Lawrence Yule talks to Local Focus about his 6th mayoral term and insists this will be the last. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Lawrence Yule talks to Local Focus about his 6th mayoral term and insists this will be the last. Made with funding from NZ on Air

It's fair to assume there will be a fair few sore heads as more than 20 new mayors wake up this morning.

Now the work really starts - it's time for our new leaders to enrol in How To Be A Mayor 101 and head back to school.

Congratulations to all the new mayors, councillors and members of local and community boards elected in cities and districts around the country yesterday.

Can online voting turn around our dreadful local body election voter turnout?

Greg Brownless talks to Local Focus for the first time about winning the mayoralty and plans for Tauranga. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Whanganui deputy mayor Hamish McDouall now has the top job. Made with funding for NZ on Air.

Hamish McDouall is Whanganui’s new mayor winning almost 40 per cent of the vote and nearly the twice the number of his nearest rival. Made with funding for NZ on Air.

An environmental and political activist who had 220 rotting lambs' tails dumped on his property believes he was specifically targeted.

It is hard to dislodge the tawdry episode of Len Brown's workplace affair from any assessment of his legacy, the Weekend Herald says in an editorial.

Former National Party leader Don Brash says a new anti-separatist campaign may end up donating to one of his old enemies, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.

Contentious reforms to councils have been shelved until next year after the Government caved to pressure from a group of mayors who said the changes were anti-democratic.

Salvation Army representatives hope to meet with Whanganui District Council staff to discuss a proposed joint venture for pensioner

Mangawhai ratepayers have secured a partial victory in the High Court which ruled the Northland Regional Council rates for Kaipara

Your burning questions on the upcoming elections have been answered.

All the candidates seeking Rodney's single Auckland Council seat talk about them. And so do its long-suffering residents.

Clean and green is a key message in the Waitakere ward, as the environment continues to feature highly among residents' concerns.

The Audit Office has confirmed it has received a request to investigate some parts of the report into Whanganui's failed wastewater

The Campaign for Better Transport organised the public meeting for the candidates to put forward their transport policies for Auckland.

Mayoral debate front runner Phil Goff talks user-pays, Auckland infrastructure and 45 years of marital fidelity.

The last thing Auckland needs is a mayor elected on a mandate to pursue a needless extravagance for no better reason than he or she promised it.

COMMENT: As we prepare to yawn our way through another round of local government elections, spare a thought for the masochists fighting to represent you.

Environmental issues are expected to be raised at an Auckland mayoral debate in Titirangi this evening.

Proposed new powers for Local Government Commission are anti-democratic and could result in forced amalgamation, opponents of new bill say.

John Palino's three major policies are: "reduce rates" - now that has an appealing sound - but how?

Canterbury District Health Board members say an archaic piece of policy that gags them from speaking to media should be scrapped or reviewed.

Super City reporter Bernard Orsman takes a look at some of the key match-ups that will determine the outcome of October's elections.

Special housing areas, it turns out, are not making many more houses more "affordable".

The Electoral Office has added business school owner Susanna Kruger to the list of candidates standing for the Auckland mayoralty.