Tauranga's new mayor says his election campaign was built on collaboration. \xa0
Champion Olympic rower Mahe Drysdale has an almost 6000 vote lead in the mayoral race, with just the specials left to count.\xa0
Drysdale told Mike Hosking voters have seen the success he's had before politics.\xa0
\u201cI campaigned on working as a team with government, with the staff, with community to deliver for the city.\u201d\xa0
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