Waitākere Ranges Local Board

Waitākere Ranges Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council, and is one of the two boards overseen by the council's Waitākere Ward councillors.

Waitākere Ranges Local Board
Local board of Auckland Council
CountryNew Zealand
RegionAuckland
Territorial authorityAuckland Council
WardWaitākere Ward
Legislated2010
Government
 • Board chairGreg Presland
Population
 (June 2019)[1]
 • Total54,000
Local Board Members[2]
Structure
4 / 6
WestWards/WestWards-Independent
2 / 6
Elections
Last election
2019
Next election
2022

The board's administrative area includes the suburbs of Titirangi, Glen Eden and Konini and the towns of Te Henga (Bethells Beach), Piha, Karekare, Huia and Laingholm,[3] and covers the area from Waitākere Ranges to O'Neill Bay.[4] The total population residing in the board's area, in the 2013 New Zealand census, was 48,396.[5]

The board is governed by six board members elected at-large. The inaugural members were elected in the nationwide 2010 local elections, coinciding with the introduction of the Auckland Council.[6]

Board Members 2016–19 term

The board's term currently runs from the 2016 local body elections to the local body elections in 2019. The current board members are:

Greg Presland (Chair), Future West
Saffron Toms (Deputy Chair), Future West
Sandra Coney, Future West
Neil Henderson, Future West
Steve Tollestrup, Future West
Ken Turner, WestWardsn1

n1 This member was elected in a by-election in May 2018[7] after the January 2018 death of board member Denise Yates (Future West).[8]

2018 by-election results

Ken Turner was the successful candidate in the by-election.[9]

Michelle Clayton – Independent (2,103 votes)
Tiaria Fletcher – Future West (1,625 votes)
Rob Gore – (936 votes)
Ken Turner – WestWards (3,883 votes)

References
  1. "Subnational Population Estimates: At 30 June 2019". Statistics New Zealand. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. "Election results 2016". Aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  3. "Waitākere Ranges Local Board". 1 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. "About Waitākere Ranges". 1 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  5. "2013 Census QuickStats about a place: Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area". stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  6. "Contact Waitākere Ranges Local Board". 1 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  7. "Ken Turner wins Waitākere Ranges Local Board by-election". Auckland Council. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  8. Smith, Simon (24 January 2018). "Tributes flow for Waitākere politician Denise Yates". Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  9. "Ken Turner wins Waitākere Ranges Local Board by-election". Auckland Council. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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