2025 Local Elections

Whangarei District Council is made up of the Mayor and councillors who represent our local communities.

Local elections are held every three years to choose our representatives on Council.

Local elections were held by postal vote from 9 September until 11 October 2025.

The community was also asked to vote in a poll on whether to keep or remove the Māori ward.

Key election dates

Check you are enrolled to vote

1 September 2024 to 1 August 2025

Consider being a candidate

1 September 2024 to 4 July 2025

Candidates Information Evening

5:00pm to 7:30pm on Wednesday 4 June 2025

Candidate nominations

Friday 4 July to 12:00pm, Friday 1 August 2025

Electoral roll closes

12:00pm, Friday 1 August 2025

Voting papers sent to enrolled voters

Tuesday 9 September to Monday 22 September 2025

Voting period

Tuesday 9 September to 12:00pm, Saturday 11 October 2025

Progress results published

Anytime from 3:00pm, Saturday 11 October 2025

Preliminary results published

Anytime from 12:00pm, Sunday 12 October 2025

Final results announced

Between Friday 17 October and Sunday 19 October 2025

Elections guide

Everything you need to know - from key dates to how to enrol, stand as a candidate, and cast your vote.

2025 Local Elections Guide(PDF, 1MB)

Enquiries

Use our online form to make an enquiry about the Local Elections.

Enquire online

Related acts

Elections are conducted under the:

Local Electoral Act 2001
Local Electoral Regulations 2001
Local Government Act 2002

All about local government (votelocal.co.nz)

Daily voting returns

See how many voting documents have been returned so far:

Date	Total voting document returns to date
17 September 2025	2.0%
18 September 2025	3.2%
19 September 2025	3.4%
22 September 2025	6.2%
23 September 2025	9.4%
24 September 2025	12.1%
25 September 2025	13.6%
26 September 2025	15.3%
29 September 2025	18.4%
30 September 2025	19.8%
1 October 2025	21.7%
2 October 2025	22.6%
3 October 2025	24.1%
6 October 2025	26.8%
7 October 2025	28.3%
8 October 2025	31.7%
9 October 2025	33.7%
10 October 2025	36.3%
11 October 2025	45.5%

You can view a full breakdown of voting document returns by day and ward below.

Voting documents returns report(PDF, 194KB)

2025 local election final results

The final results of the 2025 local body election and Māori Ward Poll for the Whangarei District Council.

Māori Ward Poll

Find out about the poll in the local elections where electors voted on whether to keep or remove the Whangārei District Māori ward and the Northland Regional Council Māori constituency.

Electoral system

We used the Single Transferable Vote (STV) for the 2025 local election. Find out more about the electoral system.

Whangārei District Wards

Find your ward and the elected members representing that ward. You can search to find the ward you will be voting in.

Enrol to vote

Find out about enrolling for the local election, how to enrol, what to do if you are already enrolled, Māori and general rolls, resident and ratepayer rolls.

Pre-election report 2025

This report outlines our role in the District, highlighting the services we provide and identifying key issues the District will face in the next term.

Past elections

Find out about past local government elections including voting results, final voter returns, and donations and expenses.

Related news

Local elections final results 2025

Published on 22 October 2025

As well as welcoming new elected members and farewelling those who have left, Council’s Chief Executive Simon Weston is acknowledging the Whangārei community’s commitment to voting in the 2025 local government elections.

Category: , Elections

Notice of election and poll

Published on 02 July 2025

This notice gives notice of the election and poll, nomination of candidates and the closing date for nominations for the 2025 elections of Whangarei District Council.

Category: , Elections, Public notice