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2022–2025 term of the Auckland Council
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Overview
Legislative body	Auckland Council
Jurisdiction	Auckland Region
Term	28 October 2022 –
Website	aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Auckland Council
Council by political group Council by political lean
Members	1 mayor 20 councillors
Mayor	Wayne Brown (Ind.)
Deputy	Desley Simpson (C&R)
Party control	No majority control
Local boards
Members	150

The 2022–2025 triennium is the current and fifth term of the Auckland Council, a territorial authority that governs the Auckland region of New Zealand. It was elected at the 2022 local elections held on 8 October, and mayor and councillors were sworn in on 28 October.

Events

2022

• 15 October: Final election results released.
• 27 October: Mayor-elect Brown announces Desley Simpson will be his deputy, saying she was "overwhelmingly" supported by the incoming council members.
• 28 October: Mayor and councillors sworn in.

2023

• 27 January–2 February: Severe flooding in Auckland after heavy rainfall across the upper North Island.
• 12 February: Cyclone Gabrielle reaches Auckland as a subtropical storm, worsening flooding.
• April–October: Council rolls out food scrap bins across the region, with mixed reactions from Aucklanders.

2024

• 14 January: Central government cancels the Auckland Light Rail project.
• 21 February: Former councillor and 2022 mayoral race runner-up, Efeso Collins, dies following charity run.
• 4 July: The council voted 18–3 to oppose the government's increases to road speed limits.
• 9 November: Wayne Brown releases his draft of Mayoral Proposal for the Annual Plan 2025-26, confirming plans for Auckland Transport to be brought back under council control.

• 4 December: The council sold for $1.31 billion the remaining shares it owned in the Auckland International Airport as part of the council's long-term plan.

• 19 December: The council voted 11–8 to oppose the Government's Treaty Principles Bill.

Composition

Mayor

Two-term incumbent mayor Phil Goff did not stand for re-election, with the 2022 race for mayor seeing the centre-right Wayne Brown face off against the centre-left Efeso Collins (endorsed by Labour and the Greens), with Brown winning by more than 54,000.

Councillor		Affiliation		Political lean		Elected
	Wayne Brown		Fix Auckland		Right-leaning	2022

Councillors

Ward	Councillor		Affiliation		Political lean		Elected
Albany		John Watson		Putting People First		Right-leaning	2016
		Wayne Walker		Putting People First		Right-leaning	2010
Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa		Christine Fletcher		Communities and Residents		Right-leaning	2010
		Julie Fairey		City Vision		Left-leaning	2022
Franklin		Andy Baker		Team Franklin		Right-leaning	2022
Howick		Sharon Stewart		Independent		Right-leaning	2010
		Maurice Williamson		Independent		Right-leaning	2022
Manukau		Lotu Fuli		Labour		Left-leaning	2022
		Alf Filipaina		Labour		Left-leaning	2010
Manurewa-Papakura		Angela Dalton		None		Left-leaning	2019
		Daniel Newman		Manurewa-Papakura Action Team		Right-leaning	2016
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki		Josephine Bartley		Labour		Left-leaning	2018
North Shore		Chris Darby		For the Shore		Left-leaning	2013
		Richard Hills		A Positive Voice for the Shore		Left-leaning	2016
Ōrākei		Desley Simpson		Communities and Residents		Right-leaning	2016
Rodney		Greg Sayers		Independent		Right-leaning	2016
Waitākere		Shane Henderson		Labour		Left-leaning	2019
		Ken Turner		WestWards		Right-leaning	2022
Waitematā and Gulf		Mike Lee		Auckland Independents		Right-leaning	2022
Whau		Kerrin Leoni		Labour		Left-leaning	2022

Notes

1. ^ Houkura members rather than councillors
2. For: Andy Baker, Josephine Bartley, Wayne Brown, Angela Dalton, Chris Darby, Julie Fairey, Alf Filipaina, Christine Fletcher, Lotu Fuli, Shane Henderson, Richard Hills, Kerrin Leoni, Daniel Newman, Greg Sayers, Desley Simpson, Wayne Walker, John Watson, (+ Billy Brown)
   Against: Sharon Stewart, Ken Turner, Maurice Williamson
   Absent: Mike Lee
3. For: Josephine Bartley, Chris Darby, Julie Fairey, Alf Filipaina, Lotu Fuli, Shane Henderson, Richard Hills, Kerrin Leoni, Desley Simpson, (+ Edward Ashby, Tau Henare)
   Against: Andy Baker, Mike Lee, Daniel Newman, Sharon Stewart, Ken Turner, Wayne Walker, John Watson, Maurice Williamson
   Abstained: Christine Fletcher
   Absent: Wayne Brown, Greg Sayers, Andy Dalton
4. at the 2022 local elections, unless indicated otherwise.

References

1. ^ "Open Agenda". Auckland Council. 28 October 2022.
2. "Final Auckland Council election results released". Radio New Zealand. 15 October 2022.
3. "Desley Simpson named Auckland's deputy mayor". Radio New Zealand. 27 October 2022.
4. Ikram, Mahvash (3 April 2024). "The Aucklanders who refuse to use food scrap bins". Radio New Zealand.
5. "National-led government officially cancels Auckland Light Rail plans". Radio New Zealand. 14 January 2024.
6. "Green MP Efeso Collins dies during charity run". Radio New Zealand. 21 February 2024.
7. "Transport and Infrastructure Committee - Open minutes". Auckland Council. 4 July 2024.
8. Wilson, Simon (4 July 2024). "Auckland Council votes against higher road speed limits, in opposition to Govt's plan". NZHerald.
9. Long, David (19 November 2024). "Mayor Wayne Brown reveals radical changes for Auckland Transport and other CCOs". Stuff.
10. Gray, Jamie (4 December 2024). "Auckland Council sells Auckland Airport stake for $1.3 billion". NZHerald.
11. "Policy and Planning Committee - Open minutes" (PDF). Auckland Council. 19 December 2024.
12. Kvigstad, Laura (7 January 2025). "Council opposes Treaty Principals Bill". Times.
13. "Wayne Brown says he is 'privileged and humbled' to be Auckland's new mayor". Radio New Zealand. 8 October 2022.
14. Ormsman, Bernard (8 October 2022). "Local body elections: Wayne Brown wins race to be Auckland mayor by 54,000 votes over Efeso Collins". NZHerald.
15. ^ "Local elections 2022" (PDF). Auckland Council. 15 October 2022.
16. Niall, Todd (10 October 2022). "Auckland election: Wayne Brown may lose council majority at the table as seats change hands". Radio New Zealand.
17. "Ward councillors". Auckland Council. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
18. "Auckland Council elections: Left-leaning candidates Julie Fairey and Kerrin Leoni flip two seats". NZHerald. 10 October 2022.

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