2025 local election progress results

Overview

Voting closed at 12 noon on Saturday 11 October 2025.  

Preliminary results will be available in the afternoon on Sunday 12 October 2025.

Final results will be declared by public notice on Friday 17 October 2025 and will be posted here.

You can view the full progress results report from Election Services below:

Full progress results report - 11 October 2025(PDF, 116KB)

Please click 'Next' to view the progress results for the Whangarei District Council 2025 elections.

You can also click on a candidate's name to view their photo and profile statement.

Mayor (one vacancy)

Name *Iteration Votes received Rank Status
COCURULLO, Vince 4 9841 1 provisionally elected
COUPER, Ken
Affiliation: Independent		 4 9774 excluded
OLSEN, Marie
Affiliation: Independent		 3 6937 excluded
FLOWER, Brad
Affiliation: Independent		 2 4721   excluded
GREEN, Fiona 1 574   excluded

*Iteration: the number of times the votes are counted until the required amount of candidates are elected.

Bream Bay General Ward (two vacancies)

Name *Iteration Votes received Rank Status
COUPER, Ken
Affiliation: Independent		 3 1407.000000000 1 provisionally elected
YOVICH, Matthew
Affiliation: ACT Local		 3 1384.000000000 2 provisionally elected
BALDWIN, David
Affiliation: Independent		 3 794.000000000   excluded
SCHUSTER, Simon 3 519.000000000   excluded
GRACE, Paul 2 446.000000000   excluded
SHIRKEY, Shilane 1 213.000000000   excluded

*Iteration: the number of times the votes are counted until the required amount of candidates are elected.

Hikurangi - Coastal General Ward (two vacancies)

Name *Iteration Votes received Rank Status
MCKENZIE, Scott 4 1087.000000000 1 provisionally elected
MARTIN, Stephen Gregory
Affiliation: Independent		 7 1000.860996416 2 provisionally elected
BRETHERTON, Susy 7 966.735816736   excluded
ARMSTRONG, Chanelle 4 392.000000000   excluded
DE LANGEN, Norma Margaret
Affiliation: Independent		 3 273.000000000   excluded
HUMPHREYS, Vicky 2 198.000000000   excluded
HASKELL, Ren 1 111.000000000 excluded

*Iteration: the number of times the votes are counted until the required amount of candidates are elected.

Mangakahia - Maungatapere General Ward (one vacancy)

Name *Iteration Votes received Rank Status
REID, Simon John
Affiliation: Independent		 1 1260 1 provisionally elected
ROBINSON, Tim 1 818 excluded

*Iteration: the number of times the votes are counted until the required amount of candidates are elected.

Whangārei District Māori Ward (two vacancies)

Name *Iteration Votes received Rank Status
HARDING, Deb 1 1005.000000000 1 provisionally elected
RUKA, Phoenix 1 1053.000000000 2 provisionally elected
TAYLOR, Sheila 1 504.000000000   excluded

*Iteration: the number of times the votes are counted until the required amount of candidates are elected.

Whangārei Heads General Ward (one vacancy)

Name *Iteration Votes received Rank Status
BAKER, Tangiwai  3 1134 1 provisionally elected
PENNEY, Spence 3 1056   excluded
WILD, Anthony Huon 2 493   excluded
TWYMAN, Jon 1 273   excluded

*Iteration: the number of times the votes are counted until the required amount of candidates are elected.

Whangārei Urban General Ward (five vacancies)

Name *Iteration Votes received Rank Status
OLSEN, Marie
Affiliation: Independent		 1 1746.000000000 1 provisionally elected
FLOWER, Brad
Affiliation: Independent		 8 1527.737055816 2 provisionally elected
YOVICH, Paul
Affiliation: Independent		 16 1484.703253314 3 provisionally elected
CONNOP, Nicholas Hunter 16 1467.948724801 4 provisionally elected
CHRISTIE, Crichton 17 1488.678475241 5 provisionally elected
PETERS, Carol 17 1153.552519667   excluded
GOLIGHTLY, Jayne
Affiliation: Independent		 15 861.372456087   excluded
DINGLE, Tony
Affiliation: Independent		 13 543.393696062   excluded
CULLEN, Philip George 12 477.752133530   excluded
EPATI, Tiana 9 367.627745934   excluded
CARD, Jesse
Affiliation: Independent		 8 227.357661624   excluded
RAMEKA, Jodie 7 157.530358244   excluded
GOSLING, Paul
Affiliation: Independent		 6 131.276536704   excluded
PEPPER, Julie 5 91.574224516   excluded
YOUNG, Adam
Affiliation: Independent		 4 81.979023216   excluded
KEWENE, Heath 3 74.970209032   excluded
HENRY, Gabriel Anthony Wilhelm 2 46.600420005   excluded

*Iteration: the number of times the votes are counted until the required amount of candidates are elected.

Māori Ward Poll

Option Votes received
I vote to REMOVE Māori wards 13525
I vote to KEEP Māori wards 10177
INFORMAL 15
BLANK 858

You can read more about the poll on the following page:

Māori Ward Poll

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