The 2025 Whanganui District Council election was a local election held from 9 September to 11 October in the Whanganui 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 Whanganui, 12 district councillors, and other local representatives for the 2025âÂÂ2028 term of the Whanganui District Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.
The council voted to introduce a MÃÂori ward at this election; its future was decided in a referendum on the issue, as part of a nation-wide series of referendums.
Incumbent mayor Andrew Tripe was re-elected to a second term.
Voters in the district elected the mayor of Whanganui, 12 councillors in 2 wards, and the members of the Rural Community Board. They also elected members of the Horizons Regional Council.
In early October, incumbent mayor Andrew Tripe drew controversy when he attended a candlelit vigil for American conservative activist Charlie Kirk, following said activist's assassination. Tripe said he regretted his comments at the vigil, saying he "naïvely" went to the event after being invited and that he did not know that Kirk was a divisive figure. He was quoted as saying that "Charlie Kirk shed his blood for us" and that "it is our call to act on what Charlie Kirk was doing, boldly."
Whanganui MÃÂori ward returned two councillors to the district council.
Whanganui General ward returned ten councillors to the district council.
Overall turnout was 50.32%, with 17,024 voting papers returned.
With the final results, the following candidates were declared elected:
Incumbent mayor Andrew Tripe was re-elected to a second term.