A public relations specialist says Paul Henry would be well aware he had made a huge mistake but was yet to show the right amount of remorse.

It has been a hard-fought slog, but Len Brown is now mayor of a Supercity with the largest council in Australasia.

Wellington's leadership is up in the air with long-serving incumbent Kerry Prendergast ahead of her nearest challenger by a mere 40 votes and many ballots still to be counted.

After 170 years this is the closest Auckland has come to having a brown mayor.

A vow to work together for the good of the region has been made by the 20 successful candidates for the new Auckland Council.

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.

The 20 councillors chosen to make up the new Auckland City Council.

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.

The first Auckland Council has been decided, and it has a centre-left look about it, which will make life easier for Super Mayor Len Brown.

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