2022–2025 term of the Auckland Council

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 in the 2022 Auckland Council elections held on 8 October, and the mayor and councillors were sworn in on 28 October.^[1]

2022–2025 term of the Auckland Council
← 2019–2022 (4th) 2025–2028 (6th) →
The council headquarters is in the former ASB building
Overview
Legislative body	Auckland Council
Jurisdiction	Auckland Region
Term	28 October 2022 – present
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 (Ind.)[a]
Party control	No majority control
Local boards
Members	150

Events

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2022

• 8 October: Preliminary election results released; Brown leads as mayor by over 50,000 votes.^[2]
• 8 October: Auckland Transport chair Adrienne Young-Cooper resigns following election of Brown, who said he would replace all directors of major council-controlled agencies.^[3]
• 15 October: Final election results released; Brown wins the mayoralty.^[4]
• 20 October: Mayor-elect Brown meets with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.^[5]
• 27 October: Mayor-elect Brown announces Desley Simpson will be his deputy, saying she was "overwhelmingly" supported by the incoming council members.^[6]
• 28 October: Mayor and councillors sworn in.^[1]
• 5 December: Far-right Canadian activists Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern's appeal of event cancellation at council-owned venue is dismissed by the Supreme Court.^[7]
• 5 December: Mayor Brown proposes 4.5% rate rise, a rate that would be below inflation.^[8]
• 10 December: Mayor Brown earmarks $414k for advisors, in line with previous spending; he earlier pledged to cut executive salaries whilst campaigning for office.^[9][10]
• 22 December: Mayor Brown delivers letter to various council-controlled organisations, outlining expectations related to greater transparency.^[11]

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.
• March 23: The council votes^[b] to leave Local Government New Zealand, in a split 10-10 decision with Mayor Brown casting the tie-breaking vote.^[12]
• April–October: Council rolls out food scrap bins across the region, with mixed reactions from Aucklanders.^[13]

2024

• 14 January: Central government cancels the Auckland Light Rail project.^[14]
• 21 February: Former councillor and 2022 mayoral race runner-up Efeso Collins dies following charity run.^[15]
• 4 July: The council voted 18–3^[d][16] to oppose the government's increases to road speed limits.^[17]
• 9 November: Mayor 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.^[18]

• 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]

• 19 December: The council voted 11–8^[e][20] to oppose the Government's Treaty Principles Bill.^[21]

2025

• 27 March: Council approves redevelopment of Eden Park, estimating an expense of $110 million. The alternative (a billion-dollar stadium on the waterfront) was not chosen.^[22]
• 27 March: Council approves funding levies for various amenities; Motat was given $19.6 million.^[23]

Composition

Mayor

For broader coverage of this topic, see Mayor of Auckland.

Main article: Wayne Brown (New Zealand politician)

Two-term incumbent mayor Phil Goff did not stand for re-election,^[24] 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.^[25] The election of Brown saw the super city's first right wing mayor since its inception in 2010.^[26]

Tim Murphy of Newsroom described Brown as an "anti-establishment" candidate, with Brown himself stating that his election "sent the clearest possible message to Auckland Council, and central government in Wellington."^[26] Brown said that transport was the number one issue, followed by crime, unfinished projects, over regulation, and council spending.^[26]

Mayor		Affiliation[27]		Political lean[28]		Elected	Deputy
	Wayne Brown		Fix Auckland		Right-leaning	2022	Desley Simpson

Councillors

A right ward shift was noted in the council following the 2022 elections, not only with the election of the right-leaning Wayne Brown as mayor.^[29] Eight new councillors were elected, with Julie Fairey, Lotu Fuli, and Kerrin Leoni being the new left wing faces and Andy Baker, Maurice Williamson, Ken Turner, and Mike Lee being the new councillors from the right.^[29] Many of the new right wing councillors ran on "reining in" council spending, including former National MP Maurice Williamson.^[29]

Ward	Councillor[30]		Affiliation[f][27]		Political lean[31]		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		Independent (since late 2024)		Right-leaning	2016
				Communities and Residents (2022–2024)
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. Previously a member of Communities and Residents before late 2024
2. For: Mike Lee, Daniel Newman, Greg Sayers, Desley Simpson, Sharon Stewart, Ken Turner, Wayne Walker, Maurice Williamson, John Watson and Mayor Brown
   Against: Andy Baker, Josephine Bartley, Angela Dalton, Chris Darby, Julie Fairey, Alf Filipina, Loti Fuli, Shane Henderson, Richard Hills and Kerrin Leoni.
3. Houkura members rather than councillors
4. 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^[c])
   Against: Sharon Stewart, Ken Turner, Maurice Williamson
   Absent: Mike Lee
5. For: Josephine Bartley, Chris Darby, Julie Fairey, Alf Filipaina, Lotu Fuli, Shane Henderson, Richard Hills, Kerrin Leoni, Desley Simpson, (+ Edward Ashby, Tau Henare)^[c]
   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
6. at the 2022 local elections, unless indicated otherwise.