Results of the 2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections in the Waikato

2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections
(Waikato)
← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →
	10 of 10 local councils
	10 mayors and 110 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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10 territorial authorities are located primarily within the Waikato Region. 10 mayors and 110 district and city councillors were elected.

Council	Electoral system	Seats	Councillors						Details	Refs
Council	Electoral system	Seats	2022			Elected			Details	Refs
Hauraki	FPP	13		Independent	13		Independent	13	Details	^[1]
Thames-Coromandel	FPP	10		Independent	9		Independent	10	Details	^[2]
Waikato	FPP	13		Independent	13		Independent	13	Details	^[3]
Matamata-Piako	FPP	12		Independent	12		Independent	12	Details	^[4]
Hamilton	STV	14		Independent	12		Independent	10	Details	^[5]
				Team Integrity	1		Better Hamilton	4
				Independent Green	1
Waipā	FPP	11		Independent	11		Independent	10	Details	^[6]
Waipā	FPP	11					Better Waipa	1	Details	^[6]
Ōtorohanga	FPP	9		Independent	7		Independent	9	Details	^[7]
South Waikato	FPP	10		Independent	10		Independent	10	Details	^[8]
Waitomo	FPP	6		Independent	6		Independent	6	Details	^[9]
Taupō	FPP	12		Independent	12		Independent	11	Details	^[10]
Taupō	FPP	12					Let's Go Taupō	1	Details	^[10]
10 of 10 councils		109

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Peter Revell	3,724	28.73
	Independent	Patrick Kerr	3,116	24.04
	Independent	Len Salt^†	3,035	23.41
	Independent	Denise Messiter	1,577	12.17
	Independent	Steve Hart	842	6.50
	Independent	James Subritzky	415	3.20
Informal			20	0.15
Blank			234	1.81
Turnout			12,963
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Robert Ashman	612	50.45
	Independent	John Morrissey^†	568	46.83
Informal			0	0.00
Blank			33	2.72
Turnout			1,213
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Flemming Rasmussen	2,114
	Independent	John Grant^†	2,097
	Independent	Tony Brljevich	2,040
	Independent	Rekha Giri-Percival^†	1,946
	Independent	Deli Connell^†	1,419
	Independent	Peter Wood	327
Informal			18
Blank			90
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	John Freer	1,245
	Independent	Alison Smith	1,191
	Independent	Mark Drury	1,142
	Independent	Neil Evans	983
	Independent	Denis Beaver	710
	Independent	Kurt Jarrett	489
Informal			17
Blank			244
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Greg Hampton	1,932
	Independent	Robyn Sinclair	1,691
	Independent	Martin Rodley^†	1,406
	Independent	Kishan Raikwar	1,215
	Independent	Cole McDowell	1,135
	Independent	Fiona Cameron	874
	Independent	Scott Bright	794
	Independent	Steve Hart	520
	Independent	Steve Baker	508
Informal			39
Blank			71
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Michael Barlow	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent win (new ward)

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Toby Adams^†	4,781	78.12
	Independent	Roman Jackson	629	10.28
	Independent	Levi Burton	482	7.88
Informal			18	0.29
Blank			210	3.43
Turnout			6,120
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Paul Milner^†	1,184
	Independent	Rino Wilkinson^†	1,103
	Independent	Jo Tilsley^†	1,097
	Independent	Grant Aitken	998
	ACT Local	Michelle Magnus	616
Informal			4
Blank			28
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Neil Gray^†	1,366
	Independent	Stephen Crooymans^†	1,262
	Independent	Ray Broad^†	1,233
	Independent	Cynthia Bates	772
	ACT Local	Andrew Pickford	640
Informal
Blank
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Anna Marie Spicer^†	1,663
	Independent	Austin Rattray^†	1,305
	Independent	Amanda Ryan	1,284
	Independent	Sara Howell	1,216
	Independent	Stuie Thompson	685
	Independent	Roman Jackson	483
	Independent	Levi Burton	349
Informal			3
Blank			21
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Rereahu Collier	Unopposed
	Independent	Desmond Tyler	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent win (new ward)
	Independent win (new ward)

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Aksel Bech	12,392	~63.39
	Independent	Jacqui Church^†	7,158	~36.61
Informal
Blank
Turnout			>19,550
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Peter Thomson^†	930	~73.81
	Independent	Amanda Rutherford	330	~26.19
Informal
Blank
Turnout			>1,260
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	David Whyte^†	854	~59.43
	Independent	Michael Cresswell	337	~23.45
	Independent	Frank McInally	246	~17.12
Informal
Blank
Turnout			>1,437
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Grant Coombes	1,977
	Independent	Eugene Patterson^†	1,974
	Independent	Diane Firth	988
	Independent	Ganga Sudhan	604
Informal
Blank
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Mike Keir^†	2,140
	Independent	Crystal Beavis^†	1,626
	Independent	Peter Mayall	1,504
	Independent	Mark Manson	754
	Independent	Anne Cao-Oulton	733
Informal
Blank
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Vern Reeve^†	1,338
	Independent	Fabio Rodrigues	1,274
	Independent	Stephanie Henderson	1,073
	Independent	Kandi Ngataki ^†	716
	Independent	Bronwyn Heath	653
Informal
Blank
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Marlene Raumati^†	982	~58.84
	Independent	Denise Dickinson	687	~41.16
Informal
Blank
Turnout			>1,669
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Carolyne Eyre^†	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Lisa Thomson^†	1,022	~62.81
	Independent	Nicola Laboyrie	605	~37.19
Informal
Blank
Turnout			>1,627
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Endine Dixon-Harris	512	~31.47
	Independent	Donna Pokere-Phillips	470	~28.89
	Independent	Rosalie Ellis	361	~22.19
Informal
Blank
Turnout			>1,627
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Tilly Turner^†	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ash Tanner	5,950	51.43
	Independent	Adrienne Wilcock^†	4,849	41.91
	Independent	Roman Jackson	606	5.24
Informal			8	0.07
Blank			157	1.36
Turnout			11,570	45.54
Registered			25,408
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	James Thomas^†	2,730
	Independent	Grace Bonnar	2,410
	Independent	Bruce Dewhurst^†	2,259
	Independent	Dayne Horne^†	1,950
	Independent	Sharon Dean^†	1,854
	Independent	Wawyne Aberhart	1,635
Informal			4
Blank			56
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation of councillors by council

2025 Thames-Coromandel mayoral election

Coromandel-Colville general ward

Mercury Bay general ward

South East general ward

Thames general ward

Te Tara o Te Ika Māori ward

2025 Hauraki mayoral election

Paeroa general ward

Plains general ward

Waihī general ward

Te Pakikau o te Ika Māori ward

2025 Waikato mayoral election

Awaroa-Maramarua general ward

Huntly general ward

Newcastle-Ngāruawāhia general ward

Tamahere-Woodlands general ward

Tuakau-Pōkeno general ward

Waerenga-Whitikahu general ward

Western Districts general ward

Whāingaroa general ward

Tai Raro Takiwaa Maaori ward

Tai Runga Takiwaa ward

2025 Matamata-Piako mayoral election

Morrinsville general ward

Te Aroha general ward

Matamata general ward

Te Toa Horopū ā-Matamata-Piako ward

2025 Hamilton mayoral election

West general ward

East general ward

Kirikiriroa Maaori ward

2025 Waipā mayoral election

Pirongia and Kakepuku general ward

Cambridge general ward

Maungatautari general ward

Te Awamutu and Kihikihi general ward

Waipā Māori ward

2025 Ōtorohanga mayoral election

Kāwhia-Tihiroa general ward

Waipā general ward

Kio Kio-Korakonui general ward

Ōtorohanga general ward

Wharepūhunga general ward

Rangiātea Māori ward

2025 South Waikato mayoral election

Tīrau ward

Putāruru ward

Tokoroa ward

2025 Waitomo mayoral election

Waitomo Rural ward

Te Kuiti ward

2025 Taupō mayoral election

Mangakino-Pouakani general ward

Taupō general ward

Tūrangi-Tongariro general ward

Taupō East Rural general ward

Te Papamārearea Māori ward

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Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Andrew McGiven	1,718
	Independent	Greg Marshall	1,210
	Independent	Tyrel Glass	1,020
	Independent	Vicki Black	947
	Independent	Paul Decker	835
	Independent	Jill Taylor	774
	Independent	Roman Jackson	314
Informal			4
Blank			53
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	James Sainsbury^†	3,189
	Independent	Sue Whiting^†	2,764
	Independent	Vincent Andersen	2,617
	Independent	Rewiti Vaimoso	2,335
	Independent	Kevin Tappin^†	2,048
	Independent	Mark Ball	1,090
	Independent	Caleb Ansell^†	979
Informal			3
Blank			67
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Gary Thompson^†	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]		Final %
	Independent	Tim MacIndoe	16,895	44.39	#9	18,275	50.30
	Independent	Sarah Thomson	9,240	24.28	#9	10,183	28.03
	Independent	Maria Huata	3,718	9.77	#9	4,329	11.91
	Independent	Rachel Karalus	3,049	8.01	#9	3,546	9.76
	Independent	Rudi Du Plooy	1,427	3.75	#8	1,692
	Independent	Dave Taylor	818	2.15	#7	1,047
	Independent	John McDonald	657	1.73	#6	759
	Animal Justice	Lily Carrington	632	1.66	#5	681
	NZ Constitution	Roma Tupaea-Warren	310	0.81	#4	347
	Independent	Jack Gielen	271	0.71	#3	292
	Independent	Roger Stratford	214	0.56	#2	220
	Independent	Guy Temoni-Syme	212	0.56	#1	212
Quota			18,722	49.19	#9	18,167	50.00
Informal			210	0.55
Blank			410	1.08
Turnout			38,063
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent on 9th iteration

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Sarah Thomson^†	2,882	19.58	#1	2,882
	Independent	Geoff Taylor^†	2,628	17.85	#1	2,628
	Better Hamilton	Graeme Mead	1,566	10.64	#10	2,035
	Better Hamilton	Mesh MacDonald	1,106	7.51	#16	2,324
	Independent	Angela O'Leary^†	1,024	6.96	#18	1,936
	Independent	Emma Pike^†	710	4.82	#21	1,868
	Independent	Louise Hutt^†	989	6.72	#21	1,733
	Better Hamilton	Mark Flyger	712	4.84	#15	1,335
	Better Hamilton	Mike West	541	3.68	#11	908
	Independent	Dave Taylor	524	3.56	#9	785
	ACT Local	Nidhita Gosai	543	3.69	#7	630
	Independent	Allan McKie	416	2.83	#6	516
	Independent	Matthew Beveridge	408	2.78	#5	484
	Independent	Paul Alforque	188	1.28	#3	212
	Independent	Roderick Young	58	0.39	#2	65
Quota			2,042	13.87	#21	1,842
Informal			175	1.19
Blank			249	1.69
Turnout			14,719
Registered
	Independent hold on 1st iteration
	Independent hold on 1st iteration
	Better Hamilton gain from Independent on 10th iteration
	Better Hamilton gain from Independent Green on 16th iteration
	Independent hold on 18th iteration
	Independent hold on 21st iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Rachel Karalus	2,288	11.96	#15	2,607
	Better Hamilton	Andrew Bydder^†	1,916	10.02	#17	2,561
	Independent	Anna Casey-Cox^†	1,593	8.33	#21	2,744
	Independent	Jamie Strange	1,511	7.90	#23	2,535
	Better Hamilton	Leo Liu	1,320	6.90	#24	2,588
	Independent	Sue Moroney	1,326	6.93	#25	2,431
	Independent	Marie Hamilton	1,135	5.93	#25	2,104
	Independent	Rudi Du Plooy	872	4.56	#22	1,317
	Independent	Maxine van Oosten^†	848	4.43	#20	1,142
	Independent	Rachel Afeaki	773	4.04	#18	1,053
	ACT Local	Preet Dhaliwai	645	3.37	#16	796
	Independent Green	Danielle Marks	555	2.90	#15	718
	Better Hamilton	John McDonald	525	2.74	#14	647
	Independent	Jackie Talbot	491	2.57	#13	558
	Independent	Jenny Nand	457	2.39	#12	520
	Better Hamilton	Stuart Aitken	438	2.29	#11	484
	Independent	Peter Humphreys	376	1.97	#10	440
	Better Hamilton	Horiana Henderson	273	1.43	#9	298
	Independent	Jason Jonassen	229	1.20	#8	248
	Independent	Jono Ng	185	0.97	#7	191
	Independent	Tim Hunt	142	0.74	#6	147
	Independent	Jack Gielen	140	0.73	#5	146
	Independent	Alexander McConnochie	84	0.44	#4	84
	NZ Constitution	Suhair Hassan	73	0.38	#3	82
	NZ Constitution	Louise Harvey	46	0.24	#2	47
	Independent	Turi Robinson	29	0.15	#1	29
	Independent	Tim Macindoe^†	withdrawn (elected mayor)
Quota			2,610	13.64	#25	2,389
Informal			386	2.02
Blank			183	0.96
Turnout			19,131
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent on 15th iteration
	Better Hamilton gain from Team Integrity on 17th iteration^[b]
	Independent hold on 21st iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 23rd iteration
	Better Hamilton gain from Independent on 24th iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 25th iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Maria Huata^†	2,620	62.19	#1	2,620
	Independent	Robbie Neha	511	12.13	#5	1,163
	Independent	Jahvaya Wheki	383	9.09	#5	1,013
	Independent	Jarrad Gallagher	350	8.31	#4	550
	Independent	Lawrence Jensen	189	4.49	#3	317
	Independent	Andrew Pope	20	0.47	#2	31
Quota			1,358	32.23	#5	1,159
Informal			71	1.69
Blank			69	1.64
Turnout			4,213
Registered
	Independent hold on 1st iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 5th iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mike Pettit	7,216	41.45
	Independent	Susan O'Regan^†	5,968	34.28
	Independent	Clare St Pierre	3,838	22.04
Informal			9	0.05
Blank			380	2.18
Turnout			17,411	41.68
Registered			41,776
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Clare St Pierre^†	1,932
	Better Waipa	Les Bennett	1,582
	Independent	Naomi Pocock	1,374
Informal			0
Blank			79
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Better Waipa gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Jo Davies-Colley	4,040
	Independent	Roger Gordon^†	2,728
	Independent	Aidhean Camson	2,140
	Independent	Pip Kempthorne	2,032
	Independent	Dave Marinkovich	1,996
	Better Waipa	Hope Spooner	1,943
	Independent	Barry Quayle	1,902
	Better Waipa	Mike Cater	1,895
	ACT Local	Stuart Hylton	1,621
	Independent	Philip Coles^†	1,482
	Independent	Don Sanders	1,479
	Better Waipa	Ian Hayton	1,263
	Independent	Karla Lugatiman	584
	Independent	Stuart Matthews	332
Informal			18
Blank			154
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent