Results of the 2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections in Taranaki

2025 Stratford District Council election
← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →
	Mayoral election
Mayor before election; Neil Volzke; Independent	Elected mayor ; Neil Volzke; Independent
	Council election
	11 seats on the Stratford District Council; 6 seats needed for a majority

2025 New Plymouth District Council election
← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →
	Mayoral election
Mayor before election; Neil Holdom; Independent	Elected mayor ; Max Brough; Independent
	Council election
	14 seats on the New Plymouth District Council; 8 seats needed for a majority

2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections
(Taranaki)
← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →
	3 of 3 local councils
	3 mayors and 38 local councillors
Mayors
Local councillors

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 Taranaki Region. 3 mayors and 38 district councillors were elected.

Summary

New Plymouth District Council

2025 New Plymouth mayoral election

2025 New Plymouth mayoral election^[1]
Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote		Final %
	Independent	Max Brough	not provided		#7	13,984	53.70
	Independent	David Bublitz			#7	6,296	24.18
	Independent	Sarah Lucas			#7	5,763	22.13
	Independent	Sam Bennett			#6	2,676
	Independent	John Woodward			#5	1,978
	Independent	Graham Chard			#4	1,496
	Independent	Peter Marra			#3	837
	Independent	Greg Mackay			#2	395
	Independent	Bill Simpson	287	1.00	#1	287
Quota			14,108	49.29	#7	13,022	50.00
Informal			61	0.21
Blank			348	1.22
Turnout			28,625
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent on 7th iteration

At-large ward

At-large ward^[1]
Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Murray Chong^†	9,566	33.42	#1	9,566
	Independent	David Bublitz^†	4,743	16.57	#1	4,743
	Independent	John Woodward	not provided		#22	4,702
	Independent	Sam Bennett^†			#23	4,183
	Independent	Dinnie Moeahu^†			#27	3,915
	Independent	Amanda Clinton-Gohdes^†			#27	3,781
	Independent	Mark Coster			#21	1,893
	Independent	Simon Chadwick			#20	1,210
	Independent	Teresa Goodin			#19	1,101
	Independent	Debbie Hancock			#17	911
	Independent	Greg Mackay			#15	850
	Independent	Sarah Sutherland			#11	762
	Independent	Steve Francis			#9	589
	Independent	Shaun Clare			#8	519
	Independent	Tina Koch			#6	374
	Independent	Wayne Williamson			#5	354
	Independent	Nigel Jones			#3	122
Quota			4,627	16.16	#27	3,902
Informal			329	1.15
Blank			533	1.86
Turnout			28,625
Registered
	Independent hold on 1st iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 1st iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 22nd iteration
	Independent hold 23rd iteration
	Independent hold 27th iteration
^† incumbent

Kaitake-Ngāmotu general ward

Kaitake-Ngāmotu general ward^[1]
Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Gordon Brown^†	2,832	13.96	#1	2,832
	Independent	Graham Chard	not provided		#10	2,523
	Independent	Moira Irving George			#18	2,555
	ACT Local	Damon Fox			#18	2,480
	Independent	Kerry Vosseler			#19	2,390
	Independent	EJ Barrett			#21	2,365
	Independent	Bryan Vickery^†			#21	2,160
	Independent	Adrian Sole			#17	1,394
	Independent	Peter Marra			#16	779
	Independent	Ewen Darling			#15	681
	Independent	Ross Johnston			#13	634
	Independent	Nikki Truman			#11	544
	Independent	Mullet McDowell			#9	478
	Independent	Pete Buis			#8	442
	Independent	Lani Mackie-Hunt			#7	385
	Independent	David Payne			#6	341
	Independent	Craig Tonkin			#5	224
	Independent	Michael O'Sullivan			#4	213
	Independent	Mike Morresey			#2	117
Quota			2,535	12.50	#21	2,347
Informal			1,296	6.39
Blank			1,247	6.15
Turnout			20,286
Registered
	Independent hold on 1st iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 10th iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 18th iteration
	ACT Local gain from Independent on 18th iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 19th iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 21st iteration
^† incumbent

Kōhanga Moa general ward

Kōhanga Moa general ward^[1]
Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Christine Fabish	not provided		#2	1,542
	Independent	Sarah Lucas	not provided		#2	1,422
	Independent	Adrian Sole	501	14.17	#1	501
Quota			1,595	45.12	#2	1,482
Informal			19	0.54
Blank			327	9.25
Turnout			3,535
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent on 2nd iteration

North general ward

North general ward^[1]
Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote
	Independent	Gina Blackburn	not provided		#5	1,115
	Independent	Ian Cummings			#5	918
	Independent	Jonathan Marshall			#4	719
	Independent	Dayna Jury			#3	548
	Independent	Jane Parker-Bishop			#2	337
	Independent	Bill Simpson	145	4.72	#1	145
Quota			1,434	46.66	#5	1,017
Informal			16	0.52
Blank			190	6.18
Turnout			3,073
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent on 5th iteration

Te Purutanga Mauri Pūmanawa Māori ward

Te Purutanga Mauri Pūmanawa Māori ward^[1]
Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%
	Independent	Te Waka McLeod^†	1,116	64.47
	Independent	Peter Moeahu	545	31.48
Quota			831	48.01
Informal			8	0.46
Blank			62	3.58
Turnout			1,731
Registered
	Independent hold on 1st iteration
^† incumbent

Stratford District Council

2025 Stratford mayoral election

2025 Stratford mayoral election^[2]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Neil Volzke^†	1,935	52.52
	Independent	Jono Erwood	1,707	46.34
Informal			40	1.09
Blank			2	0.05
Turnout			3,684
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Stratford Urban general ward

Stratford Urban general ward^[2]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Jono Erwood^†	1,467
	Independent	Annette Dudley^†	1,385
	Independent	Josh Best	1,242
	Independent	Mathew Watt^†	1,038
	Independent	Ellen Hall^†	1,028
	Independent	Jaimie Bertie	1,020
	Independent	Brendon Gernhoeffer	992
	Independent	Mike Procter	588
	Independent	Laurie Gooch	502
	Independent	Allan Tolland	486
	Independent	Brad Jones	460
	Independent	Peter McNamara	305
Informal			8
Blank			29
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Stratford Rural general ward

Stratford Rural general ward^[2]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Steve Beck^†	Unopposed
	Independent	Grant Boyde^†	Unopposed
	Independent	Amanda Harris^†	Unopposed
	Independent	Katherine Sextus	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Stratford Māori ward

Stratford Māori ward^[2]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	David Chadwick	48	36.64
	Independent	Karley Hemopo	44	33.59
	Independent	Hemi Haddon	36	27.48
Informal			0	0.00
Blank			3	2.29
Turnout			131
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent

South Taranaki District Council

2025 South Taranaki District Council election

← 2022

11 October 2025

2028 →

Mayoral election


Candidate	Phil Nixon	Clem Coxhead
Affiliation	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	5,974	2,177
Percentage	70.83%	26.79%

Mayor before election

Phil Nixon
Independent

Elected mayor

Phil Nixon
Independent

Council election

13 seats on the Stratford District Council
7 seats needed for a majority

Party		Seats	+/–
	Independent	13	+1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

2025 South Taranaki mayoral election

2025 South Taranaki mayoral election^[3]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Phil Nixon^†	5,974	70.83
	Independent	Clem Coxhead	2,177	25.79
Informal			3	0.03
Blank			284	3.37
Turnout			8,438
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Eltham-Kaponga general ward

Eltham-Kaponga general ward^[3]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Mark Bellringer^†	585
	Independent	Karen Cave	578
	Independent	Steffy Mackay^†	499
	Independent	Tim Taylor	298
Informal			4
Blank			44
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Pātea general ward

Pātea general ward^[3]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Robert Northcott^†	Unopposed
	Independent	Brian Rook^†	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Taranaki Coastal general ward

Taranaki Coastal general ward^[3]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Janet Fleming	887
	Independent	Aarun Langton^†	860
	Independent	Bryan Roach^†	774
Informal			0
Blank			46
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Te Hāwera general ward

Te Hāwera general ward^[3]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Andy Beccard^†	2,857
	Independent	Diana Reid^†	2,718
	Independent	Racquel Cleaver-Pittams^†	2,600
	Independent	Heather Brokenshire	2,493
	Independent	Garth Weir	1,878
	Independent	Te Aroha Hohaia^†	1,117
	Independent	Ngawai Hernandez-Walden	676
Informal			1
Blank			52
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Te Kūrae Māori ward

Te Kūrae Māori ward^[3]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Leanne Kuraroa Horo^†	255	56.29
	Independent	Caroline Waiwiri	180	39.73
Informal			0	0.00
Blank			18	3.97
Total			453
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Te Tai Tonga Māori ward

Te Tai Tonga Māori ward^[3]
Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Cheryl Luke-Maraki	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent gain from Te Pāti Māori

Notes

1 2 3 Rounded to whole number

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "LGE2025 - Final" (PDF). www.npdc.govt.nz. New Plymouth District Council. 17 October 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
1 2 3 4 "Election results". Stratford District Council. 17 October 2025. Archived from the original on 1 February 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "DECLARATION OF RESULTS OF ELECTION AND POLL" (PDF). South Taranaki District Council. 17 October 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 February 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.

[rounded-2] 1 2 3 Rounded to whole number

[New_Plymouth-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LGE2025 - Final" (PDF). www.npdc.govt.nz. New Plymouth District Council. 17 October 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2026.

[Stratford-3] 1 2 3 4 "Election results". Stratford District Council. 17 October 2025. Archived from the original on 1 February 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.

[South_Taranaki-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "DECLARATION OF RESULTS OF ELECTION AND POLL" (PDF). South Taranaki District Council. 17 October 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 February 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.

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