Final results are in in the local body elections and several of the races have been really tight.
Westland District Council's incumbent mayor Helen Lash won by just 8 votes. While in Kaipara, there were only 21 votes in it.
There were also tense scenes in the Northland town after outgoing mayor Craig Jepson called an unprecedented emergency council meeting on Thursday which spilled into Friday and resulted in a complaint being laid over alleged irregularities.
Reporter Peter de Graaf joins Mihingarangi Forbes with the latest.
Councillor Mike Vincent made a point of wearing a Mickey Mouse T-shirt to the meeting. “It’s a Mickey Mouse council,” he said. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf
