As well as mayors and local government councillors, October's local body elections see 27 candidates contesting seven elected places on the Northland District Health Board.
DHB elections take place at the same time as local authority elections on October 12, with the new board members known some time on the night of the vote.
Seven members are elected by registered voters from the Northland community for the NDHB, with up to four further board members - and the chair - appointed by the Minister of Health. All seven incumbent public appointees are standing again this election.
The 27 lining up for a seat on the health board are: Pauline Allen-Downs (incumbent), Florence Annison, John Bain (incumbent), Dennis Bowman, Craig Brown (incumbent), Shirleyanne Brown, David Collard, Beth Cooper, Brent Doncliff, Irene Durham, Debbie Evans, Mike Fitzgerald, Michael Gardam, Jill Garret, Libby Jones (incumbent), Colin Kitchen (incumbent), Maureen Lyons-Adair, Sally Macauley (incumbent), Ros Martin, Chris Reid, Dover Samuels, Bill Sanderson (incumbent), Kevin Singleton, Rosanne Taylor, John Vujcich, Mike Ward and Jonny Wilkinson.
Elections for the Whangarei and Far North district councils and Northland Regional Council are run under the First Past The Post electoral system while NDHB uses the Single Transferable Voting (STV) system.