Other election results

I will update as they come in:

• Tim Shadbolt has been re-elected in Invercargill with three times as many votes as Suzanne Prentice
• Roly Ellis is the new Mayor of Tararua (the district not the cheese) with twice the votes of the closest rival
• Winston Grey elected Kaikoura District Mayor easily
• Kerry Burke failed to even make Council in Christchurch
• Maureen Push elected Mayor of Westland District
• David Ayers elected Mayor of Waimakariri
• Aldo Miccio elected Mayor of Nelson
• Angus McKay (well done Angus) elected Mayor of Ashburton, beating the incumbent by 1,300 votes
• Julie Hardaker has beaten Bob Simcock by 800 votes to become Mayor of Hamilton – Simcock had a 30% lead at the end of August.Lisa Lewis got 951 votes – were they all men?
• Barbara Arnott returned as Mayor of Napier
• Peter Butler Mayor of Central Hawke’s Bay District
• In Taupo incumbent Rick Copper leads Mark Burton by 139 votes with 300 to count. Should be okay – thank God. And congrats to Anna Kirk for getting elected to Council.
• Les Probert wins in Wairoa
• In Stratford Roger Hignett beats John Campbell 651 to 649. Recount I suspect!
• Harry Duynhoven has been elected Mayor of New Plymouth by 1,700 votes
• Ray Wallace has beaten David Ogden by 5,000 votes in Lower Hutt
• Kevin Winters re-elected in Rotorua by 4,400 votes