2025 Wellington City Council election
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The 2025 Wellington City Council election was a local election held from 9 September to 11 October in Wellington, New Zealand, as part of that year's territorial authority elections and other local elections held nation-wide.
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Voters elected the mayor of Wellington, 15 city councillors, and other local representatives for the 2025–2028 term of the Wellington City Council. Postal voting and the single transferable vote voting system were used.
Incumbent mayor Tory Whanau ultimately did not run for re-election as mayor, instead running to be the Māori ward councillor. Whanau lost that election to Labour's Matthew Reweti.
Overall turnout was 49.99%, the highest in 30 years, with former Labour leader Andrew Little winning the mayoralty in a landslide.
The council introduced a Māori ward at the 2022 election; in a referendum on its future held at this election (as part of a nation-wide series of referendums) voters elected to keep the Māori ward.
Key dates
- 4 July 2025: Nominations for candidates opened
- 1 August 2025: Nominations for candidates closed at 12 pm
- 9 September 2025: Voting documents were posted and voting opened
- 11 October 2025: Voting closed at 12 pm and progress/preliminary results were published
- 16–19 October 2025: Final results were declared.[1][2]
Background
Positions up for election
Voters in the city elected the mayor of Wellington, 15 city councillors in 6 wards, and the members of two community boards (Tawa and Mākara / Ōhāriu).[3] They also elected 8 members of the Greater Wellington Regional Council.[a][4]
Māori wards referendum
In May 2021, the Wellington City Council voted 13–2 to establish a Māori ward,[5][6] with the Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori ward first contested in the 2022 elections.
In July 2024, the National-led coalition government passed the Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Act 2024 which reinstated the requirement that councils must hold a referendum before establishing Māori wards or constituencies. In September 2024, the council voted 13–3 to affirm their decision to establish the Māori constituency, thereby triggering a referendum on the constituency to be held alongside the 2025 local elections.[7][8]
Airport shares
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In October 2023, the council's Long-term Plan, Finance, and Performance Committee, which comprised all members of the council and was chaired by Labour councillor Rebecca Matthews, proposed a sale of the council's 34% stake in the Wellington Airport as a part of the council's long-term plan. The proceeds of the sale would go on to establish an Investment fund for use in the case of a natural disaster. [9]
On 30 May 2024 the Council voted 8–8, with Mayor Whanau casting the tie-breaking vote, to sell its stake in the airport. Green Mayor and Deputy Mayor, Whanau and Laurie Foon voted in favour of the sale despite the Green Party running on retaining public ownership of the airport shares.[10] The sale was opposed by all of the Labour councillors, independent councillors; Ray Chung and Iona Pannett and Green councillors Geordie Rodgers and Nīkau Wi Neera.[11]
The sale caused a rift in the Green Party with Wi Neera and Rodgers voting against it.[11] Green MP for Wellington Central and former Councillor, Tamatha Paul opposed the sale saying that opposition to privatisation was “fundamental” to Green principles and that any Green councillor who voted in favour of the sale would “undermine the credibility” of the party. The Green Party's 2022 constitution outlined opposition to selling shares and Green MP for Rongotai, Julie Anne Genter stated that she supported public ownership of infrastructure as a “general principle” but that the council was in tricky position.[12] The sale of shares was unpopular with Wellington Unions[11] and the general public. Before the sale occurred, a poll, commissioned by Unions Wellington, found that 74% of respondents opposed the sale, 51.4% of respondents said they would be less likely to vote for a councillor who voted for the sale and that a majority of supporters of all political parties in parliament except ACT opposed the sale.[13]
On 12 August 2024, a majority of councillors signed a notice of revocation, attempting to overturn the vote. The notice was signed by councillors who had previously voted against the sale except for Green councillor Rogers and Labour councillor Matthews. Independent councillors, Diane Calvert, Nicola Young and Tony Randle changed their decision and signed the notice.[14] The notice however was overturned as invalid.[15]
In September, the council's chief executive confirmed another vote would be held on the 10th of October.[16] The vote went 9–7 in favour for holding the shares and was voted for by those who had signed the earlier notice of revocation.[17]
| Role | Member | 30 May Vote | 12 August Notice of Revocation | 9 October Vote | |
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| Mayor | Tory Whanau | Sell Shares | Sell Shares | ||
| Deputy Mayor | Laurie Foon | Sell Shares | Sell Shares | ||
| Councillors | Geordie Rodgers | Hold Shares | Sell Shares | ||
| Nīkau Wi Neera | Hold Shares | Signatory | Hold Shares | ||
| John Apanowicz | Sell Shares | Sell Shares | |||
| Tim Brown | Sell Shares | Sell Shares | |||
| Sarah Free | Sell Shares | Sell Shares | |||
| Diane Calvert | Sell Shares | Signatory | Hold Shares | ||
| Nicola Young | Sell Shares | Signatory | Hold Shares | ||
| Tony Randle | Sell Shares | Signatory | Hold Shares | ||
| Ray Chung | Hold Shares | Signatory | Hold Shares | ||
| Iona Pannett | Hold Shares | Signatory | Hold Shares | ||
| Rebecca Matthews | Hold Shares | Sell Shares | |||
| Ben McNulty | Hold Shares | Signatory | Hold Shares | ||
| Teri O'Neill | Hold Shares | Signatory | Hold Shares | ||
| Nureddin Abdurahman | Hold Shares | Signatory | Hold Shares | ||
| Results | (8–8) Sell Shares | (9–7) Hold Shares | (9–7) Hold Shares | ||
Following the failure of the airport shares sale and the council's decision to pay for water infrastructure through up-front rates rather than debt financing, Minister of Local Government, Simeon Brown appointed a crown observer to the council.[18]
Campaign
Mayor
Incumbent mayor Tory Whanau had announced she would run for a second term, but later changed her mind after Andrew Little entered the race.[19] Ray Chung would contest the election as the candidate from the Independent Together group.
Other candidates looking to contest the mayoralty included business owner Karl Tiefenbacher, former Wellington LIVE media owner Graham Bloxham, conservationist Kelvin Hastie, former city councillor Rob Goulden,[20][21] and former chartered accountant Alex Baker.[22][23]
A campaign parodying Independent Together was launched in June 2025, featuring "Pennywize the Rewilding Clown" for mayor, with a campaign website that closely parodied that of the Independent Together website. The parody played on the character from Stephen King's horror franchise It.[24]
ACT Local
On 18 March, ACT announced they would run candidates in local elections for the first time.[25] ACT's candidates would oppose attempts to manage carbon emissions at the local level.[26]
On 26 July ACT announced three candidates for the Wellington City Council; Ray Bowden, for the Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward,[27] Mark Flynn for the Takapu/Northern ward[28] and Luke Kuggeleijn for the Motukairangi/Eastern ward.[29]
Green
On 7 April, the Green Party announced incumbent Mayor Tory Whanau and councillors Laurie Foon and Geordie Rogers would seek re-election and newcomer Jonny Osborne would be running for council in the Motukairangi/Eastern ward. It was not announced whether incumbent councillor for the Māori ward, Nīkau Wi Neera would run again.[30]
On 29 April, after Labour's Andrew Little announced his candidacy for mayor, Whanau announced she would pull out of the mayoral race and would run for council in the Māori ward.[31] Incumbent councillor Wi Neera announced he would not be seeking re-election.[32]
On 6 May incumbent councillor Rebecca Matthews announced she would be seeking re-election as a Green party candidate after leaving the Labour Party.[33]
Independent Together
Independent together was launched to contest the election on 13 April 2025 with incumbent councilor Ray Chung as their mayoral candidate.The group is fiscally conservative (with their key policy being zero rates increases in the upcoming term) and they oppose party politics on council.[34] Alongside Chung's mayoral candidacy he ran to retain his current seat if not elected to the mayoralty. Eight other candidates ran for councillor positions.[35]
Independent Together has strong ties to right wing group Better Wellington.[36] Internet Data revealed that Independent Together and Chung's campaign websites were hosted on the same server as websites for right wing groups Better Wellington and Resistance Kiwi, and the organisers of an anti-transgender rally,[37] Inflection Point NZ.[36] The websites were set up and managed by right-wing political operative and pro-whaling lobbyist Glenn Inwood.[36] Inwood previously formulated and spread false rumours of the existence of a sexually compromising video of Tory Whanau, incumbent mayor of Wellington.[38][39][40] Independent Together's ads were authorised by Better Wellington's Paul Heffernan[41] and Chung's campaign manager was Better Wellington spokesperson Alistair Boyce.[42] Independent Together's policy pillars were formulated by Chung, Inwood, Boyce and Heffernan in consultation with Better Wellington members.[36]
Better Wellington dossier on Labour-aligned candidates
The Independent Together-linked campaign group Better Wellington was revealed to have compiled a dossier on Labour candidates in July.[43]
Chung email scandal
An email sent by Chung to three other councillors in which he spread a rumour about a sexual encounter between mayor Whanau and a third party was released in July. The email was broadly condemned by Chung's opponents, as well as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Leader of the Opposition Chris Hipkins.
The three councillors that received the email were Tony Randle, Nicola Young and John Apanowicz. Young told the New Zealand Herald that she told Chung the email was "unwise and tawdry" at the time. Randle said, with regards to the rumour in the email, that "people should be held accountable and in the end you stand as a person whose intentions and character are judged every three years", and that he did not believe the email ruled out Chung as a candidate. Apanowicz said he did not recall receiving the email, but that the rumours about mayor Whanau "upset" him.[44]
A campaign event following the scandal erupted into chaos, as opponents of Chung made up a considerable minority of those in attendance at the event hosted in The Grand on Courtenay Place in the city centre.[45]
Labour
On 16 March, the Labour Party announced that incumbent councillors Ben McNulty and Nureddin Abdurahman would seek re-election and that Afnan Al-Rubayee would run again in the Pukehīnau/Lambton ward.[46] After a party vote on 6 April, the party announced three more candidates; Matthew Reweti would again run for the Māori ward, Joy Gribben for the Wharangi/Onslow-Westernward and Sam O'Brien for the Motukairangi/Eastern ward.[47] Incumbent councillor Rebecca Matthews was not confirmed for nomination [48] and would leave the Labour party and instead run for reelection under the Green party.[33]
Labour was initially unable to find a mayoral candidate and extended the period of nominations for the role.[49] The party's president and former city councillor Jill Day and former mayor Justin Lester were approached for the candidacy but declined, although Lester did not completely rule it out.[50] Former leader of the Labour Party Andrew Little announced in April that he was considering running.[51] On the 16th he announced he was seeking the Labour nomination[52] and he was confirmed on the 28th.[53]
Candidates
Incumbents not seeking re-election
- Tim Brown, councillor for the Motukairangi/Eastern ward since 2022[54][55]
- Sarah Free, councillor for the Motukairangi/Eastern ward since 2013, instead stood for the Greater Wellington Regional Council[56]
- Teri O'Neill, councillor for the Motukairangi/Eastern ward since 2019[57]
- Iona Pannett, councillor for the Pukehīnau/Lambton since 2007[58][59]
- Tory Whanau, not seeking re-election as mayor, but seeking election as a councillor for the Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori Ward.[60][61][62]
- Nīkau Wi Neera, councillor for the Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori ward since 2022[62]
Mayor
Tory Whanau was initially the Green candidate but later changed to run for the city's Māori ward instead. Andrew Little would run as the Labour candidate as the main centre-left candidate, against a field of mainly right-of-centre challengers.[19] Ray Chung would run as the mayoral candidate for the Independent Together ticket. From the withdrawal of Whanau until councillor Diane Calvert announced, there were no female candidates announced.
Councillors
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori ward
Te Whanganui a Tara Māori ward returned one councillor to the city council.[63]
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Takapū/Northern General ward
The Takapū/Northern General ward returned three councillors to the city council.[63]
| Candidate[64] | Photo | Affiliation[b] | Notes | |
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| John Apanowicz | .jpg) |
A Voice for Wellington | Incumbent councillor since 2022[68] | |
| Andrea Compton | .jpg) |
Smart spending. Strong future. | Previously an Independent Together candidate[69] | |
| Mark Flynn | ACT Local | IT professional[70][55] | ||
| Michael Hill | Independent | |||
| Ben McNulty | .jpg) |
Labour | Incumbent councillor since 2022[71][72] | |
| Tony Randle | .jpg) |
Independent – no party affiliation | Incumbent councillor since 2022[73] | |
| Joan Shi | .jpg) |
Independent | Previously ran in the 2024 Pukehīnau/Lambton ward by-election.[74] Also ran for mayor. | |
Wharangi/Onslow-Western General ward
The Wharangi/Onslow-Western General ward returned three councillors to the city council.[63]
| Candidate[64] | Photo | Affiliation[b] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Bowden | ACT Local | Senior technology consultant[75][55] | ||
| Lily Brown | Independent: Bring Back the Positivity | 2023 ACT candidate for Mana. Previously an Independent Together candidate, left the group to run as an independent.[76] | ||
| Diane Calvert | .jpg) |
Not Affiliated | Incumbent councillor since 2016[77][78][72] Also ran for mayor.[79][80] | |
| Ray Chung | .jpg) |
Independent Together | Incumbent councillor since 2022.[72] Also ran for mayor.[81] | |
| Joy Gribben | Labour | Former senior press-secretary to Jacinda Ardern[66] | ||
| Kelvin Hastie | .jpg) |
Independent | Also ran for mayor | |
| Rebecca Matthews | .jpg) |
Green | Incumbent councillor since 2019,[72] previously as a Labour candidate[82][83] | |
| Guy Nunns | Independent Together | [84] | ||
Pukehīnau/Lambton General ward
The Pukehīnau/Lambton General ward returned three councillors to the city council.[63]
| Candidate[64] | Photo | Affiliation[b] | Notes | |
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| Afnan Al-Rubayee | .jpg) |
Labour | Former refugee. Previously ran for council in 2019.[71][85] | |
| Rodney Barber | .jpg) |
Independent for Public Value | Chartered accountant and former Treasury official[86] | |
| Tony De Lorenzo | .jpg) |
Independent | Business owner and manager[87][86] | |
| Zan Rai Gyaw | .jpg) |
Residents-Only Voting | Previously ran in 2022 and in the 2024 Pukehīnau/Lambton ward by-election[88][89][90] | |
| David Lee | _(cropped).jpg) |
Let's Get Wellington Working | Former councillor (2013–2019), and incumbent Greater Wellington regional councillor for the Pōneke/Wellington constituency since 2019[91][92] | |
| Teal Mau | None | Former refugee, hairdresser and former My Kitchen Rules contestant[93][85] | ||
| Dan Milward |  |
Independent – Go Forward with Milward | Video game developer.[94] Previously an Independent Together candidate[69] | |
| Geordie Rogers | .jpg) |
Green | Incumbent councillor since 2024 by-election[67][72][91] | |
| Tim Ward | .jpg) |
None | Founder of music venue San Fran, and other hospitality ventures[90] | |
| Stuart Wong | Independent Together | Business owner[86][95][96] | ||
| Nicola Young |  |
Independent – for an affordable city | Incumbent councillor since 2013[97][72][91] | |
Motukairangi/Eastern General ward
The Motukairangi/Eastern General ward returned three councillors to the city council.[63]
| Candidate[64] | Photo | Affiliation[b] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Ah Kuoi | Independent Together | Lawyer and former Education Review Officer[98][99] | ||
| Alex Baker | .jpg) |
Independent | Former chartered accountant, also ran for mayor[22] | |
| Chris Calvi-Freeman | Independent – Working for the East | Former councillor (2016–2019)[100] | ||
| Trish Given | Independent | Former Wellington City Council employee (2022–24)[101] | ||
| Rob Goulden | .jpg) |
My Vision for the City 2050 | Former councillor. Also ran for mayor.[102] | |
| Luke Kuggeleijn | ACT Local | Biomedical science graduate, triathlete and surf lifeguard[103][55] | ||
| Michelle McGuire | Independent Together | [104] | ||
| Thomas Morgan | Very Independent | |||
| Sam O'Brien | .jpg) |
Labour | Environmental policy advisor for GWRC[66] | |
| Jonny Osborne | .jpg) |
Green | Public policy expert and commentator.[67] | |
| Karl Tiefenbacher | .jpg) |
Independent | Businessman and founder of icecream brand Kaffee Eis. Also ran for mayor.[105] | |
Paekawakawa/Southern General ward
The Paekawakawa/Southern General ward returned two councillors to the city council.[63]
| Candidate[64] | Photo | Affiliation[b] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nureddin Abdurahman | .jpg) |
Labour | Incumbent councillor since 2022[71][72] | |
| Laurie Foon | .jpg) |
Green | Incumbent deputy mayor and councillor since 2019[67][72] | |
| Donald McDonald | Mcdone waiting 2coming terms Passover | Also ran for mayor.[106] Previously ran for mayor in 2019[107] and 2022.[108] | ||
| Paula Muollo | .jpg) |
Independent Together | [109] | |
| Mike Petrie | From the Fringe to the Frontline | Previously an Independent Together candidate[110] | ||
| Kevin Zeng | Independent – for business environment | Publisher of Home Voice, a Wellington-based Chinese-language newspaper[111] | ||
Results
Turnout in the election was 49.99%, the highest turnout in 30 years, with 81,574 voting papers returned.[112][113]
Summary
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| Affiliation | Councillors | |||||
| Primary vote | % | +/− | # | +/− | ||
| Independent | 29,002 | 35.68 | −20.13 | 5 | −3 | |
| Labour | 23,742 | 29.21 | +12.41 | 5 | +1 | |
| Green | 16,557 | 20.37 | −1.45 | 4 | +1 | |
| Independent Together | 8,399 | 10.33 | +10.33 | 1 | +1 | |
| ACT Local | 2,955 | 3.64 | +3.64 | 0 | 0 | |
| Informal | 312 | 0.38 | −0.02 | |||
| Blank | 1,475 | 1.81 | −1.00 | |||
| Turnout | 81,275 | |||||
| Registered | ||||||
| No majority, Labour plurality | ||||||
| Labour gain mayoralty from Green | ||||||
Composition
| Ward | Previous | Elected | ||
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| Mayor | Tory Whanau[c] | Andrew Little | ||
| Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori | Nīkau Wi-NeeraR | Matthew Reweti | ||
| Motukairangi/Eastern | Sarah FreeR | Karl Tiefenbacher | ||
| Teri O'NeillR | Sam O'Brien | |||
| Tim BrownR | Jonny Osborne | |||
| Pukehīnau/Lambton | Iona PannettR | Geordie Rogers | ||
| Nicola Young | Afnan Al-Rubayee | |||
| Geordie Rogers | Nicola Young | |||
| Takapū/Northern | Ben McNulty | Ben McNulty | ||
| Tony Randle | Tony Randle | |||
| John Apanowicz | Andrea Compton | |||
| Wharangi/Onslow-Western | Diane Calvert | Diane Calvert | ||
| Rebecca Matthews | Rebecca Matthews | |||
| Ray Chung | Ray Chung | |||
| Paekawakawa/Southern | Laurie Foon | Nureddin Abdurahman | ||
| Nureddin Abdurahman | Laurie Foon | |||
| R retired | ||||
Mayor
Former Labour leader Andrew Little won the mayoralty in a landslide. Businessman Karl Tiefenbacher came in second, with councillor Ray Chung in third place.[115]
| 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 | |||||||
Takapū/Northern general ward
| Affiliation | Candidate | Primary vote | % | Iteration vote[d] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
Wharangi/Onslow-Western general ward
| Affiliation | Candidate | Primary vote | % | Iteration vote[d] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[e] | ||||||
| Independent Together gain from Independent on 9th iteration[e] | ||||||
| † incumbent | ||||||
Pukehīnau/Lambton general ward
| Affiliation | Candidate | Primary vote | % | Iteration vote[d] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
Motukairangi/Eastern general ward
| Affiliation | Candidate | Primary vote | % | Iteration vote[d] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
Paekawakawa/Southern general ward
| 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 | ||||||
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori ward
| 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 | ||||||
Māori ward referendum
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori ward
| 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 | ||
See also
Notes
- 5 councillors representing the city exclusively.
- 2 councillors representing parts of the city and parts of neighbouring Porirua City.
- 1 Māori constituency councillor representing the wider region.
- A candidate may leave their affiliation blank, run as an independent, or run with an affiliation to an organisation, local body ticket, political party, whānau, hapū, or iwi.[65]
- Whanau ran as an independent in 2022 but rejoined the Green party in October 2024
- Rounded to nearest whole number
- Incumbent changed affiliation.