Local board of Auckland Council in New Zealand
Local Board Members
Chairperson
Deputy chairperson
Seats 7 Political groups
Length of term
3 years Last election
2022 Next election
2025 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 .[ 3]
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).[ 4] The first board members were elected with the nationwide local elections on Saturday 9 October 2010 .
Demographics
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board Area covers 36.38 km2 (14.05 sq mi)[ 1] and had an estimated population of 88,200 as of June 2024,[ 2] with a population density of 2,424 people per km2 .
2022-2025 term
The current board members for the 2022-2025 term, elected at the 2022 local elections , are:[ 5] [ 6]
Name
Ticket (if any)
Subdivision
Position
Maria Meredith
Labour
Tāmaki
Chairperson
Debbie Burrows
Communities and Residents
Maungakiekie
Deputy Chairperson
Don Allan
Communities and Residents
Maungakiekie
Board member
Nerissa Henry
Labour
Tāmaki
Board member
Chris Makoare
Labour
Tāmaki
Board member
Peter McGlashan
Labour
Tāmaki
Board member
Tony Woodcock
Communities and Residents
Maungakiekie
Board member
2019–2022 term
The board members for the 2019–2022 term, elected at the 2019 local body elections , were:[ 7]
2016–2019 term
The board members, elected at the 2016 local body elections or in a subsequent by-election, were:[ 8]
n1 This member was elected in a May 2018 by-election triggered when member Josephine Bartley was elected as a ward councillor.[ 9]
Election results
2022 election results
2016 election results
Maungakiekie subdivision[ 10]
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
2013 election results
Maungakiekie subdivision
Name
Party
Votes
Simon Randall
Maungakiekie Team
Elected Unopposed
Brett Clark
Maungakiekie Team
Elected Unopposed
Bridget Graham
Maungakiekie Team
Elected Unopposed
Tāmaki subdivision
2010 election results
Maungakiekie subdivision
Tāmaki subdivision
List of board chairs
#
Name
Affiliation
Term
1
Leila Boyle
Labour
2010–2012
2
Simon Randall
Maungakiekie Team
2012–2016
3
Josephine Bartley
Labour
2016–2018
4
Chris Makoare
Labour
2018–2019
5
Maria Meredith
Labour
2019–present
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