Josie Adams, Hayden Donnell, and Alice Webb-Liddall read thousands of policy statements to find the people who are most committed to tackling climate change.
The Spinoff local election coverage is made possible thanks to The Spinoff Members. For more about becoming a member and supporting The Spinoff’s journalism click here.
One of the problems with local elections is that voters often know nothing about the candidates. Unlike central government, where potential MPs run for parties with clearly defined policy positions, many aspiring local representatives run as independents, and fill their voting booklet blurbs with amorphous, positive-sounding nonsense. It’s hard to figure out their beliefs.
That information gap is one of the main reasons people disengage from local democracy, according to research carried out by Auckland Council after the 2016 election, and that disengagement is one of the reasons we end up electing science-deniers, bigots, quacks, or Michael Laws.
Thankfully, a few organisations are trying to shed light on the real policies of our aspiring politicians. If you want to get a complete picture of the candidates in your local area, objectively speaking the Policy Local tool hosted on-site is the best place to start. Feel free to also click on other Spinoff stories while you’re there.
We’ve sifted through the Policy data to find the local election candidates who, in our opinion, have expressed commitment to meaningful action – we were looking for more than talk of resilience, but specific concrete action they’d undertake to reduce the effects of climate change.
We’ve included the handful of people that looked to us to be deniers, too – those who deny anthropogenic climate change or that action is necessary and urgent.
If you’re a single-issue voter, and that issue is trying to prevent the extinction of much of the life on Earth, this list is for you.
Because this is based on Policy data, people who didn’t respond to Policy aren’t included unless they’ve been a particularly prominent climate denier. For instance, Auckland’s Communities & Residents ticket made a unilateral decision not to respond to Policy so its candidates aren’t here.
Policy is editorially independent of The Spinoff. These assessments are ours alone, and are based on publicly available data. Listings are in alphabetical order (including community boards)
Albert-Eden Local Board
Maungawhau Ward
Bernadette Power
Linda Cassells
Yeshe Dawa
Owairaka Ward
Christina Robertson
Graeme Easte
Julia Maskill
Margi Watson
Megan Earley
Victoria Tupou
Aotea/Great Barrier Local Board
Valmaine Toki
Ashburton District Council
Ashburton Ward
Selwyn Price
Eastern Ward
Lynette Lovett
Auckland Council
Mayor
Alezix Heneti
David John Feist
Genevieve Forde
Glen Snelgar
John Hong
John Tamihere
Peter Vaughan
Phil Goff
Susanna Kruger
Tadhg Tim Stopford
Tricia Cheel (although she appears to believe in man-made climate change, her environmental policies are pretty lacklustre.)
Albany Ward
Alezix Heneti
Julia Parfitt
Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa Ward
Cathy Casey
Mark Graham
Mark Thomas
Franklin Ward
Bill Cashmore
Howick Ward
Damian Light
Manukau Ward
Faanana Efeso Collins
Manurewa-Papakura Ward
Karin Kerr
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Ward
Josephine Bartley
Patrick O’Meara
North Shore Ward
Chris Darby
Danielle Grant
Grant Gillon
Richard Hills
Ōrākei Ward
Alan Barraclough
Mike Padfield
Waitākere Ward
Greg Presland
Linda Cooper
Paul Talyancich
Shane Henderson
Tricia Cheel (although she appears to believe in man-made climate change, she’s misunderstood much about it and her environmental policies are pretty lacklustre; check them out here.)
Waitematā and Gulf Ward
Pippa Coom
Will Maxwell-Steele
Whau Ward
Anne Degia-Pala
Jessamine Fraser
Ross Clow
Banks Peninsula Community Board
Lyttelton Subdivision
Reuben Davidson
Wendy Everingham
Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board
Kawakawa-Moerewa Subdivision
Lucie Green
Paihia Subdivision
Steve Wilce
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Kohi Māori Constituency
Toi Kai Rakâu Iti
Mauāo Māori Constituency
Riki Nelson
Rotorua Constituency
Katie Priscilla Paul
Lyall Thurston
Western Bay of Plenty Constituency
Jane Nees
Norm Bruning
Bluff Community Board
Noel Peterson
Buller District Council
Mayor
Charlie Bruning (but his policy is to move the city?! “Negotiate the rhetorics of building a new town away from untenable locations affected by climate change.”)
Westport Ward
Joanne Howard
Peter Howard
Cambridge Community Board
Cambridge Subdivision
Alana MacKay
Elise Badger
Roger Gordon
Canterbury Regional Council
Christchurch Central/Ohoko Constituency
Alan Chow
Axel Wilke
Evan Harris
Felicity Price
Lan Pham
Nicole Marshall
Paul McMahon
Christchurch North East/Orei Constituency
Jenny Hughey
Roy Knight
Tane Apanui
Christchurch South/Owhanga Constituency
Hamish Keown
James Macbeth Dann
Rik Tindall
Vicky Southworth
Christchurch West/Opuna Constituency
Aaron Campbell
Chrys Horn
Craig Pauling
Megan Hands
Rod Cullinane
Mid-Canterbury/Opakihi Constituency
Ian Mackenzie
John Sunckell
Sarah Walters
North Canterbury/Opukepuke Constituency
Bill Dowle (“The biggest emitters are transport. Encourage a reduction in planes, cars and trucks would be a great start” is his only emission/climate-based policy, and it doesn’t seem thought out).
Claire McKay
John Faulkner
South Canterbury/Otuhituhi Constituency
Elizabeth McKenzie
Herstall Ulrich
Peter J Scott
Phil Driver
Carterton District Council
Mayor
Graeme Farr
Jill Greathead
Deniers
Bernard Bottrill (fudged his answer here, but confessed denier in category below)
Council
Jill Greathead
John Fairbrother
Marty Sebire
Mike Osborne
Rob Stockley
Steffen Bertram
Deniers
Bernard Bottrill (“Climate has always changed, and change will continue.”)
Central Hawke’s Bay District Council
Aramoana-Ruahine Ward
Hirani Maaka
Central Otago District Council
Mayor
Tim Cadogan
Victoria Bonham
Cromwell Ward
Neil Gillespie
Shirley Calvert
Vincent Ward
Bruce Potter
Ian Cooney
Martin R McPherson
Tony Hammington (but has a very non-interventionist approach to policy: “Encourage ownership of climate change at individual level. Every citizen “owns” their impact on the Environment at home and work.”)
Tracy Paterson
Victoria Bonham
Christchurch City Council
Mayor
Aaron White
Adrian-Cosmin Schönborn
John Minto
JT Anderson
Lianne Dalziel
Peter Wakeman (anti-1080 candidate)
Deniers
Jim Glass (“Repeal the climate emergency resolution and sack all those councillors who voted for it.”)
Robin McCarthy (“Any climate change takes place slowly over a long period, so there is no need to put in place any additional policy.”)
Burwood Ward
Glenn Livingstone
Phil Mauger
Cashmere Ward
Joe Sullivan
Lee Sampson
Central Ward
Jake McLellan
Coastal Ward
James Daniels
Fendalton Ward
David Benson
Halswell Ward
Anne Galloway
Paul Lonsdale
Harewood Ward
Scott Franicevic
Hornby Ward
Jimmy Chen
Innes Ward
Cam Parsonson
Mark Wilson
Pauline Cotter
Papanui Ward
Nathan McCluskey
Peter McDougall
Riccarton Ward
Anthony Rimell
John Connelly
Spreydon Ward
Melanie Coker
Scott Esdaile
Clutha District Council
Bruce Ward
Deniers
Paul Hanlon (“Accept climate change as a natural event. Our planet has had Ice/desert ages since time began. Carbon dating and core sampling proves this.”)
Coastal-Burwood Community Board
Burwood Subdivision
Bebe Frayle
Greg Sugrue
Coastal Subdivision
Cathy Sweet
Soozie Bragg
Cromwell Community Board
Shirley Calvert
Werner Murray
Deniers
Robin Dicey (“Do not try to engage in a greenwash action.”)
Devonport-Takapuna Local Board
Ian Revell
Jenn Mckenzie
John Wood
Michael Sheehy (Focus on adaptation rather than mitigation)
Paul Cornish (More concerned with individual efforts than changing council policy)
Trish Deans
George Wood
Iain Rea
Dunedin City Council
Mayor
Aaron Hawkins
Carmen Houlahan
Christine Garey
Jules Radich
Mandy Mayhem-Bullock
Rachel Elder
Richard Seager
Robert (Bob) Barlin
Scout Barbour-Evans
Deniers
Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle (“Abandon the climate emergency. There is no climate emergency.”)
Council
Aaron Hawkins
Carmen Houlahan
Chris Staynes
David Benson-Pope
George Morris
Hugh Forsyth
Jules Radich
Mandy Mayhem-Bullock
Marie Laufiso
Neville K Jemmett
Peter MacKenzie
Rachel Elder
Richard Seager
Robert (Bob) Barlin
Sarah Davie-Nitis
Scout Barbour-Evans
Sophie Barker
Steve Walker
Christine Garey
Deniers
Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle (“Abandon plans to be CO2 neutral. Climate alarmism has become a form of mass hysteria. There is no climate emergency.”)
Eastbourne Community Board
Belinda Moss
Frank Vickers
Virginia Horrocks
Bruce Spedding
Eketahuna Community Board
Terry Carew
Far North District Council
Mayor
Dave Bear Hookway
Harko Brown
Monty Knight
Tania Mcinnes (Marginal)
Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Ward
David Clendon
Harko Brown
Jane Ellen Johnston
Kelly Stratford
Mike Stevens
Rachel Smith
Kaikohe-Hokianga Ward
John Vujcich
Lily Rawson
Marara Rogers
Moko Tepania
Rhonda Zielinski
Te Hiku Ward
Jason Kerrison
Lillian Karaka
Lyle Painting
Sacha Kearney-Yanke
Sue Bradford
Featherston Community Board
Claire Bleakley
Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board
Fendalton Subdivision
Bridget Williams
David Benson
Harewood Subdivision
Scott Franicevic
Zahra Hussaini
Fiordland Community Board
Ben Killeen
Nigel Humphries
Ryan Murray
Foxton Community Board
John Girling
Tricia Metcalf
Franklin Local Board
Pukekohe Subdivision
Amanda Kinzett
Logan Soole
Wairoa Subdivision
Amanda Hopkins
Ani Stace
Jesse Cleave
Lance Gedge
Malcolm Bell
Geraldine Community Board
Jan Finlayson
John Jensen
Rhys Taylor
Gisborne District Council
Mayor
Meredith Akuhata-Brown
Rehette Stoltz
Gisborne Ward
Alice Kibble
Amber Dunn
Andy Cranston
Courtenay Waikari
Debbie Gregory
Josh Wharehinga
Larry Foster
Mary Liza Manuel
Tony Robinson
Golden Bay Community Board
Grant Knowles
Robert Hewison
Gore District Council
Gore Ward
Glenys Dickson
Grey District Council
Eastern Ward
Jackie Farrelly
Karen Grant
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board
Adele Geradts
Andrei Moore
Ross McFarlane
Jolene Eagar
Mark Peters
Al Aitken
Deniers
Luke Chandler (A denier? Well, he answered “Curb rapidly rising rates,” when asked for climate change policy)
Hamilton City Council
Mayor
Angela O’Leary
Paula Southgate
Jack Gielen
Louise Hutt
Deniers
East Ward
Anna Smart
Brad Hills
Margaret Forsyth
Maxine van Oosten
Kesh Naidoo-Rauf
Meleane Burgess
Rob Pascoe
Tim Young
Deniers
Gary Mallett (“Accept that climate has always, and will always, change. Rarely is extreme climate change a consequence of human (ie people) activity.”)
Ryan Hamilton (Functionally a denier)
West Ward
Chris Davis
Dave Macpherson
Ewan Wilson
Louise Hutt
Martin Gallagher
Matthew Small
Peter Harry Bos
Sarah Thomson (Gold star: Sued government for not meeting climate change targets)
Deniers
Hanmer Springs Community Board
Mary Holloway
Hastings District Council
Mayor
Sandra Hazlehurst
Flaxmere Ward
Paula Mihaka
Hastings-Havelock North Ward
Bayden Barber
Rebecca Burn
Rion Roben
Sayeed Ahmed
Wendy Schollum
Heretaunga Ward
Alwyn Corban
Ann Redstone (Note: Anti-1080 though)
Jason Whaitiri
Oliver Taylor
Mohaka Ward
Stuart Perry
Tania Kerr
Hauraki District Council
Mayor
Josie Anderson
Paeroa Ward
Elaine Marie Rattigan
Waihi Ward
Alan Scott
Duncan Smeaton
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council
Central Hawke’s Bay Constituency
Tony Kuklinski
Will Foley
Hastings Constituency
Craig Foss
Mary O’Neill
Peter Guerin
Rick Barker
Tom Belford
Napier Constituency
Martin Williams
Neil Kirton
Nichola Nicholson
Paul Bailey
Deniers
John Smith (“Reverse HBRC nonsensical declaration of a climate emergency”. Smith is a particularly vitriolic climate denier.)
Ngaruroro Constituency
Guy Wellwood
Henderson-Massey Local Board
Brenda Brady
Ingrid Papau
John Riddell
Murali Kumar
Paula Bold-Wilson
Rebecca George-Koteka
Shane Henderson
Warren Flaunty
Will Flavell
Hibiscus and Bays Local Board
East Coast Bays Subdivision
Alexis Poppelbaum
Christina Bettany
Edward Benson-Cooper
Elizabeth Hall
Glen Stanton
Victoria Short
Hibiscus Coast Subdivision
Claire Teirney
Janet Fitzgerald
Horowhenua District Council
Mayor
Bernie Wanden
Kere Kere Ward
Jenny Lundie
John Girling
Levin Ward
Alan Young
Ginny Williams
Iraia Peni
Leigh (Griffen) McMeeken
Mike Barker
Mike Lepper
Nina Hori Te Pa
Terisa Ngobi
Waiopehu Ward
Christine Mitchell
Judy Webby
Howick Local Board
Botany Subdivision
Ajaypal Singh
Lance Millward
Mark Johnson
Masooma Mehdi
Mike Turinsky
Howick Subdivision
Adele White
Barry Wood
Bo Burns
Jim Donald
Deniers
Matthew Sheehy (“Local removal of the Auckland Council climate emergency, which is both scaremongering and virtue signalling in the highest order.”)
John Spiller (Admits he’s a denier partly because he’s been listening to a “a lot of information on talkback shows” around 53 minutes into this video.)
Pakuranga Subdivision
Dale Smith
Katrina Bungard
Huntly Community Board
Kim Bredenbeck
Rewi Cork
Deniers
David Whyte (“Given the issues that confront Huntly, and the role of the Huntly Community Board, this does not seem relevant.”)
Hurunui District Council
Mayor
Peggy Burrows
East Ward
Stephen Carr
Toka Te Taua
South Ward
Pauline White
Robbie Bruerton
Hutt City Council
Mayor
Campbell Barry
At Large
Ashok Neil Parbhu
Brady Dyer
Campbell Barry
Chris Norton
Josh Briggs
Joshua Peauafi
Karen (Kaz) Yung
Michael Lulich
Naomi Shaw
Phil Sprey
Simon Edwards
Tesh Kells
Eastern Ward
Andy Mitchell
Harbour Ward
Simon Monrad
Tui Lewis
Wainuiomata Ward
Anania Randall
Keri Brown
Western Ward
Chris Parkin
Margaret Cousins
Inglewood Community Board
Graeme Hamilton Sykes
Mel Cook
Invercargill City Council
Mayor
Becs Amundsen
Steve Chernishov
Council
Barry R. Stewart
Becs Amundsen
Lesley Soper
Lindsay Abbott
Nobby Clark
Russell (Judge) Tempero
Steve Chernishov
Waka Coughlan
Wayne Harpur
Kaiapoi-Tuahiwi Community Board
Brent Cairns
Daniel Huisman
Philip Redmond
Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board
Kaikohe Subdivision
Lily Rawson
Kaikōura District Council
Mayor
Deniers
Sharon Rayner (“Opt out of the Agenda 21 and Earthcheck policies and create a policy that better suits our environment and community.” Appears to be an Agenda 21 conspiracy theorist.)
Kaipara District Council
Mayor
Jason Smith
Moemoea Mohoawhenua
Dargaville Ward
Eryn Wilson-Collins
Otamatea Ward
Anna Curnow
West Coast-Central Ward
David Wills
Joesephine Nathan
Victoria Del La Varis-Woodcock
Kaipātiki Local Board
Andrew Shaw
Ann Hartley
Anne-Elise Smithson
Cindy Schmidt
Danielle Grant
Frances Waaka
Jesse Jensen
John Gillon
Louis Hartley
Melanie Kenrick
Kaitake Community Board
Graham Chard
Kāpiti Coast District Council
Mayor
Gwynn Compton
Martin Halliday
At large
Asher Wilson-Goldman
Gwynn Compton
Janet Holborow
Marcia Johnson
Otaki Ward
Shelly Warwick
Paekakariki-Raumati Ward
Bede Laracy
Sophie Handford
Paraparaumu Ward
Mark Benton
Martin Halliday
Waikanae Ward
Iride McCloy
Jocelyn Prvanov
Michael Ferguson Scott
Katikati Community Board
Christina Humphreys
Denier
Norm Mayo (“Bring common sense back to council decisions.”)
Kawerau District Council
Rae Geary
Sneha Gray
Whaiora Patrick
Kawhia Community Board
Kawhia Subdivision
- (Kit) Jeffries
Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board
Central Subdivision
Clive Antony
Irinka Britnell
Michelle Lomax
Sally Buck
Sunita Gautam
Wayne Hawker
Heathcote Subdivision
Gail Patricia Woods
Tim Lindley
Mackenzie District Council
Pukaki Ward
Emily Bradbury
Makara-Ohariu Community Board
John Apanowicz
Maketu Community Board
Laura Rae
William Ra Anaru
Manawatū District Council
Feilding Ward
Hilary Humphrey (“Develop an environmental sustainability strategy.” Marginal.)
Amber Dodge (“Ensure the processes we put in place for future development are resilient, sustainable and environmentally friendly.” Marginal.)
Rural Ward
Alison Short
Manawatū-Wanganui Regional Council
Horowhenua Constituency
Karen Adams
Lindsay Burnell
Michael Kay
Phil Taueki
Sam Ferguson
Manawatū-Rangitīkei Constituency
Gordon McKellar
Leslie Pillow
Palmerston North Constituency
Chris Teo-Sherrell
Darryl Cleland
Fiona Gordon
Jono Naylor
Rachel Keedwell
Ruapehu Constituency
Moana Ellis
Richard Steele (“Plant trees in dodgy places.”)
Weston Kirton
Tararua Constituency
Andrew Day
Lorraine Stephenson
Whanganui Constituency
Nicola Patrick
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board
Brendan Corbett
Christine Frances O’Brien
Harry Fatu Toleafoa
Lemauga Lydia Sosene
Tauanu’u Nick Bakulich
Manurewa Local Board
Anne Candy
Ezekiel Robson
Sarah Colcord
Marlborough District Council
Mayor
Jamie Arbuckle
John Leggett
Blenheim Ward
Deborah Dalliessi
Gerry Roodakker
Jamie Arbuckle
Mark Peters
Matt Flight
Meg Martin
Phil Skinner
Robin Sutherland
Marlborough Sounds Ward
Barbara Faulls
Rebecca Woledge
Carmen Gimpl
Wairau-Awatere Ward
Francis Maher (“Incorporate climate change impact into all Council decisions. Build climate change resilience into the district’s planning and development.”)
Philip Vink
Martinborough Community Board
Aidan Ellims
Michael Honey
Penny Hobden
Masterton District Council
Mayor
Lyn Patterson
Tina Nixon (Marginal)
Council
Brent (BG) Gare
Chris Peterson
David Holmes
Deborah Davidson
Isabella McClymont
Jonathan Hooker
Ronald Karaitiana
Sandy Ryan
Tina Nixon (Marginal)
Matamata-Piako District Council
Matamata Ward
James Sainsbury
Judith Hattie
Morrinsville Ward
Heather Morton
James Thomas
Te Aroha Ward
Caitlin Casey
Russell Smith
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board
Maungakiekie Subdivision
Godfrey Rudolph
Jeanette Thorne
Tamaki Subdivision
Chris Makoare
Peter Mcglashan
Mercury Bay Community Board
Leanne Rita Petersen
Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board
Jenny Newstead
Motueka Community Board
Brent Maru
David Armstrong
Jon Taylor
Joni Tomsett
Murupara Community Board
Murupara Subdivision
April Waiarangi O’Brien
Napier City Council
Mayor
Kirsten Wise
Ahuriri Ward
Hayley Browne (nee Young)
James Crow
Keith Price
Nelson Park Ward
(Api) Apiata Tapine
Chris Stewart
Maxine Boag
Sally Crown
Will Jenkins
Onekawa-Tamatea Ward
Annette Brosnan
Taradale Ward
Catherine Hawkins
Jake Brookie
National Park Community Board
Simon O’Neill
Nelson City Council
Mayor
Avner Nahmias
Mike Ward
Rachel Reese
Council
Bernie Goldsmith
Brian McGurk
Graeme O’Brien
Harry (Howard) Morris
Judene Edgar
Luke King
Matt Lawrey
Mike Rutledge
Mike Ward
Pete Rainey
Rachel Sanson
Rohan O’Neill-Stevens
Trudie Brand
New Plymouth District Council
Mayor
Bill Simpson
Irene Godkin
Joanne Kuvarji
Max Brough
Neil Holdom
New Plymouth City Ward
Amanda Clinton-Gohdes
Anneka Carlson
Bev Gibson
Bruce Gatward-Cook
Chris Manukonga (“Stop smokers from dropping their cigarette butts on the ground.”)
Colin Bell
David Bublitz
Dinnie Moeahu
Gordon Brown
Harry Duynhoven
Irene Godkin
Joanne Kuvarji
Jonathan Marshall
Katherine Blaney
Louise James
Mike Crow
Richard Handley
Sarah Foy
Stacey Hitchcock
South-West Ward
Chris Hale
Richard Jordan
Ngaruawahia Community Board
Kiri Morgan
Rongo Kirkwood
Northland Regional Council
Coastal Central Constituency
Amy Macdonald
Colin Peter Thew
Jeroen Jongejans
Maggie Buxton
Paul Dimery
Coastal North Constituency
Jocelyn Yeoman
Coastal South Constituency
David Lourie
Rick Stolwerk
Te Hiku Constituency
Mike Finlayson
Whangarei Urban Constituency
Jack Craw
Onewhero-Tuakau Community Board
Caroline Conroy
Jonathan Lovatt
Ōpōtiki District Council
Mayor
Alex Dobie
Haki Mcroberts
Louis Rāpihana
Lyn Riesterer
Coast Ward
Haki Mcroberts
Louis Rāpihana
Ōpōtiki Ward
Alex Dobie
Shona Browne
Waioeka-Waiotahi Ward
Debi Hocart
Ron Findlay
Ōrākei Local Board
Isaac Mercer
Pete Williams
Otago Peninsula Community Board
Hoani Langsbury
Otago Regional Council
Dunedin Constituency
Andrew Rutherford
Bryan Scott
Gretchen Robertson
Marian Hobbs
Matt Kraemer
Michael Deaker
Rob Woodhouse
Scott Willis
Tim Mepham
Tony Hunter
Dunstan Constituency
Alexa Forbes
Gary Kelliher
Phill Hunt
Richard Bowman
Moeraki Constituency
Alex Familton
Gail May-Sherman
Kevin Malcolm
Molyneux Constituency
Andrew Velman (Note: Anti-1080)
Lloyd McCall
Robert Hamlin
Otaki Community Board
Cam Butler
Marilyn Stevens
Shelly Warwick
Stephen Carkeek
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
Ōtara Subdivision
Apulu Reece Autagavaia
Swanie Nelson
Papatoetoe Subdivision
Dawn Trenberth
Margaret Stonyer
Tafilelea Faavae Gagamoe
Otorohanga Community Board
Amanda Kiddie
Otorohanga District Council
Mayor
Deniers
Doreen de Haan (“The current climate of the district is moderate in all respects, limiting the potential adverse effects of climate change.”)
Kawhia-Tihiroa Ward
- (Kit) Jeffries
Waipa Ward
Deniers
Roy Johnson (“Promote the importance of farming businesses to our district in considering our future.” Said nothing about climate change, promoted farming concerns instead.)
Oxford-Ohoka Community Board
Ohoka-Swannanoa Subdivision
Sarah Barkle
Oxford Subdivision
Mark Brown
Paekākāriki Community Board
Holly Jane Ewens
Palmerston North City Council
Mayor
Andy Asquith
Teanau Tuiono
Council
Aleisha Rutherford
Andy Asquith
Brent Barrett
Bruno Petrenas
David Lane
Duncan McCann
Iulian Dianu
Karen Naylor
Latham Lockwood
Lew Findlay
Lorna Johnson
Nick Byrnes
Patrick (Pat) Handcock
Rachel Bowen
Renee Dingwall
Tangi Utikere
Papanui-Innes Community Board
Innes Subdivision
Ali Jones
Cam Parsonson
Emma Twaddell
Holly Chappell-Eason
Deniers
Lindon (Boycey) Boyce (“Is Climate change a creation of Mankind or just Nature? Like most I am no expert so I just do the best I can for the environment each day.”)
Papanui Subdivision
Emma Norrish
Merav Benaia
Nathan McCluskey
Peter McDougall
Simon Britten
Paraparaumu-Raumati Community Board
Grace Lindsay
Petone Community Board
Brady Dyer
Karen (Kaz) Yung
Pleasant Point Community Board
John Cross
Porirua City Council
Mayor
Ana Coffey
Anita Baker
Mike Duncan
Eastern Ward/Pāutahanui ki te uunga mai o te ra
Jasmine Taankink
Jimmy Isaako
Northern Ward/Pukerua ki te Raki
Anita Baker
Beverley Anne Wakem
Brett Crombie
Iain Maclean
Josh Trlin
Nathan Waddle
Rabeea Inayatullah
Ross Leggett
Western Ward/Titahi Rangituhi Porirua ki te uru
Geoff Hayward
Jude Pointon
Mark Batten
Mike Duncan
Puketāpapa Local Board
Anne-Marie Coury
Bobby Shen
Harry Doig
Jon Turner
Julie Fairey
Shail Kaushal
Queenstown-Lakes District Council
Mayor
Jim Boult
Nik Kiddle
Arrowtown Ward
Heath Copland
Queenstown/Wakatipu Ward
John Glover
Niki Gladding
Glyn Lewers
John Macdonald
Penny Clark
Valerie Miller
Wanaka Ward
Calum Macleod
Cherilyn Walthew
Lincoln Haworth
Niamh Shaw
Raglan Community Board
Chris Rayner
Rangiora Ashley Community Board
Ashley Subdivision
Chris Prickett
Greg Miller
Krysten Barnett
Rangiora Subdivision
Robbie Brine
Monique Fleming
Jason Goldsworthy
Rangitāiki Community Board
Pouroto Ngaropo
Rangitīkei District Council
Mayor
Andy Watson
Central Ward
Fiona Dalgety
Sandra Field
Southern Ward
Bronwyn Meads
Waru Panapa
Rodney Local Board
Kumeu Subdivision
Vicki Kenny
Brent Bailey
Danielle Hancock
Phelan Pirrie
Deniers
Geoff Upson (“Investigate who is benefiting financially from the ‘climate emergency.'”)
Warkworth Subdivision
Beth Houlbrooke
Steven Garner
Rotorua District Council
Mayor
Stephanie (Steve) Anne Chadwick
Reynold Macpherson
Council
Bam Whare
Dave Donaldson
Fisher Wang
Kaya Sparke
Lance Mutlow
Matthew Martin
Ryan Gray
Richard Collins
Trish Hosking
Mark Gould
Julie Kerry
John Rakei-clark
Harina Rinaha Rupapera
Conan O’Brien
Brendan Davis
Alan Tāne Solomon
Rotorua Lakes Community Board
Phill Thomass
Nick Chater
Rotorua Rural Community Board
Sarah Thomson
Ruapehu District Council
Mayor
Jacques Windell
National Park Ward
Taumaranui Ward
Adie Doyle
Waimarino-Waiouru Ward
Elizabeth (Betty) Pakai
Gary Griffin-chappel
Janelle Hinch
Vivienne Hoeta
Elijah Pue (Anti-1080)
Saddle Hill Community Board
Keith Mcfayden
Selwyn District Council
Mayor
Sam Broughton
Ellesmere Ward
Shane Epiha
Malvern Ward
Kerry Pauling
Selwyn Central Ward
Calvin Payne
Jeff Bland
Sophie Mcinnes
Mark Alexander
Nicole Reid
Springs Ward
Debra Hasson
Riki Rolleston
South Taranaki District Council
Patea Ward
Brian Rook
Taranaki Coastal Ward
Scott Wilson
Lee Alexander Hurley
Chris Young
Te Hāwera Ward
Diana Reid
Racquel Cleaver
Celine Filbee
South Waikato District Council
Putaruru Ward
Sandra Wallace
Adrienne Bell
Tokoroa Ward
Marin James Glucina
South Wairarapa District Council
Mayor
Alex Beijin
Graeme Farr
Martinborough Ward
Daphne Geisler
Southland District Council
Mayor
Don Byars
Tim Hanna
Mararoa Waimea Ward
Brian Dillon
Oreti Ward
Christine Menzies
Darren Frazer
Stewart Island/Rakiura Ward
Rakiura Herzhoff
Waiau Aparima Ward
Don Byars
Karyn Owen
Ron Hibbs
George Harpur
Waihopai Toetoe Ward
Amanda Nally
Paul Duffy
Julie Keast
Southland Regional Council
Fiordland Constituency
Allan Baird
Roger Hodgkinson
Invercargill/Rakiura Constituency
Bonnie Mager
Eric Roy
Nathan Surendran
Robert Guyton
Bruce Pagan
Western Constituency
Gemma Mcgrath
Spreydon-Cashmere Community Board
Cashmere Subdivision
Keir Leslie
Spreydon Subdivision
Calum Stewart-Ward
Karolin Potter
Stewart Island/Rakiura Community Board
Rakiura Herzhoff
Stratford District Council
Stratford Rural Ward
Stephen Dravitski
Stratford Urban Ward
Christopher James
Laurie Gooch
Tairua-Pauanui Community Board
Anne Stewart Ball
Taneatua Community Board
Toni Boynton
Taranaki Regional Council
New Plymouth Constituency
Bob Waugh
Elvisa Van Der Leden
Charlotte Littlewood
North Taranaki Constituency
Chris Wilkes
South Taranaki Constituency
Alan Murray
Neil Walker
Michael Joyce
Tararua District Council
Mayor
James Harold
Tracey Collis
North Tararua Ward
Michael Francis Long
Neil Gibbard
Paddy Driver
Tasman District Council
Mayor
Brent Maru
Dean McNamara
Tim King
Golden Bay Ward
Celia Butler
Kaya Blown
Reg Turner
Motueka Ward
Claire Hutt
David Ogilvie
Paul Dixon-Didier
Moutere-Waimea Ward
Anne Turley
Christeen Mackenzie
Don Everitt
Hayden Stevenson
Julie Nevin
Richard Johns
Richmond Ward
Dana Wensley
Gary Watson
Kit Maling
Mark Greening
Peter Lynch
Stan Holland
Taupiri Community Board
Jacqueline Henry
Jo Morely
Taupō District Council
Mayor
Kim Eyles
Zane Cozens
Taupō Ward
Anna Park
Christine Singer
John Williamson
Kathy Guy
Mowenna (Mo) Harding
Turangi-Tongariro Ward
John Mack
Tauranga City Council
Mayor
Jos Nagels
Kevin Clout
Rangimarie TeAmopiu-Kaa Kingi
At Large
Bernie Gillon
Buddy Mikaere
Caleb Hall
Geoffrey Brown
Heidi Hughes
Linda Munn
Suzi Paige
Mount Maunganui Papamoa Ward
Deborah Johnston
Peter Gregson
Shona Delaney
Steve Morris
Otumoetai-Pyes Pa Ward
Barry Pollett
Jako Abrie
Te Papa-Welcome Bay Ward
Anna Larsen
Terry Molloy
Tina Salisbury
Waitsu Wu
Deniers
Rob Poad (“Remove the climate emergency status”).
Tawa Community Board
Bronwyn Thurston
Damian Hewitt
Jackson Lacy
Te Hāwera Community Board
Celine Filbee
Te Hiku Community Board
Kaitaia Subdivision
David Senior
Te Puke Community Board
Dale Snell
Kassie Ellis
Larissa Hika
Richard Crawford
Stephen Fawcett
Tekapo Community Board
Ann-Maree Grant
Temuka Community Board
Charles Scarsbrook
Thames Community Board
Michael Brewerton
Thames-Coromandel District Council
Mayor
Ben Parsons
Len Salt
Coromandel-Colville Ward
Neville Cameron
Mercury Bay Ward
Augusta Macassey-Pickard
Thames Ward
Martin Rodley
Robyn Sinclair
Timaru District Council
Mayor
Janie Annear
Kari (Aj) Mohoao
Shane Wilson
Pleasant Point-Temuka Ward
Charles Scarsbrook
Timaru Ward
Anthony Brien
Barbara Gilchrist
Jock Anderson
Karl Te Raki
Deniers
Hugh Perry (“I do not believe there is a climate emergency”).
Tirau Community Board
Holly Blair
Twizel Community Board
Renee Rowland
Tracey Gunn
Upper Harbour Local Board
Anna Atkinson
Glen Stanton
John Henry Glover
Jonathan Mcdonald
Margaret Miles
Nicholas Mayne
Uzra Casuri-Balouch
Upper Hutt City Council
Mayor
Angela Macleod
Wayne Guppy
Council
Chris Carson
Dylan Bentley
Glenn McArthur
Luke Cooke
Michael Hurle
Paul Thompson
Rebecca Macann
Ted Cooper
Tracey Ultra
Vincent Community Board
Anna Robinson
Ian Cooney
Roger Browne
Russell Garbutt
Victoria Bonham
Wayne Perkins
Waiheke Local Board
Bob Upchurch
David John Baigent
Waihemo Community Board
Katrina Dodd
Waihi Beach Community Board
Marilyn Roberts
Waikanae Community Board
Geoffrey Churchman
Jocelyn Prvanov
Michael Moore
Waikato District Council
Mayor
Korikori Hawkins
Simon Thomson
Eureka Ward
Elizabeth Goodwin
Huntly Ward
Bill Rosoman
Maxine Moana-Tuwhangai
Ngaruawahia Ward
Rongo Kirkwood
Onewhero-Te Akau Ward
Bronwyn Main
Waikato Regional Council
Hamilton Constituency
Angela Strange
Barry Quayle
Jennifer Nickel
Peter Koizumi
Russ Rimmington
William Durning
Taupō-Rotorua Constituency
Alana Delich
Bernhard Chrustowski
Kathy White (Anti-1080)
Thames-Coromandel Constituency
Clyde Graf (nb Anti-1080).
Dal Minogue
Denis Tegg
Waihou Constituency
Bill Cox (nb Anti-1080)
Tara Jesperson
Fred Lichtwark
Pamela Storey
Waipā-King Country Constituency
Andrew Macpherson
Dan Armstrong
Stuart Kneebone
Waikouaiti Coast Community Board
Andy Barratt
Geraldine Tait
Mandy Mayhem-Bullock
Rafferty Parker
Rose Stringer-Wright
Waimakariri District Council
Mayor
Jay Webb
Kirstyn Barnett
Michael Joseph Bate
Robbie Brine
Kaiapoi-Woodend Ward
Brent Cairns
Philip Redmond
Waimate District Council
Waimate Ward
Fabia Fox
Michael Downes
Miriam Morton
Wainuiomata Community Board
Ellie Abel
Paul Knox
Regan Gilmour
Waipa District Council
Mayor
Jennifer Takuta-Moses
Cambridge Ward
Dennis Finn
Philip Coles
Poto Davies
Roger Gordon
Steve Grounds
Te Awamutu Ward
Andrew Brown
Bernard Westerbaan
Bill Izard
Cassidy Temese
Dennis Pennefather
John Wood
Lou Brown
Michael Emery
Wairoa General Ward
Murray Olsen
Wairoa Māori Ward
Hinenui Tipoki-Lawton
Waitākere Ranges Local Board
Greg Presland
Mark Roberts
Michelle Wineera (Anti-5G)
Sandra Coney
Tony Hartnett
Waitaki District Council
Mayor
Gary Kircher
Katrina Hazelhurst
Paul Mutch
Corriedale Ward
Eugen Dupu
Oamaru Ward
Colin Wollstein
Derek Golding
Devin Familton
Eden Bradfield
Hana Melania Halalele
Iain Clark
Kelli Milmine
Liz Cadogan
Melanie Jeanne Tavendale
Peter Mclellan
Waihemo Ward
Jan Wheeler
Peter Newton
Waitara Community Board
Irene Godkin
Jonathan Marshall
Josephine Moore
Waitematā Local Board
Alexandra Bonham
Glenda Fryer
Graeme Gunthorp
Julie Sandilands
Keith McConnell
Richard Northey
Tadhg Tim Stopford
Will Maxwell-Steele
Waitomo District Council
Mayor
Brian Hanna
John Robertson
Te Kuiti Ward
Jacob Ngarewa
Wanaka Community Board
Lyal Cocks
Wellington City Council
Mayor
Ajay Rathod
Andy Foster
Conor Hill
Jennie Condie
Justin Lester
Norbert Hausberg
Motukairangi/Eastern Ward
Bernard O’Shaughnessey
Chris Calvi-Freeman
Sarah Free
Teri O’Neill
Paekawakawa/Southern Ward
Fleur Fitzsimons
Humphrey Hanley
Laurie Foon
Thomas Morgan
Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward
Brian Dawson
Harry Smith
Iona Pannett
Lee Orchard
Nicola Young
Shan Ng
Tamatha Paul
Takapū/Northern Ward
Jenny Condie
Jill Day
John Apanowicz
John Peters
Malcolm Sparrow
Peter Gilberd
Tracey Hurst-Porter
Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward
Andy Foster
Conor Hill
Michelle Rush
Rebecca Matthews
Richard Mcintosh
Rohan Biggs (Note: Very marginal. Advocates cutting rates as a way of reducing the council’s carbon footprint, which is questionable at best. However, he does have some on-topic proposals.)
Wellington Regional Council
Pōneke/Wellington Constituency
Alexander Garside
Bryce Pender
Daran Ponter
David Lee
Glenda Hughes
Helene Ritchie
Jill Ford
John Klaphake
Lesleigh Salinger
Roger Blakely
Sam Somers
Thomas Nash
Tony De Lorenzo
Tony Jansen
Troy Mihaka
Victoria Rhodes-Carlin
Porirua/Tawa Constituency
Barbara Donaldson
Chris Kirk-Burnnand
Jenny Brash
Phillip Marshall
Vaughn Liley
Te Awa Kairangi Ki Tai/Lower Hutt Constituency
David Ogden
Josh Van Lier
Leonie Dobbs
Peter Glensor
Bill Hammond
Mark Crofskey
Ros Connelly
Steve Pattinson
Wairarapa Constituency
Adrienne Staples
Richard L Moore
West Coast Regional Council
Buller Constituency
Glenn Irving
Laura Coll McLaughlin
Pat Wall
Grey Constituency
Paul Finlay (“Climate change Paul Finlay instigated climate change engineering at Holy Name University in Bohol. The focus is on engineering.”)
Westland Constituency
Logan John Skinner
Western Bay of Plenty District Council
Mayor
Stephen Fawcett
Kaimai Ward
John Palmer
Mark Dean
Katikati/Waihi Beach Ward
Allan Sole
Anne Henry
Christina Humphreys
James Denyer
Neil Candy
Tangiwai Manihera-Palmer
Maketu/Te Puke Ward
Kevin Marsh
Monique Lints
Stephen Fawcett
Westland District Council
Mayor
Gray Eatwell
Northern Ward
Jane Neale
Kim Judd
Whakatāne District Council
Mayor
Judy Turner
Julie Jukes
Leslie Immink
Pouroto Ngaropo
Victor Luca
Galatea-Ururapa Ward
Alison Silcock
Jackie Te Amo
Rangitāiki Ward
Mel Rangiaho (“Adapt to climate change we have been doing this for 150 years and we will carry on adapting as it increases and always changing.”)
Wini Geddes
Whakatāne-Ōhope Ward
Neil Larking
Scott Jarrett (“Adapt to climate change will mean new directions/policy.”)
John Pullar (“That council has a clear pathway to adapt to climate change.”)
Steve Sopora (“Cost effectively increase our resilience to natural disasters, whether or not climate related, based on sound analysis of risks and impacts.”)
Toni Boynton
Victor Luca
Wayne Marriott
Whakatāne-Ōhope Community Board
Carolyn Hamill
Ged Casey
Linda Bonne
Sue Fenton
Whangamata Community Board
Helen McCabe
Tamzin Letele
Whanganui District Council
Alan Taylor (“Focus on adapting to climate change”)
Brent Crossan
Hadleigh Reid
Helen Craig
James Barron
Jenny Duncan
Kiritahi Firmin
Matthew Urry
Phillipa Baker-Hogan (“Support initiatives to adapt to climate change”)
Ray Brightwell
Vijeshwar Prasad
Whangārei District Council
Mayor
Sheryl Mai
Tony John
Bream Bay Ward
Iain Robertson
Olli Krollman
Denby Ward
Crichton Christie
Shaquille Shortland
Tricia Cutforth
Hikurangi-Coastal Ward
Anna Murphy
Okara Ward
Albie Barr
Carol Peters
Melanie Payne
Nicholas Hunter Connop
Steve Capper
Tony Gill (“Make our council to do the job “once” by redoing work/infostructure more times isn’t environmental sound as well of extra costs.”)
Whangārei Heads Ward
Don Lake
Whau Local Board
Aadil Basha
Catherine Farmer
Fasitua Amosa
Jessamine Fraser
Jessica Rose
Kay Thomas
Lawrence Watt
Reuben Shadbolt
Warren Piper
This article was updated on September 27 to remove the “fudgers and prevaricators” category, which proved more amorphous and unhelpful than we’d intended.