Local body elections 2025: Whangārei and Kaipara final election results confirm new mayors

Far North mayor Moko Tepania has officially being re-elected.

Final election results have been released for all four of Northland’s councils.

Whangārei and Kaipara district councils announced their new mayors last night as well as those who will surround the council table.

The Northland Regional Council and Far North District Council published their final results today.

The final results:

Whangārei District Council

Mayor: Ken Couper

Whangārei mayor Ken Couper.

Bream Bay General Ward: Matthew Yovich, David Baldwin

Hikurangi-Coastal General Ward: Scott McKenzie, Stephen Martin

Mangakahia-Maungatapere General Ward: Simon Reid

Whangārei District Māori Ward: Deb Harding, Phoenix Ruka

Whangārei Heads General Ward: Tangiwai Baker

Whangārei Urban General Ward: Marie Olsen, Brad Flower, Nicholas Connop, Paul Yovich and Chrichton Christie

Whangārei voters have chosen to disestablish the district’s Māori Ward by 16,219 votes to 13,206.

Kaipara District Council

Mayor: Jonathan Larsen

Kaipara mayor Jonathan Larsen.

Kaiwaka-Mangawhai Ward: Rachael Williams, Craig Jepson and Luke Canton

Ōtamatea Ward: Mike Schimanski and Denise Rogers

Wairoa Ward: Snow Tane, Joesephine Nathan and Gordon Lambeth

Far North District Council

Mayor: Moko Tepania

Bay of Islands-Whangaroa General Ward: Ann Court, Davina Smolders and Kelly Stratford

Kaikohe-Hokianga General Ward: John Vujcich

Ngā Tai o Tokerau Māori Ward: Hilda Halkyard-Harawira, Tāmati Rākena, Chicky Rudkin and Arohanui Takangaroa Allen.

Te Hiku General Ward: Felicity Foy and Rachel Bauke

Community boards -

Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board: Jo Alexander and Dane Hawker (Kerikeri Subdivision); Tyler Bamber (Waipapa Subdivision), and Korey Atama (Whangaroa Subdivision).

Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board: Edward Court, Scarlet Mokaraka and Kelly van Gaalen (Kaikohe Subdivision); Doug Te Wake (North Hokianga Subdivision); Jessie McVeagh and Denis Orme (South Hokianga Subdivision).

Te Hiku Community Board: Eddie Bellas (Doubtless Bay Subdivision); Mike Te Wake, Trevor Beatson and Adele Gardner (Kaitāia Subdivision), and Krystal Rose Taaffe (North Cape Subdivision).

Far North voters kept Māori wards with 13,346 versus 10,619.

Northland Regional Council

Bay of Islands-Whangaroa General Constituency: Colin ‘Toss’ Kitchen

Coastal Central General Constituency: Amy Macdonald

Coastal South General Constituency: John Hunt

Far North General Constituency: Joe Carr

Kaipara General Constituency: John Blackwell

Te Raki Māori Constituency: Pita Tipene and Arama Morunga

Whangārei Central General Constituency: Jack Craw

Removing Māori constituencies for Northland Regional Council, effective for the 2028 and 2031 triennial elections, passed.

Results showed 30,878 voted to keep the regional council’s Māori constituency versus 31,539 in favour of its removal.