2025 Wellington City mayoral election
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The 2025 Wellington City mayoral election , part of the Wellington local elections in October 2025, will be held to determine who will serve as mayor of Wellington for subsequent three-year term. The election will use the single transferable vote (STV) system.
Key dates
The timeline of electoral events are:
Friday 4 July – Candidate nominations open, roll opens for public inspection
Friday 1 August – Nominations close at midday, electoral roll closes
Tuesday 9 September – Ballots posted out, voting opens
Saturday 11 October – Voting closes at midday
Saturday 11 October – Preliminary results released
Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 October – Final results declared
Candidates
Declared
Graham Bloxham, founder of Wellington LIVE media
Ray Chung, councillor for the Onslow-Western ward since 2022
Kelvin Hastie, conservationist
Tory Whanau , mayor since 2022
Speculated
John Apanowicz, councillor for the Northern ward since 2022
Justin Lester , former mayor (2016-19)
Luke Pierson, tech entrepreneur
Karl Tiefenbacher, businessman
References
"Local body elections 2025" . Wellington City Council . 24 September 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
Manera, Ethan (29 January 2025). "Wellington Live owner Graham Bloxham announces mayoral bid, sale of Facebook page" . The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 30 January 2025.
^ Hunt, Tom (13 May 2024). "Mayoral candidate will vacate top chair if he gets a dud council" . The Post . Retrieved 24 December 2024.
^ Hunt, Tom (28 December 2024). "Who wants to be Wellington's next mayor?" . The Post . Retrieved 30 December 2024.
James, Nick (23 January 2025). "Former Wellington mayor Justin Lester not ruling out running again" . Radio New Zealand . Retrieved 24 January 2025.
Mayors of Wellington Mayors elected by councillors
elected at large
Mayoral elections Annual term
Biennial term
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† Elected unopposed
‡ By-election
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