charles |
|
Excluded |
Informal votes received: 1375
Blank votes received: 112
I therefore declare Mark Gordon ARNOTT, Brent BARRETT, Rachel BOWEN, Vaughan DENNISON, Lew FINDLAY, Patrick HANDCOCK, Leonie HAPETA, Lorna JOHNSON, Billy MEEHAN, Orphee MICKALAD, Karen NAYLOR, William George WOOD and Kaydee ZABELIN to be elected. The final quota as determined at the last iteration was 1367.247374094.
Full details of the official results of the election are available on request from the Electoral Officer.
Dated at Palmerston North, 14 October 2022
Dale Ofsoske
Electoral Officer
Palmerston North City Council
Te Marae o Hine - 32 The Square, Palmerston North
The mayor and councillors will take their declaration of office at the inaugural Council meeting of the new Council term, to be held at 7pm on Wednesday, 26 October 2022 in the Council Chamber, first floor, Civic Administration Building, 32 The Square, Palmerston North.
A pōwhiri will commence at 5.30pm in Te Marae o Hine - The Square prior to the inaugural meeting on 26 October.
Members of the public are welcome to attend.
The meeting will also consider an explanation of statutes, appointment of Deputy Mayor and date and time of the first Council meeting.
For further information please contact Democracy & Governance, telephone 06 356 8199.
Chris Dyhrberg
Acting Chief Executive