The 2025 Tasman District Council election was a local election held from 9 September to 11 October in the Tasman 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 Tasman, 14 district councillors, and eight community board members for the 2025âÂÂ2028 term of the Tasman District Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.
Incumbent mayor Tim King won re-election to a third term.
A MÃÂori ward was introduced for this election, won by Paul Morgan who was unopposed. In a referendum on its future held at this election (as part of a nation-wide series of referendums) voters elected to remove the MÃÂori ward for future elections.
The following key dates apply for the 2025 local election:
Voters in the district elected the mayor of Tasman, 14 district councillors in 5 wards, and the members of two community boards (Golden Bay and Motueka).
The district has five geographical wards, which elect thirteen councillors: four councillors for Richmond, three for MoutereâÂÂWaimea, three for Motueka, two for Golden Bay, and one for LakesâÂÂMurchison. The mayor and the one MÃÂori ward councillor were elected at-large.
The council voted to establish a MÃÂori ward for the 2025 local elections in 2023. The ward was named Te Tai o Aorere MÃÂori and elected one councillor.
The government passed legislation in 2024 on MÃÂori wards that requires councils to hold a binding referendum alongside the 2025 elections if they established MÃÂori wards without holding a referendum; Council voted for the MÃÂori ward to remain for the 2025 election.
The council consulted in 2024 whether the ward representation should change. The elected members decided to make one minor change, with the Totara View area located south of Wakefield shifting from the LakesâÂÂMurchison ward to the MoutereâÂÂWaimea ward.
The first candidate for the mayoralty was Timo Neubauer, who declared his candidacy in early May 2025.
Te Tai o Aorere MÃÂori ward returned one councillor to the district council.
Richmond general ward returned four councillors to the district council.
Motueka general ward returned three councillors to the district council.
Moutere-Waimea general ward returned three councillors to the district council.
Golden Bay general ward returned two councillors to the district council.
Lakes-Murchison general ward returned one councillor to the district council.
Tasman District Council has two community boards: one covering Golden Bay and the other for the Motueka ward. Four community board members were elected per board.
With the final results, the following candidates have been declared elected:
Incumbent mayor Tim King was elected to a third term, with Timo Neubauer coming in second place.