The 2022 Auckland Council election was a local election held from September to 8 October in the Auckland Region of New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Auckland, 20 councillors, 149 local board members (across 21 local boards), and 35 licensing trustees (across 5 licensing trusts) for the 2022âÂÂ2025 term. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.
Key dates for the 2022 elections in Auckland.
The incumbent mayor, Phil Goff, did not stand for re-election.
Twenty members were to be elected to the Auckland Council, across thirteen wards, using the first past the post election system in single member wards and block voting in multi-member wards.
The final candidate list was released on 16 August.
Provisional results were announced on 8 October. Preliminary results were released on 9 October. Official and final results were released on 15 October.
Centre-right Wayne Brown defeated centre-left Efeso Collins in the race, 44.9% to 30.9%.
After the conglomeration of the various councils situated within the Auckland Region, local boards were created to deal with more local issues.