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Incumbents before election
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The 2025 Hawke's Bay Regional Council election is an upcoming local election to be held from 9 September to 11 October in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand, as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system will be used.
The Hawke's Bay Regional Council will be made up of 11 councillors elected from 7 constituencies: Ahuriri/Napier (three councillors), Heretaunga/Hastings (three councillors), Wairoa, Ngaruroro, Tamatea/Central Hawke's Bay and two Māori constituencies (Māui ki te Raki and Māui ki te Tonga).
In October 2021, the Hawke's Bay Regional Council voted to create two Māori constituencies for the 2022 & 2025 elections. [2]
In July 2024, the National-led coalition government passed the Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Act 2024 which reinstated the requirement that councils must hold a referendum before establishing Māori wards or constituencies. The council then voted unanimously in August 2024 to affirm their decision to establish the Māori constituencies, thereby triggering a referendum on the constituencies to be held alongside the 2025 local elections. [3] [4]
A group called For Wards Hawke’s Bay formed to support the pro-ward position at the referendums in the wider Hawke's Bay region. The group will hold a meeting on 23 July in Clive chaired by regional council chair Rex Graham, with various speakers including local Presbyterian minister Jill McDonald, Hastings Māori ward councillor Heather Te Au-Skipworth, HB Multicultural Society president Rizwaana Latiff and Hayley Whittaker from the Public Service Association. [5]
As of February, deputy chair Will Foley (Tamatea/Central Hawke's Bay), Xan Harding (Heretaunga/Hastings), and Di Roadley (Wairoa) had not decided if they would run again. [7]
Hawke's Bay Today reported on 31 May that Foley would run for mayor of Central Hawke's Bay against incumbent Alex Walker, Foley saying his time on the regional council was up. [8]
The Ahuriri/Napier general constituency will return three councillors to the regional council. [1]
Candidate [9] | Affiliation [a] | Notes | |
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Paul Bailey | Independent | Former regional councillor [11] [12] | |
Hayley Browne | None | Incumbent Napier city councillor [13] [12] | |
Syed Khurram Iqbal | None | [12] | |
Neil Kirton | None | Incumbent councillor [6] [7] [12] | |
Hinewai Ormsby | SAFER waterways. STRONGER communities. | Incumbent chairperson [6] [7] [12] | |
Louise Parsons | Independent | [12] |
The Heretaunga/Hastings general constituency will return three councillors to the regional council. [1]
Candidate [9] | Affiliation [a] | Notes | |
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Bruce Mackay | None | [12] | |
Jock Mackintosh | None | Incumbent councillor [6] [7] [12] | |
Sophie Siers | None | Incumbent councillor [6] [7] [12] | |
Conrad Waitoa | None | [12] |
The Wairoa general constituency will return one councillor to the regional council. [1]
Candidate [9] | Affiliation [a] | Notes | |
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Kiri Rangirangi-Hamlin | None | [12] | |
Di Roadley | None | Incumbent councillor [6] [12] |
The Ngaruroro general constituency will return one councillor to the regional council. [1]
Candidate [9] | Affiliation [a] | Notes | |
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Marcus Ormond | None | Farmer [12] | |
Jerf van Beek | None | Incumbent councillor [6] [7] [12] |
The Tamatea/Central Hawke's Bay general constituency will return one councillor to the regional council. [1]
Candidate [9] | Affiliation [a] | Notes | |
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Tim Aitken | None | Incumbent councillor for the Central Hawke's Bay District Council [14] [12] | |
Tony Kuklinski | Independent | [12] | |
Keri Ropiha | None | [12] |
The Māui ki te Tonga Māori constituency will return one councillor to the regional council. [1]
Candidate [9] | Affiliation [a] | Notes | |
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Thompson Hokianga | None | Incumbent councillor [6] |
As the only candidate, Hokianga is elected unopposed. [12]
The Māui ki te Raki Māori constituency will return one councillor to the regional council. [1]
Candidate [9] | Affiliation [a] | Notes | |
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Michelle McIlroy | None | [12] | |
Shelton White | None | [12] |
Choice | Votes | % |
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