Napier City Council Deputy Mayor Faye White is pleased to be re-elected following the preliminary results out this afternoon.
"I am relieved to be back on. One has felt a long campaign and it has not been the easiest this time round," Ms White said.
While she had been re-elected, the councillor was not expecting anything else at the moment.
Mayor Bill Dalton would announce his deputy at a later time.
"I believe that I worked really hard and did a good job."