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2025 Wellington City mayoral election

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Mayor before election

Tory Whanau

Elected mayor

TBD

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

  1. "Local body elections 2025". Wellington City Council. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  2. 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.
  3. ^ Hunt, Tom (13 May 2024). "Mayoral candidate will vacate top chair if he gets a dud council". The Post. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  4. ^ Hunt, Tom (28 December 2024). "Who wants to be Wellington's next mayor?". The Post. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  5. James, Nick (23 January 2025). "Former Wellington mayor Justin Lester not ruling out running again". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
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