Action Hobson was a centrist council ticket in the Hobson Ward of Auckland City , New Zealand. The ticket was formed to combat the proposed Eastern Transport Corridor being proposed by Mayor of Auckland City , John Banks , and his supporting Citizens and Ratepayers Now (centre-right) bloc.
5-588: In the October 2004 election , Action Hobson were successful in electing two councillors, Christine Caughey and Richard Simpson and a majority on the local Hobson Community Board . After the 2004 election, Action Hobson's two councillors came under significant criticism for breaking their promises on council rates . In the leadup to the election, they had promised to be conservative and cap rates to inflation. However, Action Hobson's support for City Vision saw rates increases of 9.7% in 2005 and 13.2% in 2006, causing
10-541: A backlash with voters. Action Hobson also placed an emphasis on heritage policy as a part of their broad direction. In the October 2007 election , Action Hobson's candidates were all defeated, as part of a broad swing to the centre-right. 2004 New Zealand local elections Triennial elections for all 74 cities, districts , twelve regional councils and all district health boards in New Zealand were held on 9 October 2004. Most councils were elected using
15-614: The Chatham Islands . A private company, elections.com and its subsidiary Datamail, had been engaged by seven councils, eighteen DHBs, and one licensing trust with operating the STV elections. During the weekend of the elections, it was discovered that when voting papers were transferred to computer-readable data, not all data were correctly recorded. The Office of the Auditor-General became involved and tasked with confirming
20-408: The first-past-the-post method, but ten (of which Wellington City was the largest) were elected using the single transferable vote (STV) method. It was the first time that the STV method was available; the change came through successful lobbying by Rod Donald . Elections for the 21 district health boards (DHBs) were first held alongside the 2001 local elections . The government had hoped to use
25-547: The STV voting method from the start but this could not be achieved and in 2001, first-past-the-post voting (FPP) was used based on local wards. For the 2004 elections, the STV method was used. From 2004 onwards, DHB candidates have been elected at large (i.e. across the whole voting area). Apart from the district health boards, ten district or city councils used the STV method for the 2004 local elections: Kaipara , Papakura , Matamata-Piako , Thames-Coromandel , Kฤpiti Coast , Porirua , Wellington , Marlborough , Dunedin , and
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