Results of the 2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections in Hawke's Bay

2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections
(Hawke's Bay)
← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →
	4 of 4 local councils
	4 mayors and 41 local councillors
Mayors
Local councillors

Elections for the territorial authorities of New Zealand were held from 9 September until 11 October 2025 as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. 709 local councillors and 66 mayors were elected across 66 of 67 councils.

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4 territorial authorities are located within the Hawke's Bay Region. 4 mayors and 41 district and city councillors were elected.

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Craig Little^†	1,635	51.22
	Independent	Denise Eaglesome-Karekare	1,287	40.32
	Independent	Kurawari Panere	146	4.57
	Independent	Camden Gaskin	86	2.69
Informal			3	0.09
Blank			35	1.09
Turnout			3,192
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Jeremy Harker^†	1,235
	Independent	Roz Thomas^†	856
	Independent	Sara Bird	698
	Independent	Amber Forrest	564
	Independent	Sam Jackman	518
	Independent	Veronica Tukaki	407
	Independent	John Malis	286
	Independent	Stuart Harris	259
	Independent	Camden Gaskin	111
Informal			2
Blank			28
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Trevor Hirini	821
	Independent	Benita Cairns^†	724
	Independent	Michelle Tahuri	561
	Independent	Katarina Kawana	420
	Independent	Esta Wainohu	397
	Independent	Puti Cook	192
	Independent	Kurawari Panere	189
	Independent	Ally Tipu	153
	Independent	Marino Harker-Smith	128
Informal			0
Blank			7
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Wendy Schollum	7,212	26.95
	Independent	Marcus Buddo	6,613	24.71
	Independent	Steve Gibson	5,810	21.71
	Independent	Damon Harvey	5,569	20.81
	Independent	Darrin Wilson	1,107	4.14
Informal			42	0.16
Blank			406	1.52
Turnout			26,759	45.40
Registered			58,944
	Independent gain from Independent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	CARE for Hastings	Derek Nowell-Usticke	713	37.55
	Independent	Pagen Goldstone	610	32.12
	Independent	Kirsty Scott-McLean	518	27.28
Informal			2	0.11
Blank			56	2.95
Turnout			1,899
Registered
	CARE for Hastings gain from Independent

Results of the 2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections in Hawke's Bay

Summary

Wairoa District Council

2025 Wairoa mayoral election

Wairoa general ward

Wairoa Māori ward

Hastings District Council

2025 Hastings mayoral election

Mōhaka general ward

Heretaunga general ward

Hastings-Havelock North general ward

Flaxmere general ward

Kahurānaki general ward

Takitimu Māori ward

Napier City Council

2025 Napier mayoral election

Ahuriri general ward

Napier Central general ward

Taradale general ward

Te Whanga Māori ward

Central Hawke's Bay District Council

2025 Central Hawke's Bay mayoral election

At-large

Aramoana-Ruahine general ward

Ruataniwha general ward

Rautahi Māori ward

See also

References

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Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Alwyn Corban^†	Unopposed
	Independent	Hana Montaperto-Hendry^†	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Steve Gibson	7,618
	Independent	Michael Fowler^†	6,699
	Independent	Yvonne Lorkin	6,560
	Independent	Kevin Watkins^†	6,025
	Independent	Callum Ross	5,284
	Independent	Simon Nixon^†	4,627
	Independent Green	Nick Ratcliffe	4,550
	Independent	Rizwaana Latiff	4,534
	Independent	Gareth Freeman	4,394
	Independent	Lucie-Jane McElwee	4,120
	CARE for Hastings	Jacqueline Supra	3,786
	Independent	Darrin Wilson	3,579
	Independent	Bernard Hickey	2,909
	Independent	Rion Roben	2,909
	Independent	John Bennett	2,824
	Independent	Debbie Ward	2,373
	Independent	Sayeed Ahmed	2,083
Informal			27
Blank			224
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent Green gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Henare O'Keefe	682	54.17
	Independent	Henry Heke^†	544	43.21
Informal			2	0.16
Blank			31	2.46
Turnout			1,259
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Elisha Milmine	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Heather Te Au-Skipworth^†	2,580
	Independent	Kellie Jessup^†	1,882
	Independent	Siiam Daniel	1,182
	Independent	Sarah Greening	1,161
	Independent	Bevan O'Connor	1,089
Informal			1
Blank			40
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Richard McGrath	10,185	47.76
	Independent	Kirsten Wise^†	6,763	31.71
	Independent	Nigel Simpson	3,989	18.71
Informal			12	0.06
Blank			376	1.76
Turnout			21,325	45.57
Registered			46,796
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Roger Brownlie	3,547
	Independent	Keith Price^†	2,946
	Independent	Sally Crown^†	2,584
	ACT Local	Iain Bradley	2,325
	Independent	Louise Burnside	1,980
	Independent	Karl Goodchild	1,805
	Independent	Lyndal Johansson	1,764
	Independent	Juliet Greig^†	1,610
	Independent	Ben Newport	1,158
Informal			9
Blank			118
Turnout
Registered
	Independent win (new ward)
	Independent win (new ward)
	Independent win (new ward)
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Richard McGrath (withdrawn)	3,685
	Independent	Greg Mawson^†	3,038
	Independent	Craig Morley	2,342
	Independent	Te Kira Lawrence	1,983
	Independent	Taiatini Lepaio	1,370
Informal			2
Blank			85
Turnout
Registered
	Independent win (new ward)
	Independent win (new ward)
	Independent win (new ward)
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Graeme Taylor^†	4,560
	Independent	Ronda Chrystal^†	4,311
	Independent	Nigel Simpson^†	3,860
	Independent	Terry Cornish	3,085
Informal			1
Blank			163
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Shyann Raihania	1,049
	Independent	Whare Isaac-Sharland	764
	Independent	Kirk Leonard	566
Informal			0
Blank			45
Turnout
Registered
	Independent win (new ward)
	Independent win (new ward)

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Will Foley	3,854	62.83
	Independent	Alex Walker^†	2,209	36.01
Informal			0	0.00
Blank			71	1.16
Turnout			6,134	55.98
Registered			10,958
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Gerard Minehan^†	4,071
	Independent	Kelly Annand^†	2,970
	Independent	Meg Gordon	1,895
	Independent	Stella McDonald	1,368
Informal			10
Blank			209
Turnout
Registered			10,958
	Independent win (new ward)
	Independent win (new ward)
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Jerry Greer^†	1,730
	Independent	Brent Muggeridge^†	1,607
	Independent	Kate Taylor^†	1,489
	Independent	Simon Collin	1,477
Informal			0
Blank			89
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Todd Chote	1,743
	Independent	Pip Burne^†	1,485
	Independent	Kirsty Lawrence	1,131
	Independent	Tim Gilberston	903
	Independent	Graham Stubbs	808
	Independent	Murray Kenderdine	536
	Independent	Jenny Nelson-Smith	488
	Independent	Ben Revell	160
Informal			1
Blank			52
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Amiria Nepe Apatu	333	64.79
	Independent	Te Ata Kura Huata	160	31.13
Informal			1	0.19
Blank			20	3.89
Turnout			514
Registered
	Independent win (new ward)