Editing Napier, New Zealand (section)

==Government==
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===Local===
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Napier has been governed by [[Napier City Council]] since 1950.

Local government reform was mooted in the late 1990s and a referendum was held in 1999 proposing an amalgamation of the Hastings District Council with the Napier City Council. Although supported by approximately two-thirds of Hastings voters, Napier voters rejected the proposal by a similar number and the proposal was defeated.

The National Government amended the Local Government Act in 2012 to determine a reorganisation proposal by a majority vote over the entire proposed area, rather than a majority over each existing area, as was previously the case. Yet another change was to allow private submissions to the commission to trigger the process, whereas previously only local councils themselves could request a change in structure or boundary. The legislative restrictions on councils using public funds to support or challenge a final proposal did not apply to private lobby groups or individuals, however.

After a lengthy and divisive regional campaign to restructure local government in Hawke's Bay, in 2015 the Local Government Commission put forward a final reorganisation proposal to amalgamate Napier City Council with Wairoa District Council, Hastings District Council and Central Hawke's Bay District Council to form a proposed 'Hawke's Bay Council'. A postal ballot was established to maximise voter returns, and the vote closed on 15 September 2015. An interim count was available later that day, that saw the proposal defeated across the region by about 66%. In Napier, the proposal was rejected by 84% of voters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.electionz.com/HBRP/HawkesBayReorganisationPollProgressResult150915.pdf |title=Hawke's Bay Reorganisation Poll : Progress Result |website=Electionz.com |access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref>

===National===
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The city is part of the {{NZ electorate link|Napier}} general electorate and the {{NZ electorate link|Ikaroa-Rāwhiti}} Māori electorate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Find my electorate |url=http://www.elections.org.nz/voters/find-my-electorate |publisher=Electoral Commission |access-date= 25 January 2017}}</ref> In the 2023 general election, Napier was won by [[Katie Nimon]] of the [[New Zealand National party|National Party]] and Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by [[Cushla Tangaere-Manuel]], of the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]].