The results are in, and for many mayoral races around the country as well as a number of council seats, there’s been quite a bit of change.
We've seen Auckland and Christchurch swing from a left-leaning mayor to the right, Dunedin dump out a Green mayor, and Wellington bucking the trend and swung from Andy Foster on the right to Tory Whanau on the left.
Former National Finance Minister Steven Joyce joined The Weekend Collective to dissect the results and what it means.
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