Josie Adams, Hayden Donnell, and Alice Webb-Liddall read thousands of policy statements to find the people who are most committed to tackling climate change.

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One of the problems with local elections is that voters often know nothing about the candidates. Unlike central government, where potential MPs run for parties with clearly defined policy positions, many aspiring local representatives run as independents, and fill their voting booklet blurbs with amorphous, positive-sounding nonsense. It’s hard to figure out their beliefs.

That information gap is one of the main reasons people disengage from local democracy, according to research carried out by Auckland Council after the 2016 election, and that disengagement is one of the reasons we end up electing science-deniers, bigots, quacks, or Michael Laws.

Thankfully, a few organisations are trying to shed light on the real policies of our aspiring politicians. If you want to get a complete picture of the candidates in your local area, objectively speaking the Policy Local tool hosted on-site is the best place to start. Feel free to also click on other Spinoff stories while you’re there.

We’ve sifted through the Policy data to find the local election candidates who, in our opinion, have expressed commitment to meaningful action – we were looking for more than talk of resilience, but specific concrete action they’d undertake to reduce the effects of climate change.

We’ve included the handful of people that looked to us to be deniers, too – those who deny anthropogenic climate change or that action is necessary and urgent.

If you’re a single-issue voter, and that issue is trying to prevent the extinction of much of the life on Earth, this list is for you.

Because this is based on Policy data, people who didn’t respond to Policy aren’t included unless they’ve been a particularly prominent climate denier. For instance, Auckland’s Communities & Residents ticket made a unilateral decision not to respond to Policy so its candidates aren’t here.

Policy is editorially independent of The Spinoff. These assessments are ours alone, and are based on publicly available data. Listings are in alphabetical order (including community boards)

Albert-Eden Local Board

Maungawhau Ward

Bernadette Power

Linda Cassells

Yeshe Dawa

Owairaka Ward

Christina Robertson

Graeme Easte

Julia Maskill

Margi Watson

Megan Earley

Victoria Tupou

Aotea/Great Barrier Local Board

Valmaine Toki

Ashburton District Council

Ashburton Ward

Selwyn Price

Eastern Ward

Lynette Lovett

Auckland Council

Mayor

Alezix Heneti

David John Feist

Genevieve Forde

Glen Snelgar

John Hong

John Tamihere

Peter Vaughan

Phil Goff

Susanna Kruger

Tadhg Tim Stopford

Tricia Cheel (although she appears to believe in man-made climate change, her environmental policies are pretty lacklustre.)

Albany Ward

Alezix Heneti

Julia Parfitt

Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa Ward

Cathy Casey

Mark Graham

Mark Thomas

Franklin Ward

Bill Cashmore

Howick Ward

Damian Light

Manukau Ward

Faanana Efeso Collins

Manurewa-Papakura Ward

Karin Kerr

Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Ward

Josephine Bartley

Patrick O’Meara

North Shore Ward

Chris Darby

Danielle Grant

Grant Gillon

Richard Hills

Ōrākei Ward

Alan Barraclough

Mike Padfield

Waitākere Ward

Greg Presland

Linda Cooper

Paul Talyancich

Shane Henderson

Tricia Cheel (although she appears to believe in man-made climate change, she’s misunderstood much about it and her environmental policies are pretty lacklustre; check them out here.)

Waitematā and Gulf Ward

Pippa Coom

Will Maxwell-Steele

Whau Ward

Anne Degia-Pala

Jessamine Fraser

Ross Clow

Banks Peninsula Community Board

Lyttelton Subdivision

Reuben Davidson

Wendy Everingham

Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board

Kawakawa-Moerewa Subdivision

Lucie Green

Paihia Subdivision

Steve Wilce

Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Kohi Māori Constituency

Toi Kai Rakâu Iti

Mauāo Māori Constituency

Riki Nelson

Rotorua Constituency

Katie Priscilla Paul

Lyall Thurston

Western Bay of Plenty Constituency

Jane Nees

Norm Bruning

Bluff Community Board

Noel Peterson

Buller District Council

Mayor

Charlie Bruning (but his policy is to move the city?! “Negotiate the rhetorics of building a new town away from untenable locations affected by climate change.”)

Westport Ward

Joanne Howard

Peter Howard

Cambridge Community Board

Cambridge Subdivision

Alana MacKay

Elise Badger

Roger Gordon

Canterbury Regional Council

Christchurch Central/Ohoko Constituency

Alan Chow

Axel Wilke

Evan Harris

Felicity Price

Lan Pham

Nicole Marshall

Paul McMahon

Christchurch North East/Orei Constituency

Jenny Hughey

Roy Knight

Tane Apanui

Christchurch South/Owhanga Constituency

Hamish Keown

James Macbeth Dann

Rik Tindall

Vicky Southworth

Christchurch West/Opuna Constituency

Aaron Campbell

Chrys Horn

Craig Pauling

Megan Hands

Rod Cullinane

Mid-Canterbury/Opakihi Constituency

Ian Mackenzie

John Sunckell

Sarah Walters

North Canterbury/Opukepuke Constituency

Bill Dowle (“The biggest emitters are transport. Encourage a reduction in planes, cars and trucks would be a great start” is his only emission/climate-based policy, and it doesn’t seem thought out).

Claire McKay

John Faulkner

South Canterbury/Otuhituhi Constituency

Elizabeth McKenzie

Herstall Ulrich

Peter J Scott

Phil Driver

Carterton District Council

Mayor

Graeme Farr

Jill Greathead

Deniers

Bernard Bottrill (fudged his answer here, but confessed denier in category below)

Council

Jill Greathead

John Fairbrother

Marty Sebire

Mike Osborne

Rob Stockley

Steffen Bertram

Deniers

Bernard Bottrill (“Climate has always changed, and change will continue.”)

Central Hawke’s Bay District Council

Aramoana-Ruahine Ward

Hirani Maaka

Central Otago District Council

Mayor

Tim Cadogan

Victoria Bonham

Cromwell Ward

Neil Gillespie

Shirley Calvert

Vincent Ward

Bruce Potter

Ian Cooney

Martin R McPherson

Tony Hammington (but has a very non-interventionist approach to policy: “Encourage ownership of climate change at individual level. Every citizen “owns” their impact on the Environment at home and work.”)

Tracy Paterson

Victoria Bonham

Christchurch City Council

Mayor

Aaron White

Adrian-Cosmin Schönborn

John Minto

JT Anderson

Lianne Dalziel

Peter Wakeman (anti-1080 candidate)

Deniers

Jim Glass (“Repeal the climate emergency resolution and sack all those councillors who voted for it.”)

Robin McCarthy (“Any climate change takes place slowly over a long period, so there is no need to put in place any additional policy.”)

Burwood Ward

Glenn Livingstone

Phil Mauger

Cashmere Ward

Joe Sullivan

Lee Sampson

Central Ward

Jake McLellan

Coastal Ward

James Daniels

Fendalton Ward

David Benson

Halswell Ward

Anne Galloway

Paul Lonsdale

Harewood Ward

Scott Franicevic

Hornby Ward

Jimmy Chen

Innes Ward

Cam Parsonson

Mark Wilson

Pauline Cotter

Papanui Ward

Nathan McCluskey

Peter McDougall

Riccarton Ward

Anthony Rimell

John Connelly

Spreydon Ward

Melanie Coker

Scott Esdaile

Clutha District Council

Bruce Ward

Deniers

Paul Hanlon (“Accept climate change as a natural event. Our planet has had Ice/desert ages since time began. Carbon dating and core sampling proves this.”)

Coastal-Burwood Community Board

Burwood Subdivision

Bebe Frayle

Greg Sugrue

Coastal Subdivision

Cathy Sweet

Soozie Bragg

Cromwell Community Board

Shirley Calvert

Werner Murray

Deniers

Robin Dicey (“Do not try to engage in a greenwash action.”)

Devonport-Takapuna Local Board

Ian Revell

Jenn Mckenzie

John Wood

Michael Sheehy (Focus on adaptation rather than mitigation)

Paul Cornish (More concerned with individual efforts than changing council policy)

Trish Deans

George Wood

Iain Rea

Dunedin City Council

Mayor

Aaron Hawkins

Carmen Houlahan

Christine Garey

Jules Radich

Mandy Mayhem-Bullock

Rachel Elder

Richard Seager

Robert (Bob) Barlin

Scout Barbour-Evans

Deniers

Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle (“Abandon the climate emergency. There is no climate emergency.”)

Council

Aaron Hawkins

Carmen Houlahan

Chris Staynes

David Benson-Pope

George Morris

Hugh Forsyth

Jules Radich

Mandy Mayhem-Bullock

Marie Laufiso

Neville K Jemmett

Peter MacKenzie

Rachel Elder

Richard Seager

Robert (Bob) Barlin

Sarah Davie-Nitis

Scout Barbour-Evans

Sophie Barker

Steve Walker

Christine Garey

Deniers

Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle (“Abandon plans to be CO2 neutral. Climate alarmism has become a form of mass hysteria. There is no climate emergency.”)

Eastbourne Community Board

Belinda Moss

Frank Vickers

Virginia Horrocks

Bruce Spedding

Eketahuna Community Board

Terry Carew

Far North District Council

Mayor

Dave Bear Hookway

Harko Brown

Monty Knight

Tania Mcinnes (Marginal)

Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Ward

David Clendon

Harko Brown

Jane Ellen Johnston

Kelly Stratford

Mike Stevens

Rachel Smith

Kaikohe-Hokianga Ward

John Vujcich

Lily Rawson

Marara Rogers

Moko Tepania

Rhonda Zielinski

Te Hiku Ward

Jason Kerrison

Lillian Karaka

Lyle Painting

Sacha Kearney-Yanke

Sue Bradford

Featherston Community Board

Claire Bleakley

Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board

Fendalton Subdivision

Bridget Williams

David Benson

Harewood Subdivision

Scott Franicevic

Zahra Hussaini

Fiordland Community Board

Ben Killeen

Nigel Humphries

Ryan Murray

Foxton Community Board

John Girling

Tricia Metcalf

Franklin Local Board

Pukekohe Subdivision

Amanda Kinzett

Logan Soole

Wairoa Subdivision

Amanda Hopkins

Ani Stace

Jesse Cleave

Lance Gedge

Malcolm Bell

Geraldine Community Board

Jan Finlayson

John Jensen

Rhys Taylor

Gisborne District Council

Mayor

Meredith Akuhata-Brown

Rehette Stoltz

Gisborne Ward

Alice Kibble

Amber Dunn

Andy Cranston

Courtenay Waikari

Debbie Gregory

Josh Wharehinga

Larry Foster

Mary Liza Manuel

Tony Robinson

Golden Bay Community Board

Grant Knowles

Robert Hewison

Gore District Council

Gore Ward

Glenys Dickson

Grey District Council

Eastern Ward

Jackie Farrelly

Karen Grant

Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board

Adele Geradts

Andrei Moore

Ross McFarlane

Jolene Eagar

Mark Peters

Al Aitken

Deniers

Luke Chandler (A denier? Well, he answered “Curb rapidly rising rates,” when asked for climate change policy)

Hamilton City Council

Mayor

Angela O’Leary

Paula Southgate

Jack Gielen

Louise Hutt

Deniers

James Casson

East Ward

Anna Smart

Brad Hills

Margaret Forsyth

Maxine van Oosten

Kesh Naidoo-Rauf

Meleane Burgess

Rob Pascoe

Tim Young

Deniers

Gary Mallett (“Accept that climate has always, and will always, change. Rarely is extreme climate change a consequence of human (ie people) activity.”)

Ryan Hamilton (Functionally a denier)

West Ward

Chris Davis

Dave Macpherson

Ewan Wilson

Louise Hutt

Martin Gallagher

Matthew Small

Peter Harry Bos

Sarah Thomson (Gold star: Sued government for not meeting climate change targets)

Deniers

Leo Tooman

Hanmer Springs Community Board

Mary Holloway

Hastings District Council

Mayor

Sandra Hazlehurst

Flaxmere Ward

Paula Mihaka

Hastings-Havelock North Ward

Bayden Barber

Rebecca Burn

Rion Roben

Sayeed Ahmed

Wendy Schollum

Heretaunga Ward

Alwyn Corban

Ann Redstone (Note: Anti-1080 though)

Jason Whaitiri

Oliver Taylor

Mohaka Ward

Stuart Perry

Tania Kerr

Hauraki District Council

Mayor

Josie Anderson

Paeroa Ward

Elaine Marie Rattigan

Waihi Ward

Alan Scott

Duncan Smeaton

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council

Central Hawke’s Bay Constituency

Tony Kuklinski

Will Foley

Hastings Constituency

Craig Foss

Mary O’Neill

Peter Guerin

Rick Barker

Tom Belford

Napier Constituency

Martin Williams

Neil Kirton

Nichola Nicholson

Paul Bailey

Deniers

John Smith (“Reverse HBRC nonsensical declaration of a climate emergency”. Smith is a particularly vitriolic climate denier.)

Ngaruroro Constituency

Guy Wellwood

Henderson-Massey Local Board

Brenda Brady

Ingrid Papau

John Riddell

Murali Kumar

Paula Bold-Wilson

Rebecca George-Koteka

Shane Henderson

Warren Flaunty

Will Flavell

Hibiscus and Bays Local Board

East Coast Bays Subdivision

Alexis Poppelbaum

Christina Bettany

Edward Benson-Cooper

Elizabeth Hall

Glen Stanton

Victoria Short

Hibiscus Coast Subdivision

Claire Teirney

Janet Fitzgerald

Horowhenua District Council

Mayor

Bernie Wanden

Kere Kere Ward

Jenny Lundie

John Girling

Levin Ward

Alan Young

Ginny Williams

Iraia Peni

Leigh (Griffen) McMeeken

Mike Barker

Mike Lepper

Nina Hori Te Pa

Terisa Ngobi

Waiopehu Ward

Christine Mitchell

Judy Webby

Howick Local Board

Botany Subdivision

Ajaypal Singh

Lance Millward

Mark Johnson

Masooma Mehdi

Mike Turinsky

Howick Subdivision

Adele White

Barry Wood

Bo Burns

Jim Donald

Deniers

Matthew Sheehy (“Local removal of the Auckland Council climate emergency, which is both scaremongering and virtue signalling in the highest order.”)

John Spiller (Admits he’s a denier partly because he’s been listening to a “a lot of information on talkback shows” around 53 minutes into this video.)

Pakuranga Subdivision

Dale Smith

Katrina Bungard

Huntly Community Board

Kim Bredenbeck

Rewi Cork

Deniers

David Whyte (“Given the issues that confront Huntly, and the role of the Huntly Community Board, this does not seem relevant.”)

Hurunui District Council

Mayor

Peggy Burrows

East Ward

Stephen Carr

Toka Te Taua

South Ward

Pauline White

Robbie Bruerton

Hutt City Council

Mayor

Campbell Barry

At Large

Ashok Neil Parbhu

Brady Dyer

Campbell Barry

Chris Norton

Josh Briggs

Joshua Peauafi

Karen (Kaz) Yung

Michael Lulich

Naomi Shaw

Phil Sprey

Simon Edwards

Tesh Kells

Eastern Ward

Andy Mitchell

Harbour Ward

Simon Monrad

Tui Lewis

Wainuiomata Ward

Anania Randall

Keri Brown

Western Ward

Chris Parkin

Margaret Cousins

Inglewood Community Board

Graeme Hamilton Sykes

Mel Cook

Invercargill City Council

Mayor

Becs Amundsen

Steve Chernishov

Council

Barry R. Stewart

Becs Amundsen

Lesley Soper

Lindsay Abbott

Nobby Clark

Russell (Judge) Tempero

Steve Chernishov

Waka Coughlan

Wayne Harpur

Kaiapoi-Tuahiwi Community Board

Brent Cairns

Daniel Huisman

Philip Redmond

Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board

Kaikohe Subdivision

Lily Rawson

Kaikōura District Council

Mayor

Deniers

Sharon Rayner (“Opt out of the Agenda 21 and Earthcheck policies and create a policy that better suits our environment and community.” Appears to be an Agenda 21 conspiracy theorist.)

Kaipara District Council

Mayor

Jason Smith

Moemoea Mohoawhenua

Dargaville Ward

Eryn Wilson-Collins

Otamatea Ward

Anna Curnow

West Coast-Central Ward

David Wills

Joesephine Nathan

Victoria Del La Varis-Woodcock

Kaipātiki Local Board

Andrew Shaw

Ann Hartley

Anne-Elise Smithson

Cindy Schmidt

Danielle Grant

Frances Waaka

Jesse Jensen

John Gillon

Louis Hartley

Melanie Kenrick

Kaitake Community Board

Graham Chard

Kāpiti Coast District Council

Mayor

Gwynn Compton

Martin Halliday

At large

Asher Wilson-Goldman

Gwynn Compton

Janet Holborow

Marcia Johnson

Otaki Ward

Shelly Warwick

Paekakariki-Raumati Ward

Bede Laracy

Sophie Handford

Paraparaumu Ward

Mark Benton

Martin Halliday

Waikanae Ward

Iride McCloy

Jocelyn Prvanov

Michael Ferguson Scott

Katikati Community Board

Christina Humphreys

Denier

Norm Mayo (“Bring common sense back to council decisions.”)

Kawerau District Council

Rae Geary

Sneha Gray

Whaiora Patrick

Kawhia Community Board

Kawhia Subdivision

(Kit) Jeffries

Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board

Central Subdivision

Clive Antony

Irinka Britnell

Michelle Lomax

Sally Buck

Sunita Gautam

Wayne Hawker

Heathcote Subdivision

Gail Patricia Woods

Tim Lindley

Mackenzie District Council

Pukaki Ward

Emily Bradbury

Makara-Ohariu Community Board

John Apanowicz

Maketu Community Board

Laura Rae

William Ra Anaru

Manawatū District Council

Feilding Ward

Hilary Humphrey (“Develop an environmental sustainability strategy.” Marginal.)

Amber Dodge (“Ensure the processes we put in place for future development are resilient, sustainable and environmentally friendly.” Marginal.)

Rural Ward

Alison Short

Manawatū-Wanganui Regional Council

Horowhenua Constituency

Karen Adams

Lindsay Burnell

Michael Kay

Phil Taueki

Sam Ferguson

Manawatū-Rangitīkei Constituency

Gordon McKellar

Leslie Pillow

Palmerston North Constituency

Chris Teo-Sherrell

Darryl Cleland

Fiona Gordon

Jono Naylor

Rachel Keedwell

Ruapehu Constituency

Moana Ellis

Richard Steele (“Plant trees in dodgy places.”)

Weston Kirton

Tararua Constituency

Andrew Day

Lorraine Stephenson

Whanganui Constituency

Nicola Patrick

Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board

Brendan Corbett

Christine Frances O’Brien

Harry Fatu Toleafoa

Lemauga Lydia Sosene

Tauanu’u Nick Bakulich

Manurewa Local Board

Anne Candy

Ezekiel Robson

Sarah Colcord

Marlborough District Council

Mayor

Jamie Arbuckle

John Leggett

Blenheim Ward

Deborah Dalliessi

Gerry Roodakker

Jamie Arbuckle

Mark Peters

Matt Flight

Meg Martin

Phil Skinner

Robin Sutherland

Marlborough Sounds Ward

Barbara Faulls

Rebecca Woledge

Carmen Gimpl

Wairau-Awatere Ward

Francis Maher (“Incorporate climate change impact into all Council decisions. Build climate change resilience into the district’s planning and development.”)

Philip Vink

Martinborough Community Board

Aidan Ellims

Michael Honey

Penny Hobden

Masterton District Council

Mayor

Lyn Patterson

Tina Nixon (Marginal)

Council

Brent (BG) Gare

Chris Peterson

David Holmes

Deborah Davidson

Isabella McClymont

Jonathan Hooker

Ronald Karaitiana

Sandy Ryan

Tina Nixon (Marginal)

Matamata-Piako District Council

Matamata Ward

James Sainsbury

Judith Hattie

Morrinsville Ward

Heather Morton

James Thomas

Te Aroha Ward

Caitlin Casey

Russell Smith

Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board

Maungakiekie Subdivision

Godfrey Rudolph

Jeanette Thorne

Tamaki Subdivision

Chris Makoare

Peter Mcglashan

Mercury Bay Community Board

Leanne Rita Petersen

Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board

Jenny Newstead

Motueka Community Board

Brent Maru

David Armstrong

Jon Taylor

Joni Tomsett

Murupara Community Board

Murupara Subdivision

April Waiarangi O’Brien

Napier City Council

Mayor

Kirsten Wise

Ahuriri Ward

Hayley Browne (nee Young)

James Crow

Keith Price

Nelson Park Ward

(Api) Apiata Tapine

Chris Stewart

Maxine Boag

Sally Crown

Will Jenkins

Onekawa-Tamatea Ward

Annette Brosnan

Taradale Ward

Catherine Hawkins

Jake Brookie

National Park Community Board

Simon O’Neill

Nelson City Council

Mayor

Avner Nahmias

Mike Ward

Rachel Reese

Council

Bernie Goldsmith

Brian McGurk

Graeme O’Brien

Harry (Howard) Morris

Judene Edgar

Luke King

Matt Lawrey

Mike Rutledge

Mike Ward

Pete Rainey

Rachel Sanson

Rohan O’Neill-Stevens

Trudie Brand

New Plymouth District Council

Mayor

Bill Simpson

Irene Godkin

Joanne Kuvarji

Max Brough

Neil Holdom

New Plymouth City Ward

Amanda Clinton-Gohdes

Anneka Carlson

Bev Gibson

Bruce Gatward-Cook

Chris Manukonga (“Stop smokers from dropping their cigarette butts on the ground.”)

Colin Bell

David Bublitz

Dinnie Moeahu

Gordon Brown

Harry Duynhoven

Irene Godkin

Joanne Kuvarji

Jonathan Marshall

Katherine Blaney

Louise James

Mike Crow

Richard Handley

Sarah Foy

Stacey Hitchcock

South-West Ward

Chris Hale

Richard Jordan

Ngaruawahia Community Board

Kiri Morgan

Rongo Kirkwood

Northland Regional Council

Coastal Central Constituency

Amy Macdonald

Colin Peter Thew

Jeroen Jongejans

Maggie Buxton

Paul Dimery

Coastal North Constituency

Jocelyn Yeoman

Coastal South Constituency

David Lourie

Rick Stolwerk

Te Hiku Constituency

Mike Finlayson

Whangarei Urban Constituency

Jack Craw

Onewhero-Tuakau Community Board

Caroline Conroy

Jonathan Lovatt

Ōpōtiki District Council

Mayor

Alex Dobie

Haki Mcroberts

Louis Rāpihana

Lyn Riesterer

Coast Ward

Haki Mcroberts

Louis Rāpihana

Ōpōtiki Ward

Alex Dobie

Shona Browne

Waioeka-Waiotahi Ward

Debi Hocart

Ron Findlay

Ōrākei Local Board

Isaac Mercer

Pete Williams

Otago Peninsula Community Board

Hoani Langsbury

Otago Regional Council

Dunedin Constituency

Andrew Rutherford

Bryan Scott

Gretchen Robertson

Marian Hobbs

Matt Kraemer

Michael Deaker

Rob Woodhouse

Scott Willis

Tim Mepham

Tony Hunter

Dunstan Constituency

Alexa Forbes

Gary Kelliher

Phill Hunt

Richard Bowman

Moeraki Constituency

Alex Familton

Gail May-Sherman

Kevin Malcolm

Molyneux Constituency

Andrew Velman (Note: Anti-1080)

Lloyd McCall

Robert Hamlin

Otaki Community Board

Cam Butler

Marilyn Stevens

Shelly Warwick

Stephen Carkeek

Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board

Ōtara Subdivision

Apulu Reece Autagavaia

Swanie Nelson

Papatoetoe Subdivision

Dawn Trenberth

Margaret Stonyer

Tafilelea Faavae Gagamoe

Otorohanga Community Board

Amanda Kiddie

Otorohanga District Council

Mayor

Deniers

Doreen de Haan (“The current climate of the district is moderate in all respects, limiting the potential adverse effects of climate change.”)

Kawhia-Tihiroa Ward

(Kit) Jeffries

Waipa Ward

Deniers

Roy Johnson (“Promote the importance of farming businesses to our district in considering our future.” Said nothing about climate change, promoted farming concerns instead.)

Oxford-Ohoka Community Board

Ohoka-Swannanoa Subdivision

Sarah Barkle

Oxford Subdivision

Mark Brown

Paekākāriki Community Board

Holly Jane Ewens

Palmerston North City Council

Mayor

Andy Asquith

Teanau Tuiono

Council

Aleisha Rutherford

Andy Asquith

Brent Barrett

Bruno Petrenas

David Lane

Duncan McCann

Iulian Dianu

Karen Naylor

Latham Lockwood

Lew Findlay

Lorna Johnson

Nick Byrnes

Patrick (Pat) Handcock

Rachel Bowen

Renee Dingwall

Tangi Utikere

Papanui-Innes Community Board

Innes Subdivision

Ali Jones

Cam Parsonson

Emma Twaddell

Holly Chappell-Eason

Deniers

Lindon (Boycey) Boyce (“Is Climate change a creation of Mankind or just Nature? Like most I am no expert so I just do the best I can for the environment each day.”)

Papanui Subdivision

Emma Norrish

Merav Benaia

Nathan McCluskey

Peter McDougall

Simon Britten

Paraparaumu-Raumati Community Board

Grace Lindsay

Petone Community Board

Brady Dyer

Karen (Kaz) Yung

Pleasant Point Community Board

John Cross

Porirua City Council

Mayor

Ana Coffey

Anita Baker

Mike Duncan

Eastern Ward/Pāutahanui ki te uunga mai o te ra

Jasmine Taankink

Jimmy Isaako

Northern Ward/Pukerua ki te Raki

Anita Baker

Beverley Anne Wakem

Brett Crombie

Iain Maclean

Josh Trlin

Nathan Waddle

Rabeea Inayatullah

Ross Leggett

Western Ward/Titahi Rangituhi Porirua ki te uru

Geoff Hayward

Jude Pointon

Mark Batten

Mike Duncan

Puketāpapa Local Board

Anne-Marie Coury

Bobby Shen

Harry Doig

Jon Turner

Julie Fairey

Shail Kaushal

Queenstown-Lakes District Council

Mayor

Jim Boult

Nik Kiddle

Arrowtown Ward

Heath Copland

Queenstown/Wakatipu Ward

John Glover

Niki Gladding

Glyn Lewers

John Macdonald

Penny Clark

Valerie Miller

Wanaka Ward

Calum Macleod

Cherilyn Walthew

Lincoln Haworth

Niamh Shaw

Raglan Community Board

Chris Rayner

Rangiora Ashley Community Board

Ashley Subdivision

Chris Prickett

Greg Miller

Krysten Barnett

Rangiora Subdivision

Robbie Brine

Monique Fleming

Jason Goldsworthy

Rangitāiki Community Board

Pouroto Ngaropo

Rangitīkei District Council

Mayor

Andy Watson

Central Ward

Fiona Dalgety

Sandra Field

Southern Ward

Bronwyn Meads

Waru Panapa

Rodney Local Board

Kumeu Subdivision

Vicki Kenny

Brent Bailey

Danielle Hancock

Phelan Pirrie

Deniers

Geoff Upson (“Investigate who is benefiting financially from the ‘climate emergency.'”)

Warkworth Subdivision

Beth Houlbrooke

Steven Garner

Rotorua District Council

Mayor

Stephanie (Steve) Anne Chadwick

Reynold Macpherson

Council

Bam Whare

Dave Donaldson

Fisher Wang

Kaya Sparke

Lance Mutlow

Matthew Martin

Ryan Gray

Richard Collins

Trish Hosking

Mark Gould

Julie Kerry

John Rakei-clark

Harina Rinaha Rupapera

Conan O’Brien

Brendan Davis

Alan Tāne Solomon

Rotorua Lakes Community Board

Phill Thomass

Nick Chater

Rotorua Rural Community Board

Sarah Thomson

Ruapehu District Council

Mayor

Jacques Windell

National Park Ward

Taumaranui Ward

Adie Doyle

Waimarino-Waiouru Ward

Elizabeth (Betty) Pakai

Gary Griffin-chappel

Janelle Hinch

Vivienne Hoeta

Elijah Pue (Anti-1080)

Saddle Hill Community Board

Keith Mcfayden

Selwyn District Council

Mayor

Sam Broughton

Ellesmere Ward

Shane Epiha

Malvern Ward

Kerry Pauling

Selwyn Central Ward

Calvin Payne

Jeff Bland

Sophie Mcinnes

Mark Alexander

Nicole Reid

Springs Ward

Debra Hasson

Riki Rolleston

South Taranaki District Council

Patea Ward

Brian Rook

Taranaki Coastal Ward

Scott Wilson

Lee Alexander Hurley

Chris Young

Te Hāwera Ward

Diana Reid

Racquel Cleaver

Celine Filbee

South Waikato District Council

Putaruru Ward

Sandra Wallace

Adrienne Bell

Tokoroa Ward

Marin James Glucina

South Wairarapa District Council

Mayor

Alex Beijin

Graeme Farr

Martinborough Ward

Daphne Geisler

Southland District Council

Mayor

Don Byars

Tim Hanna

Mararoa Waimea Ward

Brian Dillon

Oreti Ward

Christine Menzies

Darren Frazer

Stewart Island/Rakiura Ward

Rakiura Herzhoff

Waiau Aparima Ward

Don Byars

Karyn Owen

Ron Hibbs

George Harpur

Waihopai Toetoe Ward

Amanda Nally

Paul Duffy

Julie Keast

Southland Regional Council

Fiordland Constituency

Allan Baird

Roger Hodgkinson

Invercargill/Rakiura Constituency

Bonnie Mager

Eric Roy

Nathan Surendran

Robert Guyton

Bruce Pagan

Western Constituency

Gemma Mcgrath

Spreydon-Cashmere Community Board

Cashmere Subdivision

Keir Leslie

Spreydon Subdivision

Calum Stewart-Ward

Karolin Potter

Stewart Island/Rakiura Community Board

Rakiura Herzhoff

Stratford District Council

Stratford Rural Ward

Stephen Dravitski

Stratford Urban Ward

Christopher James

Laurie Gooch

Tairua-Pauanui Community Board

Anne Stewart Ball

Taneatua Community Board

Toni Boynton

Taranaki Regional Council

New Plymouth Constituency

Bob Waugh

Elvisa Van Der Leden

Charlotte Littlewood

North Taranaki Constituency

Chris Wilkes

South Taranaki Constituency

Alan Murray

Neil Walker

Michael Joyce

Tararua District Council

Mayor

James Harold

Tracey Collis

North Tararua Ward

Michael Francis Long

Neil Gibbard

Paddy Driver

Tasman District Council

Mayor

Brent Maru

Dean McNamara

Tim King

Golden Bay Ward

Celia Butler

Kaya Blown

Reg Turner

Motueka Ward

Claire Hutt

David Ogilvie

Paul Dixon-Didier

Moutere-Waimea Ward

Anne Turley

Christeen Mackenzie

Don Everitt

Hayden Stevenson

Julie Nevin

Richard Johns

Richmond Ward

Dana Wensley

Gary Watson

Kit Maling

Mark Greening

Peter Lynch

Stan Holland

Taupiri Community Board

Jacqueline Henry

Jo Morely

Taupō District Council

Mayor

Kim Eyles

Zane Cozens

Taupō Ward

Anna Park

Christine Singer

John Williamson

Kathy Guy

Mowenna (Mo) Harding

Turangi-Tongariro Ward

John Mack

Tauranga City Council

Mayor

Jos Nagels

Kevin Clout

Rangimarie TeAmopiu-Kaa Kingi

At Large

Bernie Gillon

Buddy Mikaere

Caleb Hall

Geoffrey Brown

Heidi Hughes

Linda Munn

Suzi Paige

Mount Maunganui Papamoa Ward

Deborah Johnston

Peter Gregson

Shona Delaney

Steve Morris

Otumoetai-Pyes Pa Ward

Barry Pollett

Jako Abrie

Te Papa-Welcome Bay Ward

Anna Larsen

Terry Molloy

Tina Salisbury

Waitsu Wu

Deniers

Rob Poad (“Remove the climate emergency status”).

Tawa Community Board

Bronwyn Thurston

Damian Hewitt

Jackson Lacy

Te Hāwera Community Board

Celine Filbee

Te Hiku Community Board

Kaitaia Subdivision

David Senior

Te Puke Community Board

Dale Snell

Kassie Ellis

Larissa Hika

Richard Crawford

Stephen Fawcett

Tekapo Community Board

Ann-Maree Grant

Temuka Community Board

Charles Scarsbrook

Thames Community Board

Michael Brewerton

Thames-Coromandel District Council

Mayor

Ben Parsons

Len Salt

Coromandel-Colville Ward

Neville Cameron

Mercury Bay Ward

Augusta Macassey-Pickard

Thames Ward

Martin Rodley

Robyn Sinclair

Timaru District Council

Mayor

Janie Annear

Kari (Aj) Mohoao

Shane Wilson

Pleasant Point-Temuka Ward

Charles Scarsbrook

Timaru Ward

Anthony Brien

Barbara Gilchrist

Jock Anderson

Karl Te Raki

Deniers

Hugh Perry (“I do not believe there is a climate emergency”).

Tirau Community Board

Holly Blair

Twizel Community Board

Renee Rowland

Tracey Gunn

Upper Harbour Local Board

Anna Atkinson

Glen Stanton

John Henry Glover

Jonathan Mcdonald

Margaret Miles

Nicholas Mayne

Uzra Casuri-Balouch

Upper Hutt City Council

Mayor

Angela Macleod

Wayne Guppy

Council

Chris Carson

Dylan Bentley

Glenn McArthur

Luke Cooke

Michael Hurle

Paul Thompson

Rebecca Macann

Ted Cooper

Tracey Ultra

Vincent Community Board

Anna Robinson

Ian Cooney

Roger Browne

Russell Garbutt

Victoria Bonham

Wayne Perkins

Waiheke Local Board

Bob Upchurch

David John Baigent

Waihemo Community Board

Katrina Dodd

Waihi Beach Community Board

Marilyn Roberts

Waikanae Community Board

Geoffrey Churchman

Jocelyn Prvanov

Michael Moore

Waikato District Council

Mayor

Korikori Hawkins

Simon Thomson

Eureka Ward

Elizabeth Goodwin

Huntly Ward

Bill Rosoman

Maxine Moana-Tuwhangai

Ngaruawahia Ward

Rongo Kirkwood

Onewhero-Te Akau Ward

Bronwyn Main

Waikato Regional Council

Hamilton Constituency

Angela Strange

Barry Quayle

Jennifer Nickel

Peter Koizumi

Russ Rimmington

William Durning

Taupō-Rotorua Constituency

Alana Delich

Bernhard Chrustowski

Kathy White (Anti-1080)

Thames-Coromandel Constituency

Clyde Graf (nb Anti-1080).

Dal Minogue

Denis Tegg

Waihou Constituency

Bill Cox (nb Anti-1080)

Tara Jesperson

Fred Lichtwark

Pamela Storey

Waipā-King Country Constituency

Andrew Macpherson

Dan Armstrong

Stuart Kneebone

Waikouaiti Coast Community Board

Andy Barratt

Geraldine Tait

Mandy Mayhem-Bullock

Rafferty Parker

Rose Stringer-Wright

Waimakariri District Council

Mayor

Jay Webb

Kirstyn Barnett

Michael Joseph Bate

Robbie Brine

Kaiapoi-Woodend Ward

Brent Cairns

Philip Redmond

Waimate District Council

Waimate Ward

Fabia Fox

Michael Downes

Miriam Morton

Wainuiomata Community Board

Ellie Abel

Paul Knox

Regan Gilmour

Waipa District Council

Mayor

Jennifer Takuta-Moses

Cambridge Ward

Dennis Finn

Philip Coles

Poto Davies

Roger Gordon

Steve Grounds

Te Awamutu Ward

Andrew Brown

Bernard Westerbaan

Bill Izard

Cassidy Temese

Dennis Pennefather

John Wood

Lou Brown

Michael Emery

Wairoa General Ward

Murray Olsen

Wairoa Māori Ward

Hinenui Tipoki-Lawton

Waitākere Ranges Local Board

Greg Presland

Mark Roberts

Michelle Wineera (Anti-5G)

Sandra Coney

Tony Hartnett

Waitaki District Council

Mayor

Gary Kircher

Katrina Hazelhurst

Paul Mutch

Corriedale Ward

Eugen Dupu

Oamaru Ward

Colin Wollstein

Derek Golding

Devin Familton

Eden Bradfield

Hana Melania Halalele

Iain Clark

Kelli Milmine

Liz Cadogan

Melanie Jeanne Tavendale

Peter Mclellan

Waihemo Ward

Jan Wheeler

Peter Newton

Waitara Community Board

Irene Godkin

Jonathan Marshall

Josephine Moore

Waitematā Local Board

Alexandra Bonham

Glenda Fryer

Graeme Gunthorp

Julie Sandilands

Keith McConnell

Richard Northey

Tadhg Tim Stopford

Will Maxwell-Steele

Waitomo District Council

Mayor

Brian Hanna

John Robertson

Te Kuiti Ward

Jacob Ngarewa

Wanaka Community Board

Lyal Cocks

Wellington City Council

Mayor

Ajay Rathod

Andy Foster

Conor Hill

Jennie Condie

Justin Lester

Norbert Hausberg

Motukairangi/Eastern Ward

Bernard O’Shaughnessey

Chris Calvi-Freeman

Sarah Free

Teri O’Neill

Paekawakawa/Southern Ward

Fleur Fitzsimons

Humphrey Hanley

Laurie Foon

Thomas Morgan

Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward

Brian Dawson

Harry Smith

Iona Pannett

Lee Orchard

Nicola Young

Shan Ng

Tamatha Paul

Takapū/Northern Ward

Jenny Condie

Jill Day

John Apanowicz

John Peters

Malcolm Sparrow

Peter Gilberd

Tracey Hurst-Porter

Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward

Andy Foster

Conor Hill

Michelle Rush

Rebecca Matthews

Richard Mcintosh

Rohan Biggs (Note: Very marginal. Advocates cutting rates as a way of reducing the council’s carbon footprint, which is questionable at best. However, he does have some on-topic proposals.)

Wellington Regional Council

Pōneke/Wellington Constituency

Alexander Garside

Bryce Pender

Daran Ponter

David Lee

Glenda Hughes

Helene Ritchie

Jill Ford

John Klaphake

Lesleigh Salinger

Roger Blakely

Sam Somers

Thomas Nash

Tony De Lorenzo

Tony Jansen

Troy Mihaka

Victoria Rhodes-Carlin

Porirua/Tawa Constituency

Barbara Donaldson

Chris Kirk-Burnnand

Jenny Brash

Phillip Marshall

Vaughn Liley

Te Awa Kairangi Ki Tai/Lower Hutt Constituency

David Ogden

Josh Van Lier

Leonie Dobbs

Peter Glensor

Bill Hammond

Mark Crofskey

Ros Connelly

Steve Pattinson

Wairarapa Constituency

Adrienne Staples

Richard L Moore

West Coast Regional Council

Buller Constituency

Glenn Irving

Laura Coll McLaughlin

Pat Wall

Grey Constituency

Paul Finlay (“Climate change Paul Finlay instigated climate change engineering at Holy Name University in Bohol. The focus is on engineering.”)

Westland Constituency

Logan John Skinner

Western Bay of Plenty District Council

Mayor

Stephen Fawcett

Kaimai Ward

John Palmer

Mark Dean

Katikati/Waihi Beach Ward

Allan Sole

Anne Henry

Christina Humphreys

James Denyer

Neil Candy

Tangiwai Manihera-Palmer

Maketu/Te Puke Ward

Kevin Marsh

Monique Lints

Stephen Fawcett

Westland District Council

Mayor

Gray Eatwell

Northern Ward

Jane Neale

Kim Judd

Whakatāne District Council

Mayor

Judy Turner

Julie Jukes

Leslie Immink

Pouroto Ngaropo

Victor Luca

Galatea-Ururapa Ward

Alison Silcock

Jackie Te Amo

Rangitāiki Ward

Mel Rangiaho (“Adapt to climate change we have been doing this for 150 years and we will carry on adapting as it increases and always changing.”)

Wini Geddes

Whakatāne-Ōhope Ward

Neil Larking

Scott Jarrett (“Adapt to climate change will mean new directions/policy.”)

John Pullar (“That council has a clear pathway to adapt to climate change.”)

Steve Sopora (“Cost effectively increase our resilience to natural disasters, whether or not climate related, based on sound analysis of risks and impacts.”)

Toni Boynton

Victor Luca

Wayne Marriott

Whakatāne-Ōhope Community Board

Carolyn Hamill

Ged Casey

Linda Bonne

Sue Fenton

Whangamata Community Board

Helen McCabe

Tamzin Letele

Whanganui District Council

Alan Taylor (“Focus on adapting to climate change”)

Brent Crossan

Hadleigh Reid

Helen Craig

James Barron

Jenny Duncan

Kiritahi Firmin

Matthew Urry

Phillipa Baker-Hogan (“Support initiatives to adapt to climate change”)

Ray Brightwell

Vijeshwar Prasad

Whangārei District Council

Mayor

Sheryl Mai

Tony John

Bream Bay Ward

Iain Robertson

Olli Krollman

Denby Ward

Crichton Christie

Shaquille Shortland

Tricia Cutforth

Hikurangi-Coastal Ward

Anna Murphy

Okara Ward

Albie Barr

Carol Peters

Melanie Payne

Nicholas Hunter Connop

Steve Capper

Tony Gill (“Make our council to do the job “once” by redoing work/infostructure more times isn’t environmental sound as well of extra costs.”)

Whangārei Heads Ward

Don Lake

Whau Local Board

Aadil Basha

Catherine Farmer

Fasitua Amosa

Jessamine Fraser

Jessica Rose

Kay Thomas

Lawrence Watt

Reuben Shadbolt

Warren Piper

This article was updated on September 27 to remove the “fudgers and prevaricators” category, which proved more amorphous and unhelpful than we’d intended.