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TheLoyalOrder

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Wikimedian — Election map maker — 22 he/him Pākehā — Progressive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:TheLoyalOrder 📍 Te Matau-a-Māui / Hawke's Bay 🌏 Aotearoa / New Zealand

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TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · Aug 6

10k edits on #Wikipedia just now

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TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 6h

#wikipedia article on Māori ward referendums got more than double the views of the main local election article over the weekend
#nzpol

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Pageviews Analysis

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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 9h

This is great. Also, let’s do away with private election companies. They continue to do a garbage job and excluding Māori candidates from the booklet this year was unforgivable.

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/13-...

Winners, losers, big losers and gigantic losers from the 2025 local elections

Winner: the endless cycle of underinvestment in core infrastructure. Big loser: the pipes.

thespinoff.co.nz

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TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not sure if they will be.

I'm gonna ask the various councils after final results are released if they have this information.

TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 1d

Hastings right split the vote 3 ways basically

TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 1d

should just hold them at the same time as the general

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Paul_BarlowNZ @paulbarlownz.bsky.social · 1d

Ok after an afternoon of results, texts, calls, messages on other apps and emails, I have some thoughts on today’s Local Election results

1) Voter turnout is depressing. 32%ish on average across AoNZ is pathetic.
2) The Māori Wards referendum should never have happened - it was a racebaiting farce…

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TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 1d

more detailed results here
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Ne...

2025 New Zealand local referendums on Māori wards and constituencies - Wikipedia

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TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 1d

I can't count - should say 25 not 28 voted against (will update on wikipedia version)

TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 1d

Preliminary results of the 2025 Māori wards referendums

#nzpol

Map showing preliminary margin of support by council for the 2025 Māori ward referendums

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TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 1d

2025 New Zealand regional council elections - preliminary results map

#nzpol

Map showing the preliminary results of the 2025 New Zealand regional council elections. Most places are shown as grey indicating they were won by Indepedents. Waikato and Otago regions are shown in blue, indicating they saw wins by local conservative/right-leaning groups.

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TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 2d

Wellington (no other candidate has a Wikipedia article)
#nzpol

Graph showing page views for Andrew Little and Ray Chung's Wikipedia articles

TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 2d

Christchurch #nzpol

Graph showing page views for Phil Mauger and Sara Templeton's Wikipedia articles

TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 2d

wikipedia pageviews for various mayoral candidates
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Auckland:

Graph showing page views for Kerrin Leoni and Wayne Brown's Wikipedi articles.

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TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 3d

especially considering a lot of "independents" aren't and if you do like 5 seconds of research their party ties become apparent but this information isn't readily given to voters

#nzpol

TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 3d

kinda why i think local elections need to be more partisan, can't exactly rock up on election day and vote for the party you know roughly aligns with your views if they aren't running - a bunch of nobody-independents is disenfranchising (no offence to any ind candidates)

#nzpol

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TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 3d

actually surprising to me that it seems the māori ward referendums haven't driven turnout, most places seem to be about where they were in 2022. or maybe it has driven turnout and without it we'd be doing even worse?

#nzpol

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The Press @thepress.co.nz · 4d

Well before the sun rises, the roller doors open to an unassuming warehouse in Christchurch. Voting papers for most local body elections in New Zealand will be processed here.

From about 5.20am, tens of thousands of votes from across the country are delivered, sorted and processed by Electionz’s…

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TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 4d

wait the US not having a budget means the us embassy in nz isnt posting on their social media = no new public domain images during this period 😞

TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 5d

Auckland Council should do what GWRC, WCC, PNCC do and license their photography on their websites under Creative Commons licenses

#nzpol #creativecommons

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TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 8d

I think the spinoff actually listened when i emailed them about how the map they were using had incorrect borders, now it has no borders lol

#nzpol

TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 8d

Flag of Sweden but the colours are 00ABBA and ABBA00

TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 8d

Newsroom has a little interactive graphic thing where you can look at various things for local body candidates that answered their survey
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/02/c...

No dedicated page for it, it just appears in local election articles
#nzpol

TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 15d

and by suburb

Results by suburb. Oriini Kaipara was a head in most of them. Henare was ahead in four, mainly in Howick ward area

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TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 15d

2025 Tāmaki Makaurau by-election - Final results by Auckland Council ward

(took them awhile to release final polling station data so only got around to it today)
#nzpol #electionmaps #wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_T%...

Map showing results of the 2025 Tāmaki Makaurau by-election, margin of victory by Auckland Council ward. Oriini Kaipara was ahead in every ward.

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TheLoyalOrder @theloyalorder.bsky.social · 17d

me explaining how many continents there are in the western hemisphere

A screenshot of a youtube video from Senator Bernie Sanders that says "There are Two Americas"