Filled jobs during each mayor's tenure
8 mayors, ranked by how filled jobs changed from their first day in office, next to New Zealand over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Mayor | City | In office | Total | vs NZ | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Len Brown | Auckland | 1 Nov 2010 – 15 Oct 2016 | +140% Q3 2010 → Q3 2016 | +128.0 pts NZ +11.7% | +15.7%/yr | |
| 2 | N Stuart Crosby | Tauranga | 9 Oct 2004 – 8 Oct 2016 | +36.1% Q3 2004 → Q3 2016 | +15.9 pts NZ +20.3% | +2.6%/yr | |
| 3 | N Sheryl Mai | Whangārei | 12 Oct 2013 – 8 Oct 2022 | +27.4% Q3 2013 → Q3 2022 | +3.3 pts NZ +24.0% | +2.7%/yr | |
| 4 | N Jan Beange | Tauranga | 13 Oct 2001 – 9 Oct 2004 | +19.9% Q3 2001 → Q3 2004 | +8.8 pts NZ +11.1% | +6.2%/yr | |
| 5 | N Lianne Dalziel | Christchurch | 24 Oct 2013 – 8 Oct 2022 | +18.9% Q3 2013 → Q3 2022 | −5.1 pts NZ +24.0% | +1.9%/yr | |
| 6 | N Kerry Prendergast | Wellington | 27 Oct 2001 – 27 Oct 2010 | +17.1% Q3 2001 → Q3 2010 | −2.5 pts NZ +19.7% | +1.8%/yr | |
| 7 | N Phil Goff | Auckland | 15 Oct 2016 – 16 Oct 2022 | +15.7% Q3 2016 → Q3 2022 | +1.1 pts NZ +14.6% | +2.5%/yr | |
| 8 | N David Braithwaite | Hamilton | 13 Oct 2001 – 9 Oct 2004 | +15.1% Q3 2001 → Q3 2004 | +3.9 pts NZ +11.1% | +4.8%/yr | |
| 9 | N Greg Brownless | Tauranga | 8 Oct 2016 – 12 Oct 2019 | +14.8% Q3 2016 → Q3 2019 | +6.0 pts NZ +8.8% | +4.7%/yr | |
| 10 | N Andrew King | Hamilton | 8 Oct 2016 – 24 Oct 2019 | +14.2% Q3 2016 → Q3 2019 | +5.4 pts NZ +8.8% | +4.5%/yr |
Showing 10 of 38 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); New Zealand is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. thousand jobs, average of the last four quarters · Stats NZ Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED_Q1W_007, Aotearoa Data Explorer), from tax records, not seasonally adjusted, averaged over the last four quarters: jobs filled in the council's area at any time in the quarter, by where the employer's workplace is · city (council area) data · as of Jul 2025.