Results of the 2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections in Manawatū-Whanganui

2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections
(Manawatū-Whanganui)
← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →
	7 of 7 local councils
	4 mayors and 79 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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7 territorial authorities are located within the Manawatū-Whanganui Region. 7 mayors and 79 district and city councillors were elected.

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]		Final %
	Independent	Weston Kirton	1,972	45.84	#3	2,453	64.55
	Independent	Grant Lethborg	950	22.08	#3	1,347	35.45
	Independent	Lyn Neeson	938	21.80	#2	1,033
	Independent	Fiona Hadley-Chase	385	8.95	#1	385
Quota			2,123	49.35	#3	1,900	50.00
Informal			9	0.21
Blank			48	1.12
Turnout			4,302	51.98
Registered			8,277
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Luke Pepper	817	23.70	#1	817
	Independent	Rabbit Nottage^†	482	13.98	#1	482
	Independent	Robyn Gram^†	443	12.85	#2	507
	Independent	Viv Hoeta^†	351	10.18	#10	493
	Independent	John Chapman	247	7.17	#21	479
	Independent	Brenda Ralph^†	167	4.84	#23	368
	Independent	Peter Zimmer	147	4.76	#23	368
	Independent	Rodger Baker	164	4.26	#20	287
	Independent	Sophie Stockbridge	119	3.74	#12	287
	Independent	Gary Griffin-Chappel	129	3.45	#9	161
	Independent	Elise Adams	116	3.37	#7	131
	Independent	Nicoleen Wessels	73	2.12	#5	100
	Independent	Rhonda Kingston	40	1.16	#4	49
	Independent	Elaine Reed	19	0.55	#3	22
Quota			473	13.72	#23	433
Informal			40	1.16
Blank			93	2.7
Turnout			3,447
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Kuru Ketu	263	30.76	#1	263
	Independent	Channey Iwikau^†	143	16.73	#4	205
	Independent	Korty Wilson^†	161	18.83	#4	203
	Independent	Fiona Hadley-Chase^†	122	14.27	#4	158
	Independent	Simon Hepi	96	11.23	#3	107
	Independent	Marilyn Davis	42	4.91	#2	44
Quota			207	24.21	4	199
Informal			12	1.40
Blank			16	1.87
Turnout			855
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Andrew Tripe^†	9,147	53.73
	Independent	Josh Chandulal-Mackay	5,286	31.05
	Independent	Peter Oskam	1,895	11.13
	Independent	Gregory McPhee	295	1.73
Informal			24	0.14
Blank			377	2.21
Turnout			17,024	50.10
Registered			33,978
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Michael Law^†	8,990
	Independent	Josh Chandulal-Mackay^†	8,712
	Independent	Kate Joblin^†	8,617
	Independent	Rob Vinsen^†	8,226
	Independent	Charlotte Melser^†	7,773
	Independent	Glenda Brown^†	7,134
	Independent	Philippa Baker-Hogan^†	6,836
	Independent	Mike Hos	6,802
	Independent	Peter Oskam^†	6,032
	Independent	Ross Fallen^†	5,868
	Independent	Rob Oscroft	5,304
	Independent	Jay Rerekura	5,168
	Independent	Tracey Jarman	3,896
	Independent	Jason Bardell	3,853
	Independent	Scott Phillips	3,767
	Independent	Tony Sundman	3,227
	Independent Green	Awhi Haenga	3,053
	Independent	Azian Z	2,662
	Independent	Julian Emmett	2,272
	Independent	Michael Organ	1,915
	Independent	Robin Westley	1,828
	Animal Justice	Sandra Kyle	1,823
	Independent	Gregory McPhee	1,460
Informal			46
Blank			107
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Julie Herewini	1,122
	Independent	Geoff Hipango	922
	Independent	Kiritahi Firmin	638
	Independent	Hayden Potaka	558
	Independent	Phil Reweti	403
Informal			0
Blank			21
Turnout
Registered
	Independent win
	Independent win

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Andy Watson	2,449	44.93
	Independent	Simon Loudon	1,730	31.74
	Independent	John Hainsworth	663	12.16
	Independent	David Christison	515	9.45
Informal			3	0.05
Blank			91	1.67
Turnout			5,451
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Jeff Wong^†	904
	Independent	Diana Baird	432
	Independent	Peter Kipling-Arthur	397
Informal			0
Blank			16
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Fi Dalgety^†	1,866
	Independent	Dave Wilson^†	1,830
	Independent	John Hainsworth	1,532
	Independent	Alan Buckendahl	1,526
	Independent	Sandra Field	1,197
	Independent	David Christison	896
	Independent	Bryan Hastings	748
	Independent	Justin Adams	632
Informal			7
Blank			23
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Paul Sharland^†	600
	Independent	Graeme O'Fee	494
	Independent	Graham Jenkins	250
	Independent	Bryan Rowe	233
Informal			0
Blank			29
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Tracey Hiroa	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Coral Raukawa^†	283
	Independent	David Yates	30
Informal			0
Blank			11
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Michael Ford	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Shelley Dew-Hopkins	2,829
	Independent	Alison Short^†	2,763
	Independent	Andrew Quarrie^†	2,724
	Independent	James McKelvie	2,477
	Independent	Rob Duindam	2,085
	Independent	Colin McFadzean^†	1,765
	Independent	Kirk Trownson	1,491
Informal			4
Blank			97
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Raewyn Loader	2,753
	Independent	Grant Hadfield^†	2,490
	Independent	Colin Dyer	2,371
	Independent Green	Sam Hill	2,241
	ACT Local	Jerry Pickford	2,012
	ACT Local	Alex McLeod	1,911
	Independent	Daniel Cox	1,644
	Independent	Clive Raharuhi	1,383
	Independent	Tony Wright	1,055
	Independent	Alistair Hicks	1,036
Informal			8
Blank			52
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent Green gain from Independent
	ACT Local gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Bridget Bell^†	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent gain from Te Pāti Māori^[b]
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%
	Independent	Grant Smith^†	15,124	60.35
	Independent	Orphée Mickalad	5,310	21.19
	Independent	Caleb Riddick	2,427	9.68
	Independent	Michael Morris	1,121	4.47
Quota			11,991	47.85
Informal			101	0.40
Blank			977	3.90
Turnout			25,060
Registered
	Independent hold on 1st iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	William Wood^†	3,281	14.17	#1	3,281
	Independent	Mark Arnott^†	1,481	6.40	#2	1,757
	Independent	Orphée Mickalad^†	1,583	6.84	#2	1,716
	Independent	Karen Naylor^†	1,136	4.91	#41	1,613
	Independent	Rachel Bowen^†	1,169	5.05	#44	1,583
	Independent	Lew Findlay^†	1,187	5.13	#48	1,604
	Independent	Vaughan Dennison^†	1,023	4.42	#50	1,572
	Green	Brent Barrett^†	1,196	5.16	#50	1,563
	Independent	Hayden Fitzgerald	645	2.79	#64	1,800
	Labour	Lorna Johnson^†	1,096	4.73	#65	1,528
	Independent	Billy Meehan^†	604	2.61	#66	1,571
	Independent	Leonie Hapeta^†	578	2.50	#67	1,518
	Green	Kaydee Zabelin^†	895	3.86	#80	1,492
	Labour	Zulfiqar Butt	837	3.61	#80	1,434
	ACT Local	Glen Williams	696	3.01	#63	1,201
	Independent	Jackie Wheeler	631	2.72	#56	1,051
	Independent	Mark Gunning	525	2.27	#47	795
	Independent	Caleb Riddick	512	2.21	#45	732
	Independent	Jeremy Hoskins	475	2.05	#42	584
	Independent	Verne Wilson	397	1.71	#40	530
	Independent	Nelson Harper	315	1.36	#38	438
	Independent	Wajeha Akbaryan	328	1.42	#36	422
	Independent	Richard Woolgar	226	0.98	#31	297
	Independent	Eldhose Poovathumveettil Mathew	201	0.87	#30	235
	Independent	Melanie Butler	150	0.65	#29	228
	Independent	Kayne Dunlop	183	0.79	#26	219
	Independent	Dave Salisbury	149	0.64	#22	204
	Independent	Tobias Nash	132	0.57	#20	175
	Independent	Cameron Jenkins	130	0.56	#19	141
	Independent	Dave Poppelwell	110	0.47	#18	134
	Independent	Quintin McGregor	115	0.50	#16	131
	Independent	Adrian Phillips	113	0.49	#13	121
	Independent	Eric Judd	90	0.39	#11	99
	Independent	Atif Rahim	93	0.40	#10	97
	Independent	Michael Strachan	90	0.39	#7	95
	Independent	Jack Koh	78	0.34	#4	84
	Independent	Zakk Rokkanno	9	0.04	#3	11
Quota			1,604	6.93	#80	1,490
Informal			477	2.06
Blank			222	0.96
Turnout			23,158
Registered
	Independent hold on 1st iteration
	Independent hold on 2nd iteration
	Independent hold on 2nd iteration
	Independent hold on 41st iteration
	Independent hold on 44th iteration
	Independent hold on 48th iteration
	Independent hold on 50th iteration
	Green hold on 50th iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 64th iteration
	Labour hold on 65th iteration
	Independent hold on 66th iteration
	Independent hold on 67th iteration
	Green hold on 80th iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Te Pāti Māori	Debi Marshall-Lobb^†	1,087	57.15	#1	1,087
	Independent	Bonnie Kuru	547	28.76	#2	803
	Independent	Roly Fitzgerald^†	209	10.99	#2	209
Quota			614	32.28	#2	592
Informal			27	1.42
Blank			32	1.68
Turnout			1,902
Registered
	Te Pāti Māori gain from Rangitāne o Manawatū on 1st iteration^[b]
	Independent gain from Rangitāne o Manawatū on 2nd iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Scott Gilmore	2,900	40.74
	Independent	Tracey Collis^†	2,413	33.89
	Independent	Steve Wallace	1,008	14.16
	Independent	Michael Spence	416	5.84
	Independent	Evan Nattrass	304	4.27
Informal			7	0.09
Blank			70	0.98
Turnout			7,118
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Steve Wallace^†	1,911
	Independent	Erana Peeti-Webber^†	1,796
	Independent	Sharon Wards^†	1,586
	Independent	Alison Amboy	1,520
	Independent	James Walker	1,434
	Independent	Ron Wallace	1,390
	Independent	Thomas Scott	859
	Independent	Trev Moore	766
	Independent	Michael Spence	702
	Independent	Susan Lyford	662
	Independent	Dot Watson	321
Informal			3
Blank			23
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Scott Gilmore^† (withdrawn)	1,985
	Independent	Elisabeth Kennedy	1,032
	Independent	Peter Johns^†	986
	Independent	Peter Naylor	902
	Independent	Chris Corlett	742
	Independent	Evan Matthew Nattrass	656
	Independent	Hamish Blyth	638
	Independent	Mike Long^†	609
	Independent	Ernie Christison	570
	Independent	Mark Watson	533
	Independent	Ethan Hindry	463
Informal			5
Blank			66
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Keshaan Te Waaka	335	53.09
	Independent	Naioma Chase^†	275	43.58
Informal			0	0.00
Blank			21	3.33%
Turnout			631
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bernie Wanden^†	9,017	73.83
	Independent	Justin Tamihana	2,889	23.66
Informal			5	0.04
Blank			302	2.47
Turnout			12,213	46.93
Registered			26,025
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Allan^†	989
	Independent	Nola Fox	745
	Independent	Justin Tamihana	641
	Independent	Trevor Chambers	585
	Independent	Brett Russell	474
Informal			0	0.00
Blank			41
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

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Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Paul Olsen^†	568	64.69
	Independent	Susan Conway	299	34.05
Informal			0	0.00
Blank			11	1.25
Turnout			878
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Jo Mason	2,997
	Independent	Clint Grimstone^†	2,574
	Independent	Alan Young^†	2,529
	Independent	Mike Barker^†	2,037
	Independent	Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab	1,902
	Independent	Catriona McKay	1,645
	Independent	Tony Collis	1,640
	Independent	Keremihana Heke	946
	Independent	Viv Bold	928
	Independent	Avril Lang	828
	Independent	André Thompson	742
	Independent	Jane Masoe	609
	Independent	Glen Stevenson	484
	Independent	Don Campbell	360
Informal			9
Blank			70
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Sam Jennings	1,667
	Independent	Morgan Gray	1,142
	Independent	Judy Webby	1,134
	Independent	Dan Okano	944
	Independent	Bruce Eccles	905
	Independent	William Ranginui	210
Informal			2
Blank			76
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Nina Hori Te Pa^†	735
	Independent	Lani Te Raukura Ketu	581
	Independent	Kelly Tahiwi	539
	Independent	Troy O'Carroll	351
Informal			2
Blank			28
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent