Mayoral Election Results 2004
    Affecting the Mayors Taskforce For Jobs

    LOCAL BODY ELECTION 2004

    The State of the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs

    CHAIRPERSON

    Mayor of Christchurch, Garry Moore, re-elected

    DEPUTY CHAIR-PERSON

    (former Mayor of Dunedin, Sukhi Turner, has retired)

    CORE GROUP MEMBERS

    Mayor of Invercargill, Tim Shadbolt, re-elected
    Mayor of Porirua, Jenny Brash, re-elected
    Mayor of New Plymouth, Peter Tennent, re-elected
    Mayor of Far North, Yvonne Sharp, re-elected
    Mayor of Southland, Frana Cardno, re-elected unopposed
    Mayor of Waitakere, Bob Harvey, re-elected
    Mayor of Tararua, Maureen Reynolds, re-elected
    Mayor of Nelson, Paul Matheson, re-elected
    (former Mayor of Kaipara, Graeme Ramsey, has retired)
    (former Mayor of Rotorua, Grahame Hall, has retired)
    (former Mayor of Hauraki, Basil Morrison, has retired)
    (incumbent Mayor of Buller, Pat O'Dea, unsuccessful at re-election)

    OTHER TASKFORCE MEMBERS

    Ashburton, new Mayor Bede O'Malley (defeated incumbent Murray Anderson)
    Auckland, new Mayor Dick Hubbard (defeated incumbent John Banks)
    Banks Peninsula, Mayor Bob Parker, re-elected
    Buller, new Mayor Martin Sawyers (defeated incumbent Pat O'Dea)
    Central Otago, Mayor Malcolm Macpherson, re-elected
    Clutha, Mayor Juno Hayes, re-elected
    Dunedin, new Mayor Peter Chin, (replacing Sukhi Turner who has retired)
    Gisborne, Mayor Meng Foon, re-elected
    Gore, new Mayor, Tracy Hicks, (replacing Owen O'Connor who has retired)
    Grey, new Mayor Tony Kokshoorn (defeated incumbent Kevin Brown)
    Hamilton, new Mayor Michael Redman (defeated incumbent David Braithwaite)
    Hauraki, new Mayor John Tregidga, (replacing Basil Morrison who has retired)
    Horowhenua, new Mayor Brendan Duffy, (replacing Tom Robinson who has retired)
    Hurunui, new Mayor Garry Jackson (defeated incumbent Tony Arps)
    Hutt, new Mayor David Ogden (defeated incumbent John Terris)
    Kapiti, Mayor Alan Milne, re-elected
    Kaikoura, new Mayor Kevin Heays (defeated incumbent James Abernethy)
    Kaipara, new Mayor Peter King, (replacing Graeme Ramsey who has retired)
    Kawerau, Mayor Malcolm Campbell, re-elected unopposed
    Mackenzie, new Mayor John O'Neill, (replacing Stan Scorringe who has retired)
    Manawatu, Mayor Ian McKelvie, re-elected unopposed
    Manukau, Mayor Sir Barry Curtis, re-elected
    Marlborough, new Mayor Alistair Sowman (defeated incumbent Tom Harrison)
    Masterton, Mayor Bob Francis, re-elected
    Matamata-Piako, Mayor Hugh Vercoe, re-elected
    North Shore, Mayor George Wood, re-elected
    Opotiki, Mayor John Forbes, re-elected unopposed
    Otorohanga, new Mayor Dale Williams, (replacing Eric Tait who has retired)
    Palmerston North, new Mayor Heather Tanguay (defeated incumbent Mark Bell-Booth)
    Papakura, new Mayor John Robertson, (replacing David Buist who has retired)
    Queenstown-Lakes, Mayor Clive Geddes, re-elected unopposed
    Rangitikei, Mayor Bob Buchanan, re-elected
    Rodney, Mayor John Law, re-elected
    Rotorua, new Mayor Kevin Winter, (replacing Grahame Hall who has retired)
    Ruapehu, Mayor Sue Morris, re-elected
    Selwyn, Mayor Michael McEvedy, re-elected unopposed
    South Taranaki, Mayor Mary Bourke, re-elected
    South Waikato, new Mayor Neil Sinclair, (replacing Gordon Blake who has retired)
    South Wairarapa, new Mayor Adrienne Staples, (replacing John Read who has retired)
    Stratford, Mayor Brian Jeffares, re-elected
    Tasman, Mayor John Hurley, re-elected
    Taupo, Mayor Clayton Stent, re-elected
    Tauranga, new Mayor Stuart Crosby (defeated incumbent Jan Beange)
    Thames/Coromandel, new Mayor Philippa Barriball, (replacing Chris Lux who has retired)
    Timaru, new Mayor Janie Annear, (replacing Wynne Raymond who has retired)
    Upper Hutt, Mayor Wayne Guppy, re-elected
    Waikato, Mayor Peter Harris, re-elected
    Waimakariri, Mayor Jim Gerard, re-elected unopposed
    Waimate, new Mayor John Coles (defeated incumbent David Owen)
    Wairoa, Mayor Les Probert, re-elected
    Waitaki, Mayor Alan McLay, re-elected
    Wanganui, new Mayor Michael Laws (defeated incumbent Chas Poynter)
    Wellington, Mayor Kerry Prendergast, re-elected
    Westland, new Mayor Maureen Pugh (defeated incumbent John Drylie)
    Whakatane, new Mayor Colin Holmes (defeated incumbent Colin Hammond)
    Whangarei, new Mayor Pamela Peters, (replacing Craig Brown who has retired)

    NOT YET TASKFORCE MEMBERS

    Carterton, new Mayor Gary McPhee (defeated incumbent Martin Tankersley)
    Central Hawkes Bay, Mayor Tim Gilbertson, re-elected unopposed
    Chatham Islands, Mayor Pat Smith, re-elected unopposed
    Franklin, new Mayor Mark Ball, (replacing Heather Maloney who has retired)
    Hastings, Mayor Lawrence Yule, re-elected unopposed
    Napier, Mayor Barbara Arnott, re-elected
    Waipa, Mayor Alan Livingston, re-elected
    Waitomo, new Mayor Mark Ammon (defeated incumbent Allan Andrews)
    Western Bay of Plenty, Mayor Graeme Weld, re-elected