The Green Party's Celia Wade-Brown has ousted Kerry Prendergast as Wellington mayor after the counting of special votes was completed this afternoon.

New super city mayor Len Brown says his focus is on uniting Auckland - and reassuring people about the changes ahead.

When he got the call with the result, just before 1pm, Len Brown was initially numb.

Defeated, again. Emotional, again. But after losing a second Auckland mayoral race, John Banks hinted at yet another comeback.

We're bringing the local body election results in your area to you as they come in.

There will be fresh faces on Central Otago, Whanganui, Whangarei and Queenstown councils, which have all elected new mayors.

She was the southern singer who knew the lyrics to Funny Face; he, well, just had one.

After winning today's Super City election, Len Brown declared he wants to build a city on rapid transit, which would encourage economic growth.

Photos as the results come in for local body elections around the country.

The following is a list of preliminary results of mayoral winners from local body elections around the country

If the Labour Super City candidate accused of election fraud is convicted, the party will take 'swift action' against him.

The Super City candidate charged with forging documents to influence the election can now be named, after he decided against appealing a High Court decision refusing to protect his identity.

The identity of a Super City candidate charged with forging voting papers has been kept secret days before polling closes.