2025 Wellington City mayoral election
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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
[edit ]The timeline of electoral events are:[1]
- 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
[edit ]Declared
[edit ]- Graham Bloxham, founder of Wellington LIVE media[2]
- Ray Chung, councillor for the Onslow-Western ward since 2022[3]
- Kelvin Hastie, conservationist[4]
- Tory Whanau, mayor since 2022[3]
Speculated
[edit ]- John Apanowicz, councillor for the Northern ward since 2022[4]
- Justin Lester, former mayor (2016-19)[5]
- Luke Pierson, tech entrepreneur[4]
- Karl Tiefenbacher, businessman[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Hunt, Tom (13 May 2024). "Mayoral candidate will vacate top chair if he gets a dud council". The Post . Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d 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.