Elections for the territorial authorities of New Zealand were held from 9 September until 11 October 2025 as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. 709 local councillors and 66 mayors were elected across 66 of 67 councils.
3 territorial authorities are located within the Northland Region, being the Far North District Council, WhangÃÂrei District Council, and Kaipara District Council. 3 mayors and 31 district councillors were elected.
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +2025 Far North District Council election ! colspan="7" style="text-align:center;padding:10px" - ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" Affiliation ! colspan="5" Councillors - ! Primary vote ! % ! ñ ! # ! +/â -
style="text-align:left" Independent colspan="3" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" not provided 8 style="color:red" âÂÂ2 - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Your Voice Our Community 1 style="color:green" +1 - style="background:" style="text-align:left" ACT Local 8 style="color:green" +1 - ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right" Informal 242 0.99 style="color:red" colspan="2" rowspan="4" style="background:lightgrey" - ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right" Blank 368 1.50 style="color:red" - ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right" Turnout 24,556
- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right" Registered
colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;border-right:1px solid lightgrey" - style="background:black" colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" No majority -
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" Independent holds mayoralty }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +2025 Far North mayoral election ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Primary vote ! style="width:3.5em" % -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Moko Tepania 12,744 51.90 - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Your Voice Our Community style="text-align:left" Ann Court 7,859 32.00 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Joshua Riley 3,698 15.06 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Quota 12,151 49.48 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 55 0.22 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 200 0.81 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 24,556
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered
style="background:lightgrey" -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"Independent hold on 1st iteration - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Bay of Islands-Whangaroa general ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Primary vote ! style="width:3.5em" % ! colspan="2" style="width:5em" Iteration vote - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Your Voice Our Community style="text-align:left" Ann Court 3,677 36.65 ! #1 3,677 - style="background:" style="text-align:left" ACT Local style="text-align:left" Davina Smolders colspan="2" rowspan="11" style="text-align:center" not provided ! #12 2,299 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Kelly Stratford ! #13 2,260 - style="background:" style="text-align:left" Your Voice Our Community style="text-align:left" Tyler Bamber ! #13 2,065 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Joshua Riley ! #11 1,517 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Steve McNally ! #9 914 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Shell Wilson ! #8 518 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Jonathan Natusch ! #7 227 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Ray Pitch ! #6 210 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Stuart Beaven ! #4 169 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Ross Yeager ! #3 139 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Geoff Hughes ! #2 117 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Quota 2,454 24.46 ! #13 2,224 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 86 0.86 colspan="2" rowspan="4" style="background:lightgrey" - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 131 1.31 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 10,034
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered
style="background:lightgrey;border-right:1px solid lightgrey" - style="background:" colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" Your Voice Our Community gain from Independent on 1st iteration - style="background:" colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"ACT Local gain Independent on 12th iteration -
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"Independent hold on 13th iteration - colspan="7" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Kaikohe-Hokianga general ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Primary vote ! style="width:3.5em" % -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" John Vujcich 1,825 70.35 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Michael Feyen 673 25.94 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Quota 1,249 48.15 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 9 0.35 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 87 3.35 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 2,594
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered
style="background:lightgrey" -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"Independent hold on 1st iteration - colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Te Hiku general ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Primary vote ! style="width:3.5em" % ! colspan="2" style="width:5em" Iteration vote -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Felicity Foy colspan="2" rowspan="8" style="text-align:center" not provided ! #6 1,640 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Rachel Baucke ! #7 1,514 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" John Matthews ! #7 1,134 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Adele Gardner ! #6 598 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Monty Knight ! #5 468 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Garreth Oien ! #4 414 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Eddie Bellas ! #3 383 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Bill Subritzky ! #2 339 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Mark Shanks 251 4.97 ! #1 251 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Quota 1,642 32.51 ! #7 1,445 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 81 1.60 colspan="2" rowspan="4" style="background:lightgrey" - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 43 0.85 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 5,050
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered
style="background:lightgrey;border-right:1px solid lightgrey" -
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"Independent hold from on 6th iteration -
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"Independent gain from Independent on 7th iteration - colspan="7" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +NgÃÂ Tai o Tokerau MÃÂori ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Primary vote ! style="width:3.5em" % ! colspan="2" style="width:5em" Iteration vote -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Hilda Halkyard-Harawira 2,297 33.40 ! #1 2,297 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" TÃÂmati RÃÂkena colspan="2" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" not provided ! #2 1,464 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Chicky Rudkin ! #3 1,311 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Arohanui Allen ! #6 1,376 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Penetaui Kleskovic ! #6 948 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Babe Kapa ! #4 666 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Shelly Kawiti-Jessop ! #2 382 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Quota 1,341 19.50 ! #6 1,269 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 66 0.96 colspan="2" rowspan="4" style="background:lightgrey" - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 107 1.56 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 6,878
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered
style="background:lightgrey;border-right:1px solid lightgrey" -
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"Independent hold on 1st iteration -
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"Independent hold on 2nd iteration -
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"Independent gain from Independent on 3rd iteration -
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"Independent gain from Independent on 6th iteration - colspan="7" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" +Referendum on MÃÂori wards ! colspan="2" Choice ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3em" % - colspan="2" I vote to KEEP MÃÂori constituencies style="text-align:right" 13,346 style="text-align:right" 54.35 - colspan="2" I vote to REMOVE MÃÂori constituencies style="text-align:right" 10,619 style="text-align:right" 43.24 - ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal style="text-align:right" 17 style="text-align:right" 0.07 - ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank style="text-align:right" 574 style="text-align:right" 2.34 - ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout style="text-align:right" 24,556 style="text-align:right" - ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered style="text-align:right" style="text-align:right" style="background:lightgrey" - ! style="width:5em;text-align:right" Result: colspan="3" MÃÂori wards retained }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +2025 WhangÃÂrei District Council election - ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" Affiliation ! colspan="5" Councillors - ! Primary vote ! % ! ñ ! # ! +/â -
style="text-align:left" Independent 27,634 90.51
12 style="color:red" âÂÂ1 - style="background:" style="text-align:left" ACT Local 1,698 5.56 style="color:green" +5.56 1 style="color:green" +1 - ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right" Informal 298 0.98 style="color:red" colspan="2" rowspan="4" style="background:lightgrey" - ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right" Blank 566 1.85 style="color:red" - ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right" Turnout 30,530
- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:right" Registered
colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;border-right:1px solid lightgrey" - style="background:black" colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" No majority -
colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" Independent gains mayoralty from Independent }
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class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +2025 Kaipara mayoral election ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Vote ! style="width:3.5em" % -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Jonathan Larsen 3,138 29.32 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Snow Tane 3,117 29.13 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Jason Smith 3,081 28.79 -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Ash Nayyar 1,278 11.94 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" | Informal 9 0.08 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" | Blank 79 0.74 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" | Turnout 10,702
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" | Registered
style="background:lightgrey" -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Independent gain from Independent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Kaiwaka-Mangawhai ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" |Affiliation ! style="width:17em" |Candidate ! style="width:5em" |Vote ! style="width:3.5em" |% -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Rachel Williams 1,985
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Craig Jepson 1,704
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Luke Kenneth Canton 1,669
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Helen Price 1,482
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Ron Berking 1,327
- style="background-color: style="text-align:left" ACT Local style="text-align:left" Nima Maleiki 1,669
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Wiremu Paikea 767
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Stephen Albert Allen 355
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" | Informal 0
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" | Blank 20
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" | Turnout
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" | Registered
style="background:lightgrey" -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" |Independent hold -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" |Independent gain from Independent -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" |Independent gain from Independent - colspan="7" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Otamatea ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Vote ! style="width:3.5em" % -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Mike Schimanski 820
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Denise Rogers 742
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Mark Vincent 740
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Fiona Kemp 739
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Stephen Wood 484
- style="background:" style="text-align:left" ACT Local style="text-align:left" James Billington 399
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Joel Bouzaid 94
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 2
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 45
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered
style="background:lightgrey" -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" |Independent gain from Independent -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" |Independent gain from Independent - colspan="7" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }
class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Wairoa ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Vote ! style="width:3.5em" % -
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Snow Tane 2,443
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Joesephine Nathan 1,444
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Gordon Lambeth 1,345
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Jan Beatty 1,334
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Pera Paniora 1,318
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Jan Beatty 1,334
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Ash Nayyar 1,158
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Brian Jackson 851
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Gordon Walker 746
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Rodney Field 576
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Matthew Brajkovich 376
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Wero Te Kino 257
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style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Kurt Richards 168
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" | Informal 18
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" | Blank 15
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" | Turnout
- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" | Registered
style="background:lightgrey" -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Independent gain from Independent -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Independent gain from Independent -
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Independent hold - colspan="7" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" incumbent }