Source: Porirua City Council
Preliminary results in the Porirua City local body elections are now available, including all votes cast other than special votes.
This year there were 797 special votes.
These results update the progress results released on Saturday, including the previously uncounted 2844 votes cast between midday Friday and midday Saturday.
Based on the preliminary results, current Mayor Anita Baker has been re-elected receiving 8708 votes. Kathleen Filo finished second, with 7744 votes, followed by Ura Wilson-Pokoati with 1493 votes.
Elected in the Onepoto General Ward are Kathleen Filo (1625 votes), Geoff Hayward (1301 votes), Mike Duncan (1226 votes), Izzy Ford (1178 votes) and Hemi Fermanis (1109 votes).
In the Pāuatahanui General Ward the successful candidates are Josh Trlin (1723 votes), Nathan Waddle (1636 votes), Ross Leggett (1549 votes), and Moira Lawler (1536 votes).
In the Parirua Māori Ward, Kylie Wihapi has received 895 votes, ahead of Jess Te Huia on 868 votes, Raniera Albert on 304 votes, and Rawinia Rimene on 198 votes.
Voters have opted to keep the Māori Ward. There were 11,372 votes to keep and 5127 to remove.
In the non-binding poll, voters were in favour of working with other councils in the Wellington region to explore the possibility of creating one single council (9324 for and 7145 against).
Final results will be released once the 797 special votes are counted and these are expected on Thursday 16 October, though this may change.
