Results of the 2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections in Canterbury

2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections
(Canterbury)

← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →

For broader coverage of this topic, see Results of the 2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections.

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.

9 territorial authorities are located in the Canterbury region. 9 mayors and 86 district and city councillors were elected.

Kaikōura District Council

2025 Kaikōura District Council election

← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →

Mayoral election

Affiliation Craig Mackle Popular vote 1,342

Mayor before election Craig Mackle Independent Elected mayor Craig Mackle Independent

Council election

7 seats on the Kaikōura District Council 4 seats needed for a majority

Party Seats +/– to be determined 7 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

2025 Kaikōura mayoral election

2025 Kaikōura mayoral election ^[1]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Craig Mackle	1,342
	Independent	John Gregory Diver	400
	Independent	Dave Andrerson	89
Informal			0
Blank			50
Total			1,881
Registered
	Independent incumbent

At-large

At-large ^[1]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Vicki Gulleford	1,115
	Independent	Tony Blunt	1,041
	Independent	Kevin Heays	1,003
	Independent	John Gregory Diver	927
	Independent	Corrina Allen Smith	867
	Independent	Joshua McInnnes Woods	860
	Independent	Mark Redwood	840
	Independent	Rosie Clemett	804
	Independent	Melanie Campbell	765
	Independent	John Booker	590
	Independent	Ted Hower	570
	Independent	Te Awhina Rangimarie Arahanga	480
	Independent	Kd Scattergood	379
	Independent	Dave Anderson	295
	Independent	Barry Alyward	253
	Independent	Rex Stantiford	233
Informal			3
Blank			1
Total
Registered				60.85%
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent

Hurunui District Council

2025 Hurunui District Council election

← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →

Mayoral election

Mayor before election Marie Black Independent Elected mayor Marie Black Independent

Council election

10 seats on the Hurunui District Council 6 seats needed for a majority

Party Seats +/– Independent 2 to be determined 8 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

2025 Hurunui mayoral election

2025 Hurunui mayoral election ^[2]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Marie Black	Unopposed
Informal
Blank
Total
Registered
	Independent hold

West ward

West ward ^[2]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Dave Hislop	959
	Independent	Chris Scarlet	912
	Independent	Tom Davies	905
	Independent	Christopher Carthy	693
	Independent	Richard E. Roe	342
Informal			1
Blank			12
Total
Registered
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent

East ward

East ward ^[2]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Vincent Daly	unopposed
	Independent	Fiona Harris	unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

South ward

South ward ^[2]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Robbie Bruerton	1,100
	Independent	Pauline White	1,064
	Independent	Brett Jones	906
	Independent	Steve Hutt	695
	ACT Local	Tom Spooner	581
	Independent	Michael Ennis	567
	Independent	Barrie Nunn	519
	Independent	Dave Carr	443
	Independent	Lulu Webb	431
Informal			9
Blank			13
Total
Registered
	Independent incumbent
	vacant
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent

Waimakariri District Council

2025 Waimakariri District Council election

← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →

Mayoral election

Mayor before election Dan Gordon Independent Elected mayor TBD

Council election

10 seats on the Waimakariri District Council 6 seats needed for a majority

Party Seats +/– to be determined 10 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

2025 Waimakariri mayoral election

2025 Waimakariri mayoral election ^[3]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Dan Gordon	15,766
	Standing Together For Waimakariri	Paul Williams	5,132
Informal			2
Blank			270
Total			21,170
Registered
	Independent incumbent

Oxford-Ohoka ward

Oxford-Ohoka ward ^[3]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Niki Mealings	2,527
	Independent	Tim Fulton	2,423
	Standing Together For Waimakariri	Rob Ballanytne	1,293
	Standing Together For Waimakariri	Gordon Malcolm	1,065
Informal			3
Blank			95
Total
Registered
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent

Rangiora-Ashley ward

Rangiora-Ashley ward ^[3]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Jason Goldsworthy	5,040
	Independent	Joan Ward	4,431
	Independent	Wendy Doody	4,085
	Independent	Bruce McLaren	3,872
	Standing Together for Waimakariri	Paul Williams	3,222
	Independent	Robbie Brine	3,083
	Independent	Wayne Linton	2,772
	Standing Together for Waimakariri	Steve Wilkinson	2,610
	Standing Together for Waimakariri	James Bourke	2,287
	Independent	Sam Fisher	1,110
Informal			46
Blank			264
Total
Registered
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent

Kaiapoi-Woodend ward

Kaiapoi-Woodend ward ^[3]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Community Comes First	Brent Cairns	3,947
	Independent	Philip Redmond	3,895
	A Voice for You	Shona Powell	3,214
	Standing Together for Waimakariri	Tim Bartle	2,791
	Independent	Matt James	2,348
	ACT Local	Nathan Atkins	2,180
	Independent	Sandra Stewart	1,964
	Independent	Henrietta Carroll	1,801
	Independent	Prudence Stone	1,566
	Independent	Natalie Leary	1,007
Informal			30
Blank			214
Total
Registered
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent

Christchurch City Council

Main article: 2025 Christchurch City Council election

2025 Christchurch City Council election

←  2022 11 October 2025 2028 →

Mayoral election

Candidate Phil Mauger Sara Templeton Party Independent Independent Popular vote 60,137 40,533 Percentage 55.96 37.72

Mayor before election Phil Mauger Independent Elected mayor Phil Mauger Independent

Council election

16 seats on the Christchurch City Council 9 seats needed for a majority

Party Seats +/– Independents 7 −1 The People's Choice 4 +1 The People's Choice – Labour 2 0 Independent Citizens 2 0 Labour 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. by affiliation by political lean Margin of victory by ward

2025 Christchurch mayoral election

2025 Christchurch mayoral election ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Phil Mauger	60,137	55.96
	Independent	Sara Templeton	40,533	37.72
	Independent	Thomas Healey	1,714	1.59
	Independent	Nikora Nitro	1,525	1.42
	Independent	Blair Anderson	1,327	1.23
	Independent	Phil Arps	448	0.42
	Independent	Tubby Hansen	354	0.33
	Independent	Peter Wakeman	320	0.30
Informal			105	0.10
Blank			1,008	0.94
Turnout			107,471	37.81
Registered			284,225
	Independent hold

Harewood ward

Harewood ward ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Aaron Keown	unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold

Waimairi ward

Waimairi ward ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent Citizens	Sam MacDonald	unopposed
Registered
	Independent Citizens hold

Papanui ward

Papanui ward ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Victoria Henstock	4,367	65.93
	The People's Choice (Green endorsed)	Simon Britten	2,105	31.78
Informal			3	0.05
Blank			149	2.25
Total			6,624
Registered
	Independent hold

Fendalton ward

Fendalton ward ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent Citizens	David Cartwright	5,228	66.43
	Independent	Xavier Dickason	1,683	21.39
	Independent	Diane Ellis	640	8.13
Informal			11	0.14
Blank			308	3.91
Total			7,870
Registered
	Independent Citizens hold

Innes ward

Innes ward ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice	Pauline Cotter	3,273	50.81
	Independent	Ali Jones	3,027	46.99
Informal			3	0.05
Blank			139	2.16
Total			6,442
Registered
	The People's Choice hold

Burwood ward

Burwood ward ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Kelly Barber	5,390	77.06
	The People's Choice – Labour	Fionna Chapman	1,455	20.08
Informal			1	0.01
Blank			149	2.13
Total			6,995
Registered
	Independent hold

Coastal ward

Coastal ward ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Celeste Donovan	4,605	58.34
	Independent	Jo Zervos	2,844	35.97
	Independent	Taraia Brown	333	4.21
Informal			12	0.15
Blank			113	1.43
Total			7,907
Registered
	Independent hold

Hornby ward

Hornby ward ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Mark Peters	unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold

Halswell ward

Halswell ward ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Andrei Moore	7,513	85.12
	Independent Citizens	Dylan Smart	1,161	13.15
Informal			4	0.05
Blank			148	1.68
Total			8,826
Registered
	Independent hold

Riccarton ward

Riccarton ward ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice	Tyla Harrison-Hunt	1,657	40.17
	Independent	Tony Simons	1,139	27.61
	Independent	Sam Yau	630	15.27
	Independent	Debbie Mora	366	8.87
	Independent	Mark Chirnside	242	5.87
Informal			16	0.39
Blank			75	1.82
Total			4,125
Registered
	The People's Choice hold

Spreydon ward

Spreydon ward ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice – Labour	Melanie Coker	4,315	78.70
	Independent	Ben Yorston	883	16.10
	Independent	Terry Craze	410	7.48
	Independent	Tubby Hansen	99	1.81
Informal			20	0.36
Blank			166	3.03
Total			5,483
Registered
	The People's Choice – Labour hold

Central ward

Central ward ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Labour	Jake McLellan	1,870	38.95
	Independent	Raf Manji	1,203	25.06
	Independent	Hayley Guglietta	941	19.60
	Alliance	Tom Roud	407	8.48
	Independent	Mace Reid	235	4.89
Informal			42	0.87
Blank			103	2.15
Total			4,801
Registered
	Labour hold

Cashmere ward

Cashmere ward ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Tim Scandrett	5,819	61.57
	Independent	Clare Marks	3,158	33.41
Informal			5	0.05
Blank			469	4.96
Total			9,451
Registered
	Independent hold

Linwood ward

Linwood ward ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice – Labour	Yani Johanson	3,701	72.20
	Independent	Evan Baker	867	16.91
	Independent	Ethan Gullery	443	8.64
Informal			14	0.27
Blank			101	1.97
Total			5,126
Registered
	The People's Choice – Labour hold

Heathcote ward

Heathcote ward ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice	Nathaniel Herz Jardine	5,206	57.35
	Independent	Ian Kearney	3,594	39.59
Informal			7	0.08
Blank			270	2.97
Total			9,077
Registered
	The People's Choice gain from Independent

Banks Peninsula ward

Banks Peninsula ward ^[4]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice	Tyrone Fields	2,952	71.88
	Independent	Dave Dunlay	1,062	25.86
Informal			0	0.00
Blank			93	2.26
Total			4,107
Registered
	The People's Choice hold

Selwyn District Council

2025 Selwyn District Council election

← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →

Mayoral election

Mayor before election Sam Broughton Independent Elected mayor TBD

Council election

10 seats on the Waimakariri District Council 6 seats needed for a majority

Party Seats +/– to be determined 10 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

2025 Selwyn mayoral election

2025 Selwyn mayoral election ^[5]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Lydia Gliddon	19,129
	Independent	Sam Broughton	5,277
	Independent	Brad Mannering	1,867
Informal			5
Blank			162
Turnout			26,440
Registered

At-large

At-large ^[5]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Tracey MacLeod	11,553
	Independent	Samuel Wilshire	9,591
	Independent	Sharon Hunt	7,362
	Independent	Calvin Payne	6,315
	Independent	Barry MacKenzie	6,263
	Independent	Samantha Samuel	5,888
Informal			128
Blank			1,156
Turnout
Registered

Tawera Malvern ward

Tawera Malvern ward ^[5]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	John Verry	2,380
	Independent	Sharn Nu'u	1,400
Informal			1
Blank			295
Turnout			4,076
Registered

Kā Mānia Rolleston ward

Kā Mānia Rolleston ward ^[5]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Sophie McInnes	3,290
	Independent	Big Red Shefford	2,783
	Independent	Rhys Laraman	2,716
	Independent	Joe Morris	2,462
	Independent	Haydn Porritt	2,296
	ACT Local	Chris Till	2,281
	Independent	Paul Weggery	2,047
	Independent	Moneel Pratap	1,725
	Independent	Avi Aulakh	1,305
	Independent	Prabh Singh	718
	Independent	Errol Maffey	656
	Independent	Ashwin Mani	414
Informal			9
Blank			99
Turnout
Registered

Te Waihora Ellesmere ward

Te Waihora Ellesmere ward ^[5]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Elizabeth Mundt	1,941
	Independent	Murray Lemon	1,593
Informal			6
Blank			73
Turnout			3,613
Registered

Kā Puna Springs ward

Kā Puna Springs ward ^[5]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Aaron McGlinchy	6,490
	Independent	Denise Carrick	4,848
	Independent	Sarah Barnsley	3,481
	Independent	Zoran Rakovic	3,403
	Independent	Karim Sabet	3,291
	Independent	Tim Pow	2,876
	Independent	Till Peters	1,534
Informal			1
Blank			388
Turnout
Registered

Ashburton District Council

2025 Ashburton District Council election

← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →
Turnout	10,662 (46.20%)
Mayoral election
Candidate Liz McMillan Russell Ellis Affiliation Independent Independent Popular vote 5,979 1,989 Percentage 56.10 18.66   Candidate Rob Mackle Jeff Ryan Affiliation Independent Independent Popular vote 1,627 924 Percentage 15.27 8.67
Mayor before election Neil Brown Independent Elected mayor Liz McMillan Independent
Council election
9 seats on the Ashburton District Council 5 seats needed for a majority
Party Seats +/– Independent 9 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

2025 Ashburton mayoral election

2025 Ashburton mayoral election ^[6]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Liz McMillan	5,979	56.10
	Independent	Russell Ellis	1,989	18.66
	Independent	Rob Mackle	1,627	15.27
	Independent	Jeff Ryan	924	8.67
Informal			19	0.18
Blank			120	1.13
Total			10,658	46.18
Registered			23,077
	Independent gain from Independent

Western ward

Western ward ^[6]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent (withdrawn)	Liz McMillan	1,708
	Independent	Jeanette Maxwell	1,193
	Independent	Deb Gilkison	954
Informal			0
Blank			16
Total
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Eastern ward

Eastern ward ^[6]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Phillip Everest	unopposed
	Independent	Richard Wilson	unopposed
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold

Ashburton ward

Ashburton ward ^[6]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Carolyn Cameron	5,075
	Independent	Phil Hooper	5,071
	Independent	Tony Todd	4,530
	Independent	Russell Ellis	4,154
	Independent	Julie Moffett	2,645
	Independent	Steph Poole	1,960
	Independent	Jeff Ryan	1,639
	Independent	Dolf van Amersfoort	960
	Independent	Leonard Cojocaru	698
Informal			40
Blank			34
Total
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent

Timaru District Council

2025 Timaru District Council election

← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →

Mayoral election

Mayor before election Nigel Bowen Independent Elected mayor Nigel Bowen Independent

Council election

9 seats on the Timaru District Council 5 seats needed for a majority

Party Seats +/– to be determined 9 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

2025 Timaru mayoral election

2025 Timaru mayoral election ^[7]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	None	Nigel William Bowen	8,424
	None	Stuart Bruce Piddington	4,606
	None	Peter George Bennett	2,822
Informal			0
Blank			40
Total			15,892
Registered
	Independent incumbent

Geraldine ward

Geraldine ward ^[7]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	None	Philip Harper	1,260
	None	Gavin Peter Oliver	1,088
Informal			0
Blank			40
Total			2,388
Registered
	Independent incumbent

Pleasant Point-Temuka ward

Pleasant Point-Temuka ward ^[7]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	None	Michelle Pye	2,223
	None	Scott Shannon	1,916
	None	Charles Scarsbrook	1,028
Informal			2
Blank			99
Total			5,268
Registered
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent

Timaru ward

Pleasant Point-Temuka ward ^[7]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	None	'Stacey Scott	6,541
	None	Stu Piddington	5,780
	None	Owen (OJ) Jackson	5,665
	None	Graeme Wilson	4,881
	None	Peter John Burt	4,872
	None	Chris Thomas	3,953
	None	Peter George Bennett	3,827
	None	Stu (aka Photo) Jackson	3,730
	None	Sange Malama	2,888
	None	Hadleigh Oudemans	2,577
	None	John Bolt	2,564
	None	Anah Aikman	2,296
	None	Jason McDouall	1,963
	None	Ian Hanley	1,692
	None	Ethan Richardson	1,620
Informal			32
Blank			25
Total
Registered
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent

Mackenzie District Council

2025 Mackenzie District Council election

← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →

Mayoral election

Mayor before election Anne Munro Independent Elected mayor Scott Aronsen Independent

Council election

7 seats on the Mackenzie District Council 4 seats needed for a majority

Party Seats +/– to be determined 7 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

2025 Mackenzie mayoral election

2025 Mackenzie mayoral election ^[8]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
		to be determined
Informal
Blank
Total
Registered
	Independent incumbent

Pukaki ward

Pukaki ward ^[8]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
		to be determined
		to be determined
		to be determined
Informal
Blank
Total
Registered
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent

Opuha ward

Opuha ward ^[8]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
		to be determined
		to be determined
		to be determined
Informal
Blank
Total
Registered
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent

Tekapo ward

Tekapo ward ^[8]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
		to be determined
Informal
Blank
Total
Registered
	Independent incumbent

Waimate District Council

2025 Waimate District Council election

← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →

Mayoral election

Mayor before election Craig Rowley Independent Elected mayor Craig Rowley Independent

Council election

8 seats on the Waimate District Council 5 seats needed for a majority

Party Seats +/– Independent 1 to be determined 7 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

2025 Waimate mayoral election

2025 Waimate mayoral election ^[9]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
		to be determined
Informal
Blank
Total
Registered
	Independent incumbent

Hakataramea-Waihaorunga ward

Hakataramea-Waihaorunga ward ^[9]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
		to be determined
Informal
Blank
Total
Registered
	Independent incumbent

Pareora-Otaio-Makikihi ward

Pareora-Otaio-Makikihi ward ^[9]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
		to be determined
		to be determined
Informal
Blank
Total
Registered
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent

Pareora-Otaio-Makikihi ward

Pareora-Otaio-Makikihi ward ^[9]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Lisa Small	unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold

Waimate ward

Waimate ward ^[9]

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
		to be determined
		to be determined
		to be determined
		to be determined
Informal
Blank
Total
Registered
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent
	Independent incumbent

See also

• Results of the 2025 New Zealand regional council elections#Environment Canterbury

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