Shore Action

Shore Action is a political ticket which contests the boards and council seats in the North Shore Ward of the Auckland Council. They have a strong focus on retention of local assets and investment in the natural environment, along with a focus on local participation in local body politics.

Shore Action
Founded1 January 2013 (1 January 2013)
Merger ofTeam of Independents
Political positionCentre-left
Colours  Purple
North Shore Ward
0 / 2
Kaipātiki Local Board
8 / 8
Website
https://www.shoreaction.org.nz

Grant Gillon, a former Alliance Party MP, and AUT lecturer, along with Anne-Elise Smithson, a Community Development Coordinator for the Children's Autism Foundation, contested the North Shore Ward seat on the Auckland City Council. The wider team contested the local boards on the North Shore Ward.

While neither Gillon nor Smithson won a council seat for the ward, Shore Action did win seats on the Devonport-Takapuna and Kaipātiki Local Boards, and the Birkenhead Licensing Trust.

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