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2025 Hauraki District Council election

The 2025 Hauraki District Council election was a local election held from 9 September to 11 October in the Hauraki District of New Zealand, as part of that year's territorial authority elections and other local elections held nation-wide.

Voters elected the mayor of Hauraki and 13 district councillors for the 2025–2028 term of the Hauraki District Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.

Incumbent mayor Toby Adams won re-election to a third term.

In the prior term, the council voted to introduce a Māori ward for the term following this election; in a referendum on its future held at this election (as part of a nation-wide series of referendums) voters elected to remove the Māori ward.

Key dates

  • 4 July 2025: Nominations for candidates opened
  • 1 August 2025: Nominations for candidates closed at 12 pm
  • 9 September 2025: Voting documents were posted and voting opened
  • 11 October 2025: Voting closed at 12 pm and progress/preliminary results were published
  • 16–19 October 2025: Final results were declared.

Background

Positions up for election

Voters in the district elected 13 councillors across 4 wards, and also the mayor of Hauraki. They also elected members of the Waikato Regional Council.

Campaign

List of candidates

Incumbents not seeking re-election

  • Phillip Buckthought, incumbent councillor for the Plains ward
  • Carole Daley, incumbent councillor for the Paeroa ward
  • Sarah Holmes, incumbent councillor for the WaihÄ« ward
  • Josh Martyn, incumbent councillor for the WaihÄ« ward
  • Bhavesh Ranchhod, incumbent councillor for the WaihÄ« ward

Mayor

The incumbent Mayor of Hauraki, Toby Adams, who was first elected in 2019, sought re-election in 2025.

Councillors

Plains ward

The Plains ward returned four councillors to the district council.

Paeroa ward

The Paeroa ward returned three councillors to the district council.

Waihi ward

The Waihi ward returned four councillors to the district council.

Te Pakikau o te Ika Māori ward

Te Pakikau o te Ika Māori ward returned two councillors to the district council.

Results

Mayor

Council

Paeroa general ward

Plains general ward

Waihī general ward

Te Pakikau o te Ika Māori ward

Māori wards poll

See also

Notes

References