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14 seats on the Tasman District Council 8 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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The 2025 Tasman District Council election is an upcoming local election to be held from 9 September to 11 October in the Tasman District of New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters will elect the mayor of Tasman, 14 district councillors, and eight community board members for the 2025–2028 term of the Tasman District Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system will be used.
A Māori ward will be introduced for this election; its future will be decided in a referendum on the issue, as part of a nation-wide series of referendums.
The following key dates apply for the 2025 local election: [1]
Voters in the district will elect the mayor of Tasman, 14 district councillors in 5 wards, and the members of two community boards (Golden Bay and Motueka). [2]
The district has five geographical wards, which elect thirteen councillors: four councillors for Richmond, three for Moutere–Waimea, three for Motueka, two for Golden Bay, and one for Lakes–Murchison. The mayor and the one Māori ward councillor are elected at-large.
The council voted to establish a Māori ward for the 2025 local elections in 2023. The ward will be named Te Tai o Aorere Māori and will elect one councillor. [1]
The government passed legislation in 2024 on Māori wards that requires councils to hold a binding referendum alongside the 2025 elections if they established Māori wards without holding a referendum; [3] Council voted for the Māori ward to remain for the 2025 election. [4]
The council consulted in 2024 whether the ward representation should change. [5] The elected members decided to make one minor change, with the Totara View area located south of Wakefield shifting from the Lakes–Murchison ward to the Moutere–Waimea ward. [6] [7]
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The first candidate for the mayoralty was Timo Neubauer, who declared his candidacy in early May 2025. [12]
Candidate [13] | Photo | Affiliation [a] | Notes | |
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Maxwell Clark | ![]() | None | Brother of Invercargill mayor Nobby Clark. Previously ran for the mayoralty in 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2022. [15] Also running for mayor in Invercargill under the name Andrew Clark. [16] [17] [18] | |
Richard Johns | ![]() | None | Retiree, and third-time mayoral candidate [18] | |
Tim King | ![]() | None | Incumbent mayor since 2019 [11] [18] [19] | |
Timo Neubauer | ![]() | Independent | Urban designer who lives in Hope. [12] Also running to be a councillor in the Richmond general ward. [18] | |
Richard Osmaston | ![]() | None | Previously ran for the mayoralties of Westland, Grey, Buller, Marlborough, Nelson, and Tasman in 2022. [20] Also running to be a councillor in the Lakes-Murchison general ward, [18] and concurrently for the mayoralties of four other councils: Nelson, Buller, Grey and Westland. [21] |
Te Tai o Aorere Māori ward will return one councillor to the district council. [22]
Candidate [13] | Photo | Affiliation [a] | Notes | |
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Paul Morgan | ![]() | None | CNZM (2022; for services to Māori and business) [23] |
Richmond general ward will return four councillors to the district council. [22]
Candidate [13] | Photo | Affiliation [a] | Notes | |
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Glen Daikee | None | Incumbent councillor [11] | ||
Jo Ellis | ![]() | None | Incumbent councillor [11] | |
Mark Greening | Sensible, Affordable and Ethical | Incumbent councillor [11] | ||
Kit Maling | ![]() | Independent | Incumbent councillor [11] | |
Timo Neubauer | ![]() | Independent | Also running for mayor [18] | |
Daniel Shirley | ![]() | ACT Local | [24] [25] |
Motueka general ward will return three councillors to the district council. [22]
Candidate [13] | Photo | Affiliation [a] | Notes | |
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Kerryn Ferneyhough | ![]() | None | ||
Brent Maru | ![]() | None | Incumbent councillor [11] | |
David Ross | ![]() | ACT Local | [26] [25] | |
Trindi Walker | ![]() | None | Incumbent councillor [11] |
Moutere-Waimea general ward will return three councillors to the district council. [22]
Candidate [13] | Photo | Affiliation [a] | Notes | |
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Julian Eggers | ![]() | Independent | ||
Michael Kininmonth | ![]() | None | Incumbent councillor [11] | |
Dean McNamara | ![]() | Sensible, Affordable and Ethical | Former two-term councillor who lost his seat in 2022 [27] | |
Dave Woods | ![]() | None |
Golden Bay general ward will return two councillors to the district council. [22]
Candidate [13] | Photo | Affiliation [a] | Notes | |
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Rod Barker | None | |||
Celia Butler | ![]() | None | Incumbent councillor [11] | |
Axel Downard-Wilke | ![]() | Independent | Transport planner, engineer and Wikipedian [28] [29] | |
Julian Hall | ![]() | None | [30] | |
Mark Hume | None |
Lakes-Murchison general ward will return one councillor to the district council. [22]
Candidate [13] | Photo | Affiliation [a] | Notes | |
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Nicola Allan | None | |||
John Gully | None | |||
Richard Osmaston | ![]() | None | Perennial candidate from the Money Free movement; [20] also standing for mayor. [18] |
Tasman District Council has two community boards: one covering Golden Bay and the other for the Motueka ward. Four community board members will be elected per board. [1]
Candidate [13] | Photo | Affiliation [a] | Notes | |
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Sunshine Appleby | ![]() | Independent | ||
Clarissa Bruning | ![]() | None | ||
Henry Dixon | ![]() | Independent | Incumbent board member | |
Axel Downard-Wilke | ![]() | Independent | Also running to be a councillor for the Golden Bay general ward. | |
Grant Knowles | ![]() | None | Incumbent board member | |
Mark Raffills | ![]() | None | ||
Rodney Ward | ![]() | Independent | Local businessman [31] |
Candidate [13] | Photo | Affiliation [a] | Notes | |
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Ray Hellyer | ![]() | None | ||
Claire Hutt | ![]() | None | Incumbent board member | |
John Katene | None | |||
Laura Lusk | ![]() | None | ||
David Ogilvie | ![]() | None | Has previously served in various roles between 1971 and 2022. [32] |
Final results are expected by 17 October.
Ward | Previous | Elected | ||
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Mayor | Tim King | to be determined | ||
Golden Bay | Celia Butler | |||
Chris Hill | ||||
Lakes / Murchison | Stuart Bryant | |||
Motueka | Barry Dowler | |||
Brent Maru | ||||
Trindi Walker | ||||
Moutere / Waimea | Mike Kininmonth | |||
Christine Mackenzie | ||||
Dan Shallcrass | ||||
Richmond | Glen Daikee | |||
Jo Ellis | ||||
Mark Greening | ||||
Kit Maling |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Result not yet known | ||
Total votes | — | 100.00 |