Ash Holwell ran a less than 200-dollar campaign to run for Whangarei's top job got 834 votes, while in Auckland, mayoral hopeful Chloe Swarbrick went from zero-to-hero in the recognition stakes, pulling in 26,474 votes.
Insight's presenter Philippa Tolley and Sunday's Wallace Chapman bring you a one hour local body election special - The winners, the losers and the big issues from around the country.
What went right and wrong in the Auckland election with our panel; RNZ's expert in all things Auckland ,Todd Niall, PR consultant and former political editor of the NBR, Ben Thomas, and former editor of the Herald, Tim Murphy.