The Rotorua District Residents and Ratepayers (RDRR) group says it will continue lobbying on behalf of its members and to prepare for the next local elections in October 2019.
The decision was made at its annual general meeting on Friday, it said in a press release today.
Chairwoman Glenys Searancke said: "Our mayoral candidate Reynold Macpherson and our six council candidates Peter Bentley, Julie Calnan, John Dyer, Raj Kumar, Rosemary MacKenzie, and Shelley Riach-Fischer can be very proud of their endeavours with Peter and Raj making it onto council and the other four a very close cluster, just short of the winning numbers. Reynold ran a close second to Mayor Chadwick, and indeed, without the other two main contenders, could well have succeeded."
She said RDRR would continue to write letters and make submissions on various matters to the council.
"We have some very talented and knowledgeable members in our group and those skills must be used. So for the next three years that is our focus and that will lead up to the next council elections in 2019."