\u201cI anticipate the swearing-in will take place about a week from now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
New Hamilton Mayor Tim Macindoe with former Hamilton City mayor Margaret Evans. Photo \/ Tom Eley<\/p>\n
He said while he respects former mayor Southgate and the councillors, it was time for a new approach: \u201cTighter financial management of our city and a much stronger focus on delivering core services well.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said he will ensure public money is not wasted and will keep any huge rate rise under control. <\/p>\n
Macindoe\u2019s experience in central government and ability to work across the aisle would allow him to work with people who disagree with him, he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe might not agree on everything. But I will look forward to harnessing the talents of everyone who is elected.\u201d<\/p>\n
More than 5500 ordinary votes were cast in Hamilton today, the Hamilton City Council said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSaturday\u2019s large voter turnout is expected to change the final standings.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Mr Macindoe is confirmed as Mayor then the standings in the East Ward will have to be recalculated under the STV voting system.\u201d<\/p>\n
Story continues after blog<\/p>\n
Macindoe is the former Hamilton West MP, and served in Parliament from 2008 to 2020, including a stint as Minister of Customs and Chief Government Whip under the National Government. <\/p>\n
Elected to Hamilton City Council\u2019s East Ward in a 2024 by-election, Macindoe has since been an advocate for infrastructure investment, community wellbeing, and a proposed Waikato medical school. <\/p>\n
There is plenty of change around council tables across the Waikato districts, progress results show. <\/p>\n
Ash Tanner steps back into the role of Matamata Piako Mayor, replacing incumbent Adrienne Wilcock. Tanner previously spent 12 years on council, nine as a councillor and three as mayor, leaving office in 2022.<\/p>\n
John Funnell has been elected Taup\u014d\u2019s new Mayor, with 4575 votes. Zane Cozens trailed on 3461, followed by incumbent David Trewavas on 2400.<\/p>\n
In Thames-Coromandel, one-term Mayor Len Salt trails Peter Revell. <\/p>\n
Waipa District\u2019s Mike Pettit leads incumbent Susan O\u2019Regan for the mayoralty.<\/p>\n
Former councillor and Hamilton byelection candidate Aksel Bech has more than twice Waikato District Mayor Jacqui Church\u2019s vote tally.<\/p>\n
Rodney Dow is set to be \u014ctorohanga\u2019s new mayor.<\/p>\n
In South Waikato, Mayor Gary Petley is poised for re-election, as is Toby Adams in Hauraki.<\/p>\n
Petley made history in 2022 as the first mayor of M\u0101ori descent in South Waikato, representing Ng\u0101ti Ranginui, Ng\u0101ti Raukawa, and Ng\u0101ti Mutunga. <\/p>\n
Adams has been Hauraki Mayor since 2019, and was re-elected unopposed at the last election.<\/p>\n
Final results will not be officially declared until later in the month, after all special votes have been counted.<\/p>\n
Tom Eley is a multimedia journalist at the Waikato Herald. He previously worked for the Weekend Sun and Sunlive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI anticipate the swearing-in will take place about a week from now,\u201d he said. New Hamilton Mayor Tim…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[836,34595,1558,2223,7797,2082,2740,6288,8531,4277,440,56725,10934,111,43,139,69,5909,1524],"class_list":["post-71586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-836","tag-battles","tag-been","tag-confirmed","tag-elections","tag-for","tag-former","tag-hamilton","tag-hamiltons","tag-key","tag-local","tag-macindoe","tag-mayor","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-results","tag-waikato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}