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The Council Administration Block, a 1950s Modernist building near Aotea Square and Queen Street. Auckland City Council was the local government authority for Auckland City, New Zealand, from 1989 to 1 November 2010, when it and Auckland's six other city and district councils were amalgamated to form the Auckland Council.
Auckland Council (Māori: Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is a unitary authority, according to the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009, which established the council. [1]
By-elections on the city council were on occasion deferred if a substantial majority of the council agreed to fill the vacancy by appointment, resulting in the highest polling unsuccessful candidate at the previous election being appointed to the council unless there is a public demand for a poll to be held (known as extraordinary vacancies).
The 2022 Auckland local elections took place between September and October 2022 by postal vote as part of nation-wide local elections. The elections were the fifth since the merger of seven councils into the Auckland Council , which is composed of the mayor and 20 councillors, and 149 members of 21 local boards.
Auckland Council was created on 1 November 2010—a unitary authority that is classed as both a region and a territorial authority. It incorporated the recommendations of the Royal Commission and was established via legislation. [19] Auckland Council is uniquely divided into "local boards" representing the lowest tier of local government. [20]
Auckland City and Auckland Harbour Board Empowering Act; Christchurch Milk-supply and Markets Act Amended: 1917; Dunedin City Council Empowering Act; Education Act 1914; Eltham Drainage Board Act; Expeditionary Forces Voting Act; Iron and Steel Industries Act Amended: 1920/25; Local Railways Act Amended: 1915/20/26/88
The Waiheke Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council. It is one of three local board areas overseen by the Waitematā and Gulf Ward councillor. [2] The local board area includes Waiheke Island, Rangitoto Island, Motutapu Island, Motokorea Island, Motuihe Island, Ponui Island and Rakino Island. [2]
Albany Ward is an Auckland Council ward which elects two councillors and covers the Hibiscus and Bays and Upper Harbour Local Boards. The two councillors are currently John Watson and Wayne Walker. The two councillors are currently John Watson and Wayne Walker.