2025 Dunedin local elections

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2025 Dunedin local elections
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Incumbent Mayor

Jules Radich



The 2025 Dunedin local elections will take place between 9 September and 11 October 2025 by postal vote as part of nation-wide local elections. These elections will cover the Dunedin City Council, six community boards, a licensing trust and two constituencies of the Otago Regional Council. [1] [2]

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The single transferable vote system will be used to elect the Mayor of Dunedin, city councillors, community board members and regional councillors for the 2025–2028 term, [3] [4] while Oamaru Licensing Trust trustees will be elected using first past the post.

Key dates

Dunedin City Council

Incumbents not seeking re-election

Mayor

Candidates

Candidate Ticket (if any)Notes
Jules Radich Incumbent mayor since 2022 [5] [6]
Andrew SimmsFuture DunedinMotor dealer [5]

Councillors

Fourteen councillors will be elected at-large to the city council. [1]

Candidates

Candidate Ticket (if any)Notes
Steve Walker Labour Incumbent Labour councillor [7]
Jett GroshunkiLabour Otago University Students' Association politics representative and 2022 mayoral and local council candidate [7]

Other local elections

Depending on where in Dunedin they live, voters will also vote in concurrent local elections for:

and

and/or

References

  1. 1 2 "Elections". www.dunedin.govt.nz. Dunedin City Council . Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Council Representation Review". www.orc.govt.nz. Otago Regional Council . Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 "2025 Elections". www.orc.govt.nz. Otago Regional Council . Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "STV Information". www.stv.govt.nz. Department of Internal Affairs . Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  5. 1 2 Manhire, Toby (7 February 2025). "Who is in and who is out in the big mayoral races of 2025?". The Spinoff. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  6. ↑ Miller, Grant (12 October 2024). "Radich keen to keep hold of mayoral chain". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Labour endorsing candidates in DCC election". Otago Daily Times . APL. 21 May 2025. Archived from the original on 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
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