Results of the 2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections in Greater Wellington

2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections
(Greater Wellington)
← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →
	8 of 8 local councils
	8 mayors and 84 local councillors
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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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8 territorial authorities are located within the Greater Wellington Region. 8 mayors and 84 district and city councillors were elected.

Council	Electoral system	Seats	Councillors						Details	Refs
Council	Electoral system	Seats	2022			Elected			Details	Refs
Kāpiti Coast	STV	10		Independent	10		Independent	9	Details	^[1]
Kāpiti Coast	STV	10					Te Pāti Māori	1	Details	^[1]
Porirua	STV	10		Independent	8		Independent	8	Details	^[2]
Porirua	STV	10		Labour	2		Labour	2	Details	^[2]
Upper Hutt	FPP	10		Independent	10		Independent	10	Details	^[3]
Lower Hutt	FPP	13		Independent	8		Independent	10	Details	^[4]^[5]
				United Hutt	2		Labour	1
				Labour	1		Independent Green	1
				Independent Green	1
Wellington	STV	15		Independent	8		Independent	5	Details	^[6]
				Labour	4		Labour	5
				Green	3		Green	4
							Independent Together	1
Masterton	FPP	8		Independent	8		Independent	8	Details	^[7]
Carterton	FPP	8		Independent	8		Independent	8	Details	^[8]
South Wairarapa	FPP	10		Independent	9		Independent	10	Details	^[9]
8 of 8 councils		84

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote		Final %
	Independent	Janet Holborow^†	6,721	32.82	#5	8,676	53.29
	Independent	Rob McCann	4,744	23.16	#5	7,606	46.71
	Independent	Liz Koh	3,027	14.78	#4	3,910
	We Love Kāpiti	Dean Harris	2,291	11.19	#3	2,649
	Independent	Martin Halliday	1,976	9.65	#2	2,154
	Independent	Kim Hobson	1,345	6.57	#1	1,345
Quota			10,052	49.08	#5	8,141	50.00
Informal			27	0.13
Blank			350	1.71
Turnout			20,481
Registered
	Independent hold on 5th iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Rob McCann	4,449	21.72	#7	6,273
	Independent	Liz Koh	4,209	20.55	#8	5,773
	Independent	Lawrence Kirby^†	4,053	19.79	#8	5,353
	We Love Kāpiti	Joanne Welch	2,186	10.67	#6	2,804
	Independent	Gavin Welsh	1,568	7.66	#5	2,016
	Independent	Jackie Elliott	1,308	6.39	#4	1,545
	Independent	Jo Turner	851	4.16	#3	952
	Independent	Grant Bartlett	531	2.59	#2	548
	Independent	Marek Willis	437	2.13	#1	437
Quota			6,531	31.89	#8	5,609
Informal			147	0.72
Blank			742	3.62
Turnout			20,481
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent on 7th iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 8th iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote
	Independent	Heniti Buick	973	34.47	#4	1,369
	Independent	Rob Kofoed	557	19.73	#4	937
	Independent	Cam Butler	494	17.50	#3	665
	Independent	Shelly Warwick^†	465	16.47	#2	296
	We Love Kāpiti	Brent Frogley	300	10.63	#1	300
Quota			1,395	49.42	#4	1,153
Informal			2	0.07
Blank			32	1.13
Turnout			2,823
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent on 4th iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote
	Independent	Steven Botica	1,079	17.12	#7	1,710
	Independent	Jocelyn Prvanov^†	1,071	17.00	#7	1,773
	Independent	Nigel Wilson^†	872	13.84	#7	1,502
	Independent	Michael Moore	669	10.62	#6	978
	We Love Kāpiti	Dean Harris	601	9.54	#5	876
	Independent	Chris MacLean	607	9.63	#4	760
	Independent	Phil Byrne	490	7.78	#3	579
	Independent	Peter Bollmann	398	6.32	#2	408
	We Love Kāpiti	Dean Harris	257	4.08	#1	257
Quota			2,015	31.98	#7	1,662
Informal			55	0.87
Blank			202	3.21
Turnout			6,301
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent on 7th iteration
	Independent hold on 7th iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Martin Halliday^†	1,353	18.68	#7	1,750
	Independent	Glen Cooper^†	1,229	16.97	#7	1,632
	Independent	Glen Olsen	730	10.08	#11	1,516
	Independent	Fiona Vining	738	10.19	#11	1,348
	We Love Kāpiti	Chris Harwood	693	9.57	#8	939
	Independent	Euon Murrell	593	8.19	#6	778
	Independent	Paul Baggott	537	7.41	#5	627
	Independent	Bernie Randall	351	4.85	#4	398
	Independent	Murray Lobb	330	4.56	#3	362
	Independent	Dave Freeman	272	3.76	#2	278
	We Love Kāpiti	Mark Souness	66	0.91	#1	66
Quota			1,723	23.79	#11	1,462
Informal			45	0.62
Blank			306	4.22
Turnout			7,243
Registered
	Independent hold on 7th iteration
	Independent hold on 7th iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 11th iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%
	Independent	Bede Laracy	1,438	48.42
	Independent	Zelda Edwards	842	28.35
	Independent	Richard Young	570	19.19
Quota			1,425	47.98
Informal			2	0.07
Blank			118	3.97
Turnout			2,970
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent on 1st iteration

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote
	Te Pāti Māori	Himiona Grace	418	36.54	#5	514
	Independent	Deanna Rudd	432	37.76	#5	507
	Independent	Rangi Halbert	99	8.65	#4	127
	We Love Kāpiti	Brian Ruawai-Hamilton	75	6.56	#3	81
	Independent	Jason Thurston	60	5.24	#2	62
	Independent	Jordan Wansbrough	33	2.88	#1	33
Quota			559	48.86	#5	511
Informal			6	0.52
Blank			21	1.84
Turnout			1,144
Registered
	Te Pāti Māori win (new ward) on 5th iteration

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote		Final %
	Independent	Anita Baker^†	8,517	48.33	#2	8,935	52.60
	Independent	Kathleen Filo	7,225	41.00	#2	8,033	47.29
	Independent	Ura Wilson-Pokoati	1,565	8.88	#1	1,565
Quota			8,654	49.11	#2	8,484	50.00
Informal			39	0.22
Blank			277	1,57
Turnout			17,623
Registered
	Independent hold on 2nd iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Labour	Josh Trlin^†	1,455	18.30	#3	1,774
	Independent	Nathan Waddle^†	1,283	16.13	#5	1,668
	Independent	Moira Lawler	1,139	14.32	#5	1,576
	Independent	Ross Leggett^†	1,244	15.64	#5	1,576
	ACT Local	Phill Houlihan	829	10.43	#5	1,170
	Independent	Brent Ching	679	8.54	#4	872
	Green	Aditi Tiwari	614	7.72	#2	639
	Independent	Paul Nation	605	7.61	#1	605
Quota			1,570	19.74	#5	1,523
Informal			86	1.08
Blank			18	0.23
Turnout			7,952
Registered
	Labour hold on 3rd iteration
	Independent hold on 5th iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 5th iteration
	Independent hold on 5th iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Kathleen Filo^†	1,684	21.90	#1	1,684
	Labour	Geoff Hayward^†	1,337	17.39	#1	1,337
	Independent	Mike Duncan^†	903	11.74	#13	1,221
	Independent	Izzy Ford^†	863	11/22	#17	1,282
	Independent	Hemi Fermanis	515	6.70	#22	1,146
	Independent	Moze Galo^†	345	4.49	#22	981
	Green	Zac Painting	336	4.37	#19	589
	Independent	Ura Wilson-Pokoati	267	3.47	#16	479
	Independent	Jaistone Finau	324	4.21	#13	421
	Independent	Chris Ellis	291	3.78	#11	393
	Independent	Yan Zhang	280	3.64	#8	341
	Independent	Siobhan Samuel	179	2.33	#6	219
	Independent	Miriam Albert	85	1.11	#5	109
	Independent	Angel Domingos	56	0.73	#4	70
	Independent	Sharon Hilling	43	0.56	#3	54
Quota			1,251	16.27	#22	1,139
Informal			72	0.94
Blank			109	1.42
Turnout			7,689
Registered
	Independent hold on 1st iteration
	Labour hold on 1st iteration
	Independent hold on 13th iteration
	Independent hold on 17th iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 22nd iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote
	Independent	Kylie Wihapi^†	745	37.66	#3	934
	Independent	Jess Te Huia	710	35.89	#3	925
	Independent	Raniera Albert	276	13.95	#2	318
	Independent	Rawinia Rimene	207	10.46	#1	207
Quota			969	48.99	#3	930
Informal			12	0.61
Blank			28	1.42
Turnout			1,978
Registered
	Independent hold on 3rd iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Peri Zee	5,479	32.75
	Independent	Wayne Guppy^†	3,931	23.50
	Independent	Angela McLeod	1,941	11.60
	Independent	Blair Griffiths	1,892	11.31
	Independent	Emma Holderness	1,843	11.02
	Independent	Hellen Swales	1,511	9.03
Informal			15	0.09
Blank			116	0.69
Turnout			16,728
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Emma Holderness^†	9,251
	Independent	Tracey Ultra^†	7,903
	Independent	Angela McLeod	7,651
	Independent	Dave Wheeler^†	6,836
	Independent	Corey White	6,807
	Independent	Helen Swales^†	6,424
	Independent	Bill Hammond^†	6,117
	Independent	Daniel Welch	5,963
	Independent	Matt Carey^†	5,892
	Independent	Gurpreet Dhillon	5,777
	Independent	Tofa Gush	5,710
	Independent	Euan Andrews	5,552
	Independent	Henry Grey	5,381
	Independent	Rachel Kingi	5,182
	Independent	Brett Thomson	5,029
	Independent	Kylie McKenna	4,565
	Independent	Heather Newell^†	4,248
	Independent	Dave Burt	3,853
	Independent	Wade Cashmore	3,760
	Independent	Ramil Adhikari	3,733
	Independent	Michael J Anderson	3,460
	Independent	David McNicholas	3,164
	Independent	Teresa Homan	3,087
	Independent	Heather Blissett	2,878
	Independent	Nigel Mander	2,844
Informal			51
Blank			172
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Ken Laban	8,704	34.48
	Independent	Brady Dyer	6,974	27.63
	Independent	Karen Morgan	5,529	21.90
	Independent	Prabha Ravi	3,608	14.29
Informal			77	0.31
Blank			349	1.38
Turnout			25,241
Registered
	Independent gain from Labour

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Brady Dyer^†	19,233
	Independent	Prabha Ravi	16,753
	Independent	Tony Stallinger^†	15,653
	Independent	Karen Yung	13,449
	Independent	Mele Tonga-Grant	10,602
	Independent	Kath McGuinness	10,064
	Independent	Andrew Gavriel	9,744
	Independent	Suzanne Levy	8,859
	Independent	Semi Kuresa	8,478
	Independent	Sherry Antony	8,206
	Independent	Jonathon Gilbert	5,826
	Independent	Chris Paul	4,425
Informal			127
Blank			732
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from United Hutt^[b]
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent Green	Chris Parkin^†	2,261	51.75
	Independent	Robbie Schneider	1,935	44.29
Informal			1	0.02
Blank			172	3.94
Turnout			4,369
Registered
	Independent Green hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Tui Lewis^†	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Andy Mitchell^†	Unopposed
	Independent	Naomi Shaw^†	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Simon Edwards	3,792
	Independent	Glenda Barratt^†	2,307
	Independent	Paki Maaka	2,177
	Independent	George MacKay	1,865
	Green	Neelu Jennings	1,810
	Independent	Rodney Cook	1,761
	Independent	Tim McNamara (withdrawn)	1,340
Informal			35
Blank			358
Turnout
Registered
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent gain from United Hutt^[b]
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Labour	Keri Brown^†	Unopposed
Registered
	Labour hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Te Awa Puketapu	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent win (new ward)

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	+/−
	Labour	Andrew Little	46,016	56.41	+56.41
	Independent	Karl Tiefenbacher	11,494	14.09	+14.09
	Independent Together	Ray Chung	8,534	10.46	−3.84
	Independent	Alex Baker	7,506	9.20	+9.20
	Independent	Diane Calvert	4,093	5.02	+5.02
	Independent	Kelvin Hastie	954	1.17	−1.54
	Independent	Rob Goulden	893	1.09	+1.09
	Independent	Joan Shi	459	0.56	+0.56
	Independent	Pennywize the Rewilding Clown	364	0.45	+0.45
	Independent	Scott Caldwell	295	0.36	+0.36
	Silly Hat Party	Josh Harford	270	0.33	+0.33
	Independent	Donald McDonald	253	0.31	−0.22
Quota			40,566	49.73	+0.13
Informal			120	0.15.15	+0.01
Blank			323	0.40	−0.27
Turnout			81,574
Registered
	Labour gain from Green on 1st iteration

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Labour	Ben McNulty^†	8,601	52.25	#1	8,601
	Independent	Tony Randle^†	2,136	12.98	#6	4,173
	Independent	Andrea Compton	1,458	8.86	#8	3,313
	Independent	John Apanowicz^†	1,143	6.94	#8	3,177
	ACT Local	Mark Flynn	1,698	10.32	#5	2,087
	Independent	Michael Hill	561	3.41	#4	981
	Independent	Joan Shi	480	2.92	#3	794
Quota			4,019	24.42	#8	3,289
Informal			61	0.37
Blank			322	1.96
Turnout			16,460	46.07
Registered			35,725
	Labour hold on 1st iteration
	Independent hold on 6th iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 8th iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Diane Calvert^†	5,368	26.92	#1	5,368
	Green	Rebecca Matthews^†	4,437	22.25	#5	4,876
	Independent Together	Ray Chung^†	2,813	14.11	#9	4,496
	Labour	Joy Gribben	2,992	15.00	#9	4,452
	Independent	Lily Brown	1,331	6.67	#5	1,947
	Independent	Kelvin Hastie	1,207	6.05	#4	1,411
	ACT Local	Ray Bowden	735	3.69	#3	838
	Independent Together	Guy Nunns	718	3.60	#2	738
Quota			4,900	24.57	#9	4,482
Informal			51	0.26
Blank			289	1.45
Turnout			19,941
Registered
	Independent hold on 1st iteration
	Green gain from Labour on 5th iteration^[b]
	Independent Together gain from Independent on 9th iteration^[b]
^† incumbent

Affiliation of councillors by council

2025 Kāpiti Coast mayoral election

At-large ward

Ōtaki general ward

Waikanae general ward

Paraparaumu general ward

Paekākāriki-Raumati general ward

Kāpiti Coast Māori ward

2025 Porirua mayoral election

Pāuatahanui general ward

Onepoto general ward

Parirua Māori ward

2025 Upper Hutt mayoral election

At-large ward

2025 Lower Hutt mayoral election

At-large ward

Western general ward

Harbour general ward

Northern general ward

Central general ward

Wainuiomata general ward

Mana Kairangi ki Tai Māori ward

Summary

2025 Wellington mayoral election

Takapū/Northern general ward

Wharangi/Onslow-Western general ward

Pukehīnau/Lambton general ward

Motukairangi/Eastern general ward

Paekawakawa/Southern general ward

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori ward

Referendum on Māori wards

2025 Masterton mayoral election

At-large

Masterton/Whakaoriori general ward

Masterton/Whakaoriori Māori ward

2025 Carterton mayoral election

At-large

2025 South Wairarapa mayoral election

Greytown general ward

Featherston general ward

Martinborough general ward

Te Karu o Te Ika a Māui Māori ward

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Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Green	Geordie Rogers^†	4,445	31.45	#1	4,445
	Labour	Afnan Al-Rubayee	2,701	19.11	#4	3,423
	Independent	Nicola Young^†	2,496	17.66	#9	3,711
	Independent	Tim Ward	1,247	8.82	#9	2,215
	Independent	Dan Milward	970	6.86	#8	1,472
	Independent	David Lee	588	4.16	#7	874
	Independent	Rodney Barber	490	3.47	#6	576
	Independent Together	Stuart Wong	363	2.57	#5	387
	Independent	Teal Mau	263	1.86	#4	291
	Independent	Tony De Lorenzo	167	1.18	#3	178
	Independent	Zan Gyaw	39	0.28	#2	39
Quota			3,442	24.35	#9	3,212
Informal			67	0.47
Blank			298	2.11
Turnout			14,134
Registered
	Green hold on 1st iteration
	Labour gain from Independent on 4th iteration
	Independent hold on 9th iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Karl Tiefenbacher	3,467	23.20	#4	3,665
	Labour	Sam O'Brien	2,583	17.29	#9	3,824
	Green	Jonny Osborne	1,972	13.20	#10	3,422
	Independent Together	Ken Ah Kuoi	1,803	12.07	#10	2,907
	Independent	Alex Baker	1,477	9.89	#8	1,955
	Independent	Chris Calvi-Freeman	947	6.34	#7	1,251
	Independent	Trish Given	998	6.68	#6	1,070
	ACT Local	Luke Kuggeleijn	522	3.49	#4	572
	Independent	Rob Goulgden	445	2.98	#3	572
	Independent Together	Michelle McGuire	323	2.16	#2	324
	Independent	Thomas Morgan	56	0.37	#1	56
Quota			3,648	24.42	#10	3,277
Informal			77	0.52
Blank			271	1.81
Turnout			14,941
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent on 4th iteration
	Labour hold on 9th iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 10th iteration

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%
	Labour	Nureddin Abdurahman^†	4,723	36.43
	Green	Laurie Foon^†	4,687	36.15
	Independent Together	Paula Muollo	2,379	18.35
	Independent	Kevin Zeng	626	4.83
	Independent	Mike Petrie	450	3.47
	Independent	Donald McDonald	100	0.77
Quota			4,322	33.34
Informal			60	0.46
Blank			239	1.84
Turnout			12,965
Registered
	Labour hold on 1st iteration
	Green hold on 1st iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote
	Labour	Matthew Reweti	1,258	44.39	#2	1,502
	Green	Tory Whanau	1,016	35.85	#2	1,148
	Independent	Te Paea Paringatai	492	17.36	#1	492
Quota			1,383	48.80	#2	1,325
Informal			12	0.42
Blank			56	1.98
Turnout			2,834
Registered
	Labour gain from Green on 2nd iteration

Choice		Votes	%
I vote to KEEP Māori constituencies		52,677	64.58
I vote to REMOVE Māori constituencies		24,365	29.87
Informal		18	0.02
Blank		4,514	5.53
Turnout		81,574
Registered
Result:	Māori wards retained

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Bex Johnson	2,844	29.74
	Independent	Stella Lennox	2,614	27.33
	Independent	Craig Bowyer	2,590	27.08
	Independent	Waireka Collins	1,242	12.98
Informal			9	0.09
Blank			265	2.77
Turnout			9,564
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Jamie Falloon	5,658
	Independent	Stella Lennox^†	5,397
	Independent	David Holmes^†	3,491
	Independent	Tony Hargood	2,854
	Independent	Chris Peterson	2,546
	Independent	Jo Hayes	2,104
	Independent	Hayden Mischiefski	1,867
	Independent	Drew Hullah	688
Informal			78
Blank			224
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Tim Nelson^†	4,283
	Independent	Craig Bowyer^†	3,862
	Independent	Gary Caffell	3,473
	Independent	Brent Goodwin	2,975
	Independent	Lyn Riley	2,911
	Independent	Rob Harvey	2,783
	Independent	Andrea Jackson	2,411
	Independent	Henrietta Nagel	1,891
	Independent	Gail Marshall	1,087
	Independent	Bex Johnson (withdrawn)	4,236
Informal			10
Blank			176
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Waireka Collins	529	72.76
	Independent	Marama Tuuta^†	180	24.76
Informal			2	0.28
Blank			16	2.20
Turnout			727
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Steve Cretney	1,733	41.67
	Independent	Brian Deller	1,170	28.13
	Independent	Simon Casey	1,148	27.60
Informal			4	0.10
Blank			104	2.50
Turnout			4,159	53.53
Registered			7,770
	Independent gain from Independent