Election 2013: Full rundown on Rotorua's new council

Tania Tapsell

Rotorua has elected its youngest councillor, the husband of a former councillor and a mayoral candidate to be part of the new Rotorua District Council.

At 21-years-old Tania Tapsell, great niece of Sir Peter Tapsell, will become the district's youngest councillor.

Ms Tapsell ended up with 8234 votes, coming in fifth place in the race for the 12 seats on the council.

Peter Bentley, husband of former councillor Maggie Bentley, also made it onto the district council coming in eight place with 7746 votes.

Mayoral candidate Rob Kent received 6462 votes, coming in eleventh place.

Only one incumbent councillor was voted off with Julie Calnan missing out with 6177 votes.

Mike McVicker received 6279 votes and retained his seat on the council in 12th out of 12 spots available.

Voter numbers were almost the same as in the 2010 election with 19,785, or 43.33 per cent of Rotorua's 45,663 registered voters having their say.

With 98 per cent of votes counted their should be little change to the final results.

Make sure you pick up a copy of Monday's Rotorua Daily Post for a full interview with Rotorua's new mayor and updated election results.

Council results:
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: 9624
Trevor Maxwell: 8661
Charles Sturt: 8543
Dave Donaldson: 8406
Tania Tapsell: 8234
Mark Gould: 8025
Karen Hunt: 7765
Peter Bentley: 7746
Glenys Searancke: 7423
Janet Wepa: 6576
Rob Kent: 6462
Mike McVicker: 6279
Julie Calnan: 6177
Fraser Newman: 5874
Nick Chater: 5500
Leandra Bowen: 5268
Reynold MacPherson: 4593
Dave Patterson: 4581
Waitsu Wu: 4108
Bill Hedges: 4058
Victor Storey: 3712
Yvonne Bidois: 3657
Kingsley Ridings: 3269
Hemi Bennett: 2677
Carolyn Santiago: 2659
Debs Rahurahu: 2546
June Parata: 2464
Helen Hindmarsh: 2337
Merecia Waqanimaravu: 2231
Ratu Tibble: 2117
Alexis Lewgor: 1992