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Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 seats on theGreater Wellington Regional Council 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||
The2025 Greater Wellington Regional Council election was a local election held from 9 September to 11 October in theWellington Region of New Zealand, as part of that year'snation-wide local elections. Postal voting and thesingle transferable vote system were used.[1][2]
TheGreater Wellington Regional Council makes decisions about environmental management, flood protection and land management, the provision of regional parks, public transport planning and funding, and metropolitan water supply for Greater Wellington.[3]
The council introduced aMāori constituency for this election and, in a referendum on its future held alongside this election, as part of anation-wide series of referendums, voters elected to keep the Māori constituency.
In October 2023, the Greater Wellington Regional Council voted to create aMāori constituency for the 2025 & 2028 elections.[4][5]
In July 2024, theNational-led coalition government passed theLocal 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. The council then voted unanimously in August 2024 to affirm their decision to establish the Māori constituency, thereby triggering a referendum on the constituency to be held alongside the 2025 local elections.[6][7]
Te Upoko o te ika a MāuiMāori constituency will return one councillor to the regional council.[14]
| Candidate[15] | Affiliation[a] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shamia Makarini | None | ||
As the only candidate, Makarini is elected unopposed to be the inaugural Te Upoko o te ika a Māui Māori constituency councillor.[17]
TheKāpiti Coast constituency will return one councillor to the regional council.[14]
| Candidate[15] | Photo | Affiliation[a] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Ferguson | .jpg) | None | IncumbentHorizons Regional councillor.[18][19] Green Party endorsed.[20] | |
| Penny Gaylor | .jpg) | None | Incumbent councillor[9][19] | |
ThePorirua-Tawa constituency will return two councillors to the regional council.[14]
| Candidate[15] | Photo | Affiliation[a] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenville Gaskell | Independent | |||
| Daniel Hicks | Independent | |||
| Claire Johnstone | Independent | |||
| Phil Rhodes | None | Land surveyor, and husband of Porirua mayorAnita Baker[21][22] | ||
| Hikitia Ropata | .jpg) | Independent | Incumbent councillor[9] | |
Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt constituency will return one councillor to the regional council.[14]
| Candidate[15] | Photo | Affiliation[a] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ros Connelly | .jpg) | None | Incumbent councillor[9] | |
As the only candidate, Connelly is re-elected unopposed.[17]
Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt constituency will return three councillors to the regional council.[14]
| Candidate[15] | Photo | Affiliation[a] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quentin Duthie | .jpg) | Green | Incumbent councillor[9] | |
| Nigel Elder | .jpg) | ACT Local | Business owner and formerNew Zealand Defence Force serviceman[23] | |
| Omar Faruque | Independent | [24] | ||
| Mike Fisher | Independent | Former chair of the Petone community board | ||
| Tom Murphy | Independent | |||
| Matt Shand | None | |||
| Mike Stevenson | Independent | |||
| Gabriel Tupou | .jpg) | Independent | IncumbentHutt City councillor[25][26] | |
ThePōneke/Wellington constituency will return five councillors to the regional council.[14]
| Candidate[15] | Photo | Affiliation[a] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Free |  | Independent | IncumbentWellington city councillor for the Motukairangi/Eastern ward since2013[27] | |
| Glenda Hughes | .jpg) | Independent Former Councillor | Former regional councillor[28] | |
| Alice Claire Hurdle | ACT Local | |||
| Tom James | Labour | [29] | ||
| Tom Kay | Independent | |||
| Mark Kelynack | Independent | |||
| Belinda McFadgen | None | |||
| Henry Peach | Green | [30] | ||
| Daran Ponter | .jpg) | Labour | Incumbent councillor and council chair[29][31][9] | |
| Yadana Saw | .jpg) | Green | Incumbent councillor[32][9][24] | |
| Simon Woolf | .jpg) | Independent | Incumbent councillor[9] | |
TheWairarapa constituency will return one councillor to the regional council.[14]
| Candidate[15] | Photo | Affiliation[a] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alistair Plimmer | None | IncumbentSouth Wairarapa District councillor[33] | ||
| Adrienne Staples | .jpg) | Independent | Incumbent councillor since 2016[34][9] | |
With the final results, the following candidates were declared elected:[35]
| Ward | Previous | Elected | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kāpiti Coast | Penny Gaylor | Penny Gaylor | ||
| Porirua-Tawa | Hikitia Ropata | Phil Rhodes | ||
| Chris Kirk-Burnnand | Claire Johnstone | |||
| Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt | Ros Connelly | Ros Connelly | ||
| Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt | Quentin Duthie | Quentin Duthie | ||
| Ken Laban | Gabiel Tupou | |||
| David Bassett | Nigel Elder | |||
| Pōneke/Wellington | Simon Woolf | Simon Woolf | ||
| Daran Ponter | Daran Ponter | |||
| Yadana Saw | Yadana Saw | |||
| Thomas Nash | Tom James | |||
| David Lee | Sarah Free | |||
| Wairarapa | Adrienne Staples | Adrienne Staples | ||
| Te Upoko o te ika a Maui Māori | new seat | Shamia Makarini | ||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Primary vote | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Penny Gaylor† | 9,306 | 48.71 | |
| Independent | Sam Ferguson | 8,096 | 42.38 | |
| Informal | 22 | 0.12 | ||
| Blank | 1,680 | 8.79 | ||
| Turnout | 19,104 | 46.47 | ||
| Registered | 41,109 | |||
| Independenthold on 1st iteration | ||||
| † incumbent | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Primary vote | % | Final vote[b] | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Phil Rhodes | 5,437 | 26.57 | 5,913 | 28.89 | |
| Independent | Claire Johnstone | 4,184 | 20.44 | 6,193 | 30.26 | |
| Independent | Hikitia Ropata† | 4,290 | 20.96 | 5,115 | 24.99 | |
| Independent | Grenville Gaskell | 3,145 | 15.37 | |||
| Independent | Daniel Hicks | 1,470 | 7.18 | |||
| Informal | 100 | 0.49 | ||||
| Blank | 1,839 | 8.99 | ||||
| Turnout | 20,465 | 41.76 | ||||
| Registered | 49,012 | |||||
| IndependentgainIndependent on 3rd iteration | ||||||
| IndependentgainIndependent on 4th iteration | ||||||
| † incumbent | ||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Primary Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ros Connelly† | unopposed | |
| Registered | 31,681 | ||
| Independenthold | |||
| † incumbent | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Primary vote | % | Final vote[b] | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Quentin Duthie† | 7,676 | 25.40 | 6,737 | 22.30 | |
| Independent | Gabriel Tupou | 5,906 | 19.55 | 7,061 | 23.37 | |
| ACT Local | Nigel Elder | 5,378 | 17.80 | 6,951 | 23.00 | |
| Independent | Mike Fisher | 2,168 | 7.18 | 4,537 | 15.02 | |
| Independent | Mike Stevenson | 2,290 | 7.58 | |||
| Independent | Matt Shand | 1,258 | 4.16 | |||
| Independent | Omar Faruque | 1,217 | 4.03 | |||
| Independent | Tom Murphy | 1,066 | 3.53 | |||
| Informal | 880 | 2.91 | ||||
| Blank | 2,377 | 7.87 | ||||
| Turnout | 30,216 | 41.67 | ||||
| Registered | 72,515 | |||||
| Greenhold on 1st iteration | ||||||
| Independentgain fromIndependent on 5th iteration | ||||||
| ACT Localgain fromIndependent on 9th iteration | ||||||
| † incumbent | ||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Primary vote | % | Final vote[b] | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Simon Woolf† | 11,552 | 15.70 | 11,058 | 15.03 | |
| Labour | Daran Ponter† | 11,125 | 15.12 | 11,357 | 15.44 | |
| Green | Yadana Saw† | 10,401 | 14.14 | 11,077 | 15.06 | |
| Labour | Tom James | 6,421 | 8.73 | 11,829 | 16.08 | |
| Independent | Sarah Free | 6,846 | 9.31 | 11,160 | 15.17 | |
| ACT Local | Alice Hurdle | 6,264 | 8.52 | 8,206 | 11.16 | |
| Independent | Tom Kay | 3,941 | 5.36 | |||
| Independent | Glenda Hughes | 4,512 | 6.13 | |||
| Green | Henry Peach | 4,254 | 5.78 | |||
| Independent | Belinda McFadgen | 3,192 | 4.34 | |||
| Independent | Mark Kelynack | 1,297 | 1.76 | |||
| Informal | 387 | 0.53 | ||||
| Blank | 3,368 | 4.58 | ||||
| Turnout | 73,560 | 50.43 | ||||
| Registered | 145,855 | |||||
| Independenthold on 2nd iteration | ||||||
| Labourhold on 3rd iteration | ||||||
| Greenhold on 5th iteration | ||||||
| Labourgain fromGreen on 11th iteration | ||||||
| Independentgain fromIndependent on 11th iteration | ||||||
| † incumbent | ||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Primary vote | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Adrienne Staples† | 8,875 | 49.17 | |
| Independent | Alistair Plimmer | 7,461 | 41.33 | |
| Informal | 18 | 0.10 | ||
| Blank | 1,697 | 9.40 | ||
| Turnout | 18,051 | 52.04 | ||
| Registered | 34,690 | |||
| Independenthold on 1st iteration | ||||
| † incumbent | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Primary Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Shamia Makarini | unopposed | |
| Registered | 26,624 | ||
| Independentwin (new constituency) | |||
| Choice | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
 I vote to KEEP Māori constituencies | 109,644 | 58.36 | |
 I vote to REMOVE Māori constituencies | 63,029 | 33.55 | |
| Informal | 44 | 0.02 | |
| Blank | 15,155 | 8.17 | |
| Turnout | 187,872 | 46.79 | |
| Registered | 401,486 | ||
| Result: | Māori constituencies to beretained at next election. | ||
| Māori constituency referendum results (excluding invalid votes) | |
|---|---|
| Keep 109,644 (63.5%) | Remove 63,029 (36.5%) |
| ▲ 50% | |
