The 2025 Auckland Council election was a local election held from 9 September to 11 October in the Auckland region of New Zealand, as part of that year's territorial authority elections and other local elections held nation-wide.
Voters elected the mayor of Auckland, 20 councillors and 151 local board members (across 21 local boards) for the 2025âÂÂ2028 term of the Auckland Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.
Incumbent mayor Wayne Brown won re-election to a second term.
Voters in Auckland elected 20 councillors from 13 wards, as well as the mayor of Auckland. They also elected 151 members from 21 local boards and 35 trustees across 5 licensing trusts (Birkenhead, Mount Wellington, Portage, WaitÃÂkere, and Wiri Licensing Trust).
These were the first Auckland local elections since the 2024 Representation Review, which increased the number of local board members from 149 to 151, with the Howick Local Board gaining an additional 2 members for a total of 11.
The growth of Auckland was brought up in the pre-election report; the city now comprised over 1.8 million people (more than one third of the entire country) and contributed 40% of the country's GDP. The population was expected to grow by 520,000 in the next three decades. Low productivity was another challenge identified in the pre-election report.
The report noted that the council needed to invest $295 billion in the city's infrastructure. The State of Auckland Report (commissioned by the Committee for Auckland) ranked the city 99th against other peer cities globally in terms of productivity.
Auckland was vulnerable to extreme weather including flooding and sea level rise, according to the pre-election report.
There were tensions between the council and central government during the 2022âÂÂ2025 term, with mayor Brown saying that central government needed to be more collaborative with council when making decisions that would impact the city.
The incumbent Mayor of Auckland, Wayne Brown, who was first elected in 2022, ran for re-election in 2025. Additional confirmed mayoral candidates included former New Conservatives Party co-leader Ted Johnston and Whau Ward councillor Kerrin Leoni.
The Albany ward returned two councillors to the council.
The Albert-Eden-PuketÃÂpapa ward returned two councillors to the council.
The Franklin ward returned one councillor to the council.
The Howick ward returned two councillors to the council.
The Manukau ward returned two councillors to the council.
The Manurewa-Papakura ward returned two councillors to the council.
The Maungakiekie-Tamaki ward returned one councillor to the council.
The North Shore ward returned two councillors to the council.
The à ÂrÃÂkei ward returned one councillor to the council.
The Rodney ward returned one councillor to the council.
The WaitÃÂkere ward returned two councillors to the council.
The WaitematÃÂ and Gulf ward returned one councillor to the council.
The Whau ward returned one councillor to the council.
Incumbent mayor Wayne Brown won re-election to a second term, receiving around 90,000 votes more than second place candidate Kerrin Leoni.
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Albany ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Fix Auckland style="text-align:left" Victoria Short 16,410
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" Putting People First style="text-align:left" John Watson 15,449
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" Putting People First style="text-align:left" Wayne Walker 14,885
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" Fix Auckland style="text-align:left" Gary Brown 10,269
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" ACT Local style="text-align:left" Samuel Mills 7,771
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Dylan Davey 5,108
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Kyle Parker 4,977
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Callum Blair 3,172
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" John McCallum 1,372
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 105
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 1,267
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 141,257 style="background:lightgrey" - style="background:" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Fix Auckland gain from Putting People First - style="background:" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Putting People First hold - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Albert-Eden-PuketÃÂpapa ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" - style="background:" style="text-align:left" City Vision style="text-align:left" Julie Fairey 15,962
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" Communities and Residents style="text-align:left" Christine Fletcher 15,425
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" City Vision style="text-align:left" Jon Turner 12,990
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" Communities and Residents style="text-align:left" Mark Pervan 8,441
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Paul Sun 5,060
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Matt Zwartz 2,607
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Samuel Clarke 2,047
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Jacob Calvert 1,457
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 56
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 838
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 121,436 style="background:lightgrey" - style="background:" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" City Vision hold - style="background:" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Communities and Residents hold - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Franklin ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Team Franklin style="text-align:left" Andy Baker 10,912 56.82 - style="background:" style="text-align:left" ACT Local style="text-align:left" Dene Green 4,395 22.89 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Les Thomas 3,341 17.40 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 21 0.11 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 534 2.78 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 19,203 31.88 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 60,244 style="background:lightgrey" - style="background:" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Team Franklin hold - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Howick ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Bo Burns 12,038
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Maurice Williamson 11,535
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Paul Young 9,615
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Damian Light 7,873
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Barry Jensen 5,461
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Stephen Hill 4,736
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" ACT Local style="text-align:left" Ali Dahche 3,902
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Leanne Seniloli 2,947
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 108
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 642
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 113,367 style="background:lightgrey" -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Independent gain from Independent -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Independent hold - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Manukau ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Labour style="text-align:left" Alf Filipaina 13,406
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" Labour style="text-align:left" Lotu Fuli 12,193
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Carol Ah-Voa 5,599
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Swanie Nelson 5,087
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" Fix Auckland style="text-align:left" Luke Mealamu 4,422
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" Fix Auckland style="text-align:left" Vicky Hau 4,301
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" ACT Local style="text-align:left" Henriette Devoe 3,328
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Christopher Hughes 2,116
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" Communities and Residents style="text-align:left" Malcolm Turner 2,065
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 74
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 784
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 113,942 style="background:lightgrey" -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Labour hold -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Labour hold - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Manurewa-Papakura ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Manurewa-Papakura Action Team style="text-align:left" Daniel Newman 15,661
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" Manurewa-Papakura Action Team style="text-align:left" Matt Winiata 13,270
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" #LoveManurewaPapakura style="text-align:left" Joseph Allan 7,605
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" #LoveManurewaPapakura style="text-align:left" Angela Cunningham-Marino 7,388
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Karin Kerr 2,754
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Glenn Archibald 1,982
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Tofa Winterstein 1,741
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 45
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 596
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 112,853 style="background:lightgrey" - style="background:" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Manurewa-Papakura Action Team hold - style="background:" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Manurewa-Papakura Action Team gain from Independent - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Maungakiekie-TÃÂmaki ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Labour style="text-align:left" Josephine Bartley 7,818 52.94 - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Communities and Residents style="text-align:left" Tabetha Elliott 3,567 24.15 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" John Alcock 1,590 10.77 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Patrick O'Meara 850 5.76 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" FaAfuhia Michael Fia 593 4.02 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 25 0.17 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 326 2.21 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 14,769 26.23 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 56,301 style="background:lightgrey" -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Labour hold - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +North Shore ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Richard Hills 21,325
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" John Gillon 17,166
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Danielle Grant 12,585
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" ACT Local style="text-align:left" Helena Roza 6,368
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Eric Chuah 3,625
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 45
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 471
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 110,097 style="background:lightgrey" -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Independent hold -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Independent gain from Independent - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Ã ÂrÃÂkei ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Fix Auckland style="text-align:left" Desley Simpson Unopposed - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 68,441 - style="background:" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Fix Auckland gain from Independent (incumbent changed affiliation) - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Rodney ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Greg Sayers Unopposed - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 56,644 -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Independent hold - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +WaitÃÂkere ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Labour style="text-align:left" Shane Henderson 14,589
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" WestWards style="text-align:left" Ken Turner 9,073
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Linda Cooper 6,852
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" Future West style="text-align:left" Jess Rose 6,430
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" WestWards style="text-align:left" Sunil Kaushal 6,202
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Ingrid Papau 5,011
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Peter Chan 4,556
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Jim Cornes 4,481
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Serge Roud 2,498
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Kay Luv 2,287
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Michael Coote 2,190
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Seamus Lal 1,545
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 97
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 688
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 127,687 style="background:lightgrey" -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Labour hold - style="background:" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" WestWards hold - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +WaitematÃÂ and Gulf ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Mike Lee 7,991 36.87 - style="background:" style="text-align:left" City Vision style="text-align:left" Patrick Reynolds 6,135 28.30 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Genevieve Sage 3,594 16.58 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Ian Loan 1,268 5.85 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Selena Renner 997 4.60 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Lester Bryant 735 3.39 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 37 0.17 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 918 4.24 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 21,675 33.83 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 64,073 style="background:lightgrey" -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Independent hold - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Whau ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Labour style="text-align:left" Sarah Paterson-Hamlin 5,171 34.10 - style="background:" style="text-align:left" WestWards style="text-align:left" Craig Lord 3,376 22.26 - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Green style="text-align:left" Anjana Iyer 1,922 12.67 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Paul Davie 1,882 12.41 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Morgan Luxton 1,301 8.58 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Bruce Xu 955 6.30 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 30 0.20 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 529 3.49 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 15,166 25.53 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 59,407 style="background:lightgrey" -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Labour hold }
Elections were also held for the 21 local boards in Auckland.