But that's the case for seven mayors at this month's local body elections who have already been elected unopposed on salaries ranging from $91,767 to $155,649. Re-elected Hauraki District Mayor Toby Adams said he was "very humbled" that nobody put their name against him in the mayoral race. Photo / NZMEAlex Walker is another mayor not having to get out and chase votes, in her case at Central Hawke's Bay District Council. It's the same for another Hawke's Bay leader, Sandra Hazlehurst, who is standing unopposed on Hastings District Council. Local Government NZ chief executive Susan Freeman-Greene said the number of mayors who are elected unopposed is relatively similar to the 2019 election.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 07, 2022 00:13 UTC