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<i>Preliminary election results:</i> Rotorua

Voting system 'out of kilter'

Full house scoops $125,000

<i>Preliminary election results:</i> Far North

Left, right and centre - it's a council for all

<i>Preliminary election results:</i> Christchurch

<i>Bevan Rapson:</i> Bye bye Banksie, roll on next time

<i>Preliminary election results:</i> Dunedin

Old fashioned city campaign may have hurt Banks badly

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

<i>Oscar Kightley:</i> Brown is the new blue and white in Auckland

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

Henry sorry - but not sorry enough

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.

Shore mayor gone hook, line and sinker

<i>Matt McCarten</i>: Left wing flying high over the Supercity

Power shifts to Auckland

<i>Deborah Coddington</i>: Keep politics out of local elections

Wellington mayor clings to narrow lead

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.