2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections
(Otago)
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| ← 2022 | 11 October 2025 | 2028 → |
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Elections for theterritorial authorities of New Zealand will be held from 9 September until 11 October 2025 as part ofthat year's nation-wide local elections. 709 local councillors and 66 mayors will be elected across 66 of 67 councils.
5 territorial authorities are primarily located in the Otago region. 5 mayors and 54 district and city councillors will be elected.
Waitaki District Council
[edit]2025 Waitaki District Council election
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| ← 2022 | 11 October 2025 | 2028 → |
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Mayoral election |
| Candidate | Melanie Tavendale | |
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| Popular vote | 3,811 | |
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Council election |
10 seats on theWaitaki District Council 6 seats needed for a majority |
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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2025 Waitaki mayoral election
[edit]2025 Waitaki mayoral election[1]| Affiliation | Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Independent | Melanie Tavendale | 3,811 | 44.35% |
| None | David Wilson | 2,148 | 24.99% |
| None | Guy Percival | 1,775 | 20.66% |
| Independent | Keli Williams | 784 | 9.12% |
| Informal | 16 | 0.19% |
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| Blank | 59 | 0.69% |
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| Total | 8,593 | |
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Ōamaru ward[1]| Affiliation | Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Independent | Rebecca Ryan | 2,993 | |
| Independent | Courtney Linwood | 2,934 | |
| Independent | Jeremy Holding | 2,832 | |
| Independent | Jim Hopkins | 2,716 | |
| Independent | Dan Lewis | 2,503 | |
| None | Mata'aga Hana Melania Fanene-Taiti | 2,284 | |
| None | Peter De Reus | 2,159 | |
| None | Richard Vinbrux | 1,639 | |
| Independent | Mark Townsend | 1,606 | |
| None | Sheridan Newson | 1,192 | |
| None | Nathan Barnes | 1,063 | |
| None | Andy de Boer | 1,057 | |
| None | Ferdie Kruger | 1,001 | |
| None | Ramon Kirk | 520 | |
| None | Teenica (Teeni) Harrex | 513 | |
| Informal | 11 | |
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| Blank | 80 | |
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Waihemo ward[1]| Affiliation | Candidate | Vote | % |
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| None | Frans Schlack | 432 | |
| None | Gary Dodd | 256 | |
| Independent | Gervais 'G' O'Reilly | 153 | |
| Informal | 2 | |
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| Blank | 53 | |
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Central Otago District Council
[edit]2025 Central Otago District Council election
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| ← 2022 | 11 October 2025 | 2028 → |
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| Turnout | 9,939 (55.32%) |
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Mayoral election |
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Council election |
10 seats on theCentral Otago District Council 6 seats needed for a majority |
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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2025 Central Otago mayoral election
[edit]2025 Central Otago mayoral election[2]| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Independent | Tamah Alley | 5,990 | 60.29 |
| Independent | Charlie Sanders | 2,225 | 22.39 |
| Independent | Mark Quinn | 1,542 | 15.52 |
| Informal | 15 | 0.15 |
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| Blank | 164 | 1.65 |
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| Turnout | 9,936 | 55.30 |
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| Registered | 17,968 | |
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Queenstown-Lakes District Council
[edit]2025 Queenstown-Lakes District Council election
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| ← 2022 | 11 October 2025 | 2028 → |
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Mayoral election |
| Candidate | John Glover | |
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| Popular vote | 35.6% | |
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Council election |
11 seats on theQueenstown-Lakes District Council 6 seats needed for a majority |
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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2025 Queenstown-Lakes mayoral election
[edit]2025 Queenstown-Lakes mayoral election[3]| Affiliation | Candidate | Vote | % |
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| None | John Glover | 4,599 | 35.6% |
| None | Glyn Lewers | 3,244 | 25.1% |
| Independent | Nik Kiddle | 2,108 | 16.3% |
| None | Darren Rewi | 1,671 | 12.9% |
| None | Al Angus | 874 | 6.8% |
| Independent (Direct Democracy) | Daniel Shand | 125 | 1% |
| Informal | 36 | 0.3% |
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| Blank | 270 | 2.1% |
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| Total | 12,927 | |
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Queenstown-Whakatipu ward
[edit]Queenstown-Whakatipu ward[3]| Affiliation | Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Independent | Matt Wong | 2,287 | |
| None | Gavin Bartlett | 2,002 | |
| None | Stephen Brent | 1,924 | |
| Independent | Jon Mitchell | 1,689 | |
| None | Craig "Ferg" Ferguson | 1,648 | |
| Independent | Aaron Cowie | 1,349 | |
| None | Rene Smith | 904 | |
| Informal | 4 | |
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| Blank | 55 | |
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Wānaka-Upper Clutha ward
[edit]Wānaka-Upper Clutha ward[3]| Affiliation | Candidate | Vote | % |
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| None | Nicola King | 3,610 | |
| None | Quentin Smith | 3,394 | |
| Independent | Niki Gladding | 2,863 | |
| None | Cody Tucker | 2,039 | |
| None | Craig Gasson | 2,005 | |
| None | Yeverley McCarthy | 2,005 | |
| None | Lyal Cocks | 1,667 | |
| None | Barry Bruce | 1,241 | |
| None | Thorsk G. Westphal | 1,083 | |
| Informal | 15 | |
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| Blank | 28 | |
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Arrowtown-Kawarau ward
[edit]Arrowtown-Kawarau ward[3]| Affiliation | Candidate | Vote | % |
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| None | Heath Copland | 1,927 | |
| None | Melissa White | 1,730 | |
| None | Q (Samuel) Belk | 1,703 | |
| None | Lisa Guy | 1,518 | |
| None | Tim Manning | 1,448 | |
| Informal | 7 | |
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| Blank | 117 | |
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Dunedin City Council
[edit]2025 Dunedin City Council election
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| ← 2022 | 11 October 2025 | 2028 → |
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| Turnout | 43,295 (45.39%) |
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Council election |
14 seats on theDunedin City Council 8 seats needed for a majority |
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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2025 Dunedin mayoral election
[edit]2025 Dunedin mayoral election[4]| Affiliation | Candidate | Primary vote | % | Final vote | % |
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| Independent | Sophie Barker | 10,382 | 23.98 | 16,874 | 37.97 |
| Future Dunedin | Andrew Simms | 11,377 | 26.28 | 15,976 | 35.95 |
| Independent | Lee Vandervis | 7,234 | 16.71 | |
| Independent | Jules Radich | 3,485 | 8.05 |
| Building Kotahitaka | Marie Laufiso | 2,437 | 5.63 |
| Green | Mickey Treadwell | 1,967 | 4.54 |
| Independent | Mandy Mayhem | 1,259 | 2.91 |
| Independent | Benedict Ong | 947 | 2.19 |
| Independent | Carmen Houlahan | 758 | 1.75 |
| Independent | Doug Hall | 675 | 1.56 |
| Independent | Lync Aronson | 657 | 1.52 |
| Independent | Lianna MacFarlane | 422 | 0.97 |
| Independent | David Milne | 344 | 0.79 |
| The Radical Action Faction | Ruthven Allimrac | 296 | 0.68 |
| Independent | Pamela Taylor | 149 | 0.34 |
| Silly Hat Party | Flynn Nisbett | 73 | 0.17 |
| Informal | 106 | 0.24 |
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| Blank | 727 | 1.68 |
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| Turnout | 43,295 | |
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| Registered | 95,394 | |
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At-large[4]| Affiliation | Candidate | Primary Vote | % | Final vote[a] | % |
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| Future Dunedin | Andrew Simms | 7,540 | 17.41 | 2,570 | 5.94 |
| Independent | Lee Vandervis | 6,461 | 14.92 | 2,569 | 5.93 |
| Building Kotahitaka | Marie Laufiso | 2,410 | 5.56 | 2,579 | 5.96 |
| Independent | Jules Radich | 2,102 | 4.85 | 2,573 | 5.94 |
| Independent | John Chambers | 1,665 | 3.84 | 2,575 | 5.95 |
| Labour | Steve Walker | 1,618 | 3.74 | 2,581 | 5.96 |
| Independent | Mandy Mayhem | 1,356 | 3.13 | 2,582 | 5.96 |
| Independent | Cherry Lucas | 1,320 | 3.05 | 2,577 | 5.95 |
| Green | Mickey Treadwell | 1,236 | 2.85 | 2,580 | 5.96 |
| Independent | Christine Garey | 1,236 | 2.85 | 2,581 | 5.96 |
| Independent | Russell Lund | 1,051 | 2.43 | 2,576 | 5.95 |
| Independent | Brent Weatherall | 941 | 2.17 | 2,575 | 5.95 |
| Independent | Benedict Ong | 891 | 2.06 | 2,576 | 5.95 |
| Independent | Doug Hall | 686 | 1.58 | 2,577 | 5.95 |
| Future Dunedin | Bruce Ranga | 443 | 1.02 | 2,372 | 5.48 |
| Independent | Andrew Whiley | 691 | 1.60 | |
| Independent | Bill Acklin | 607 | 1.40 |
| Independent | Carmen Houlahan | 605 | 1.40 |
| Independent | Lync Aronson | 578 | 1.33 |
| Future Dunedin | Rachel Brazil | 562 | 1.30 |
| Independent | Paul Pope | 558 | 1.29 |
| Independent | Jim O'Malley | 530 | 1.22 |
| Green | Lily Warring | 468 | 1.08 |
| Green | Rose Finnie | 449 | 1.04 |
| Future Dunedin | Conrad Stedman | 417 | 0.96 |
| Independent | Richard Knights | 415 | 0.96 |
| Future Dunedin | Jo Galer | 406 | 0.94 |
| Future Dunedin | Rebecca Twemlow | 346 | 0.80 |
| Labour | Jett Groshinski | 332 | 0.77 |
| Independent | Lianna MacFarlane | 322 | 0.74 |
| Independent | Sarah Davie-Nitis | 296 | 0.68 |
| Independent | Kevin Gilbert | 292 | 0.67 |
| Future Dunedin | Jarrod Hodson | 283 | 0.65 |
| ACT Local | Anthony Kenny | 273 | 0.63 |
| Independent | Heike Cebulla-Elder | 243 | 0.56 |
| Future Dunedin | Andrew Sutton | 236 | 0.54 |
| Independent | Paul Williams | 227 | 0.52 |
| Independent | Tony Bennett | 218 | 0.50 |
| Independent | Lachlan Akers | 207 | 0.48 |
| Independent | David Milne | 184 | 0.42 |
| The Radical Action Faction | Jen Olsen | 172 | 0.40 |
| Independent | Daniel Rooney | 164 | 0.38 |
| Independent | Robert Hamlin | 162 | 0.37 |
| Independent | Hugh O'Neill | 160 | 0.37 |
| Independent | Sue Todd | 155 | 0.36 |
| Future Dunedin | Amy Taylor | 131 | 0.30 |
| Independent | Pamela Taylor | 116 | 0.27 |
| Building Kotahitaka | Anna Knight | 108 | 0.25 |
| Independent | Evelyn Robertson | 72 | 0.17 |
| Independent | Marian Poole | 47 | 0.11 |
| Building Kotahitaka | Cyndee Elder | 60 | 0.14 |
| Independent | Marita Johnson | 47 | 0.11 |
| Independent | Karl Hart | 14 | 0.03 |
| Independent (withdrawn, elected mayor) | Sophie Barker | 0 | 0.00 |
| Informal | 579 | 1.34 |
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| Blank | 423 | 0.98 |
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| Total | 43,310 | 45.40 |
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| Registered | 95,394 | |
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Clutha District Council
[edit]2025 Clutha District Council election
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| ← 2022 | 11 October 2025 | 2028 → |
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Mayoral election |
| Candidate | Jock Martin | |
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| Popular vote | 4,196 | |
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Council election |
9 seats on theCentral Otago District Council 5 seats needed for a majority |
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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2025 Clutha mayoral election
[edit]2025 Clutha mayoral election[5]| Affiliation | Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Independent | Jock Martin | 4,196 | 63.44% |
| Independent | Ken Payne | 2,331 | 35.24% |
| Informal | 10 | 0.15% |
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| Blank | 77 | 1.16% |
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| Total | 6,614 | |
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Balclutha ward[5]| Affiliation | Candidate | Vote | % |
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| None | Brendon Smith | 830 | |
| None | Rachel Joanne Harrison | 606 | |
| None | Ruth Baldwin | 596 | |
| None | Phil Barrett | 536 | |
| None | Wayne Felts | 365 | |
| Informal | 7 | |
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| Blank | 17 | |
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Bruce-Waihola ward[5]| Affiliation | Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Independent | Dean McCrostie | 314 | |
| None | Finch Gaynor | 297 | |
| Informal | 1 | |
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| Blank | 5 | |
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Clinton-Clydevale ward
[edit]Clinton-Clydevale ward[5]| Affiliation | Candidate | Vote | % |
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| None | Simon McAtamney | 340 | |
| None | Therron Tapp | 162 | |
| None | Janetta Joanne Thomson | 143 | |
| Informal | 1 | |
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| Blank | 6 | |
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Kaitangata-Matau ward
[edit]Lawrence-Tuapeka ward
[edit]Lawrence-Tuapeka ward[5]| Affiliation | Candidate | Vote | % |
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| None | Roger James Cotton | 609 | |
| None | Anne Wai Chen Ching | 289 | |
| Informal | 0 | |
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| Blank | 13 | |
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Milton ward[5]| Affiliation | Candidate | Vote | % |
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| None | Larry Frost | 170 | |
| None | Mark William Soper | 148 | |
| None | Ricky Boulton | 142 | |
| Independent | Chris McDonald | 133 | |
| None | Marie Nanetta Knowles | 93 | |
| None | John Douglas Keen | 25 | |
| Informal | 7 | |
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| Blank | 1 | |
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