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.

3 territorial authorities are located within the Northland Region, being the Far North District Council, Whangārei District Council, and Kaipara District Council. 3 mayors and 31 district councillors were elected. Maps

Summary Councillors and council control Party Mayors Councillors Councilcontrol 2022 Elected Candidates 2022 Elected CandidatesNo majority30 Independent33023028 −227ACT Local00(new)002 +2400Your Voice Our Community00(new)101 +1200

Affiliation of councillors by council +CouncilElectoralsystemSeatsCouncillors Details 2022 ElectedFar North STV 10 Independent10 Independent8 Details Your Voice Our Community1ACT Local 1Whangārei STV 13 Independent12 Independent12 DetailsTe Pāti Māori 1ACT Local 1Kaipara FPP 8 Independent 8 Independent 8 Details 3 of 3 councils 31

Far North District Council

The 2025 Far North District Council election was contested across one Māori and three general wards; the mayor of the Far North was also elected. The general wards elected one to three members each whilst the Māori ward elected four members. No by-elections had occurred since the previous triennial elections.

Mate Radich was the only incumbent not to run for re-election. In total, seven of ten incumbents who ran again were re-elected. In terms of partisanship, most councillors were independents; ACT Local and the local ticket Your Voice Our Community both won one seat each.

Incumbent mayor Moko Tepania successfully ran for re-election, defeating Ann Court.

Final results were declared on 18 October so under the Local Electoral Act 2001 the winning candidates took office at 00:00 19 October NZDT.

Composition summary

2025 Far North mayoral election

Bay of Islands-Whangaroa general ward

Kaikohe-Hokianga general ward

Te Hiku general ward

Ngā Tai o Tokerau Māori ward

Referendum on Māori wards +Referendum on Māori wards Choice Votes % I vote to KEEP Māori constituencies 13,346 54.35 I vote to REMOVE Māori constituencies 10,619 43.24 Informal 17 0.07 Blank 574 2.34 Turnout 24,556 (50.68) Registered 48,451 Result: Māori wards retained

Whangārei District Council

The 2025 Whangārei District Council election was contested across one Māori and five general wards; the mayor of Whangārei was also elected. The general wards elected one to five members each whilst the Māori ward elected two members. No by-elections had occurred since the previous triennial elections.

Four councillors did not run for re-election. In total, seven of ten incumbents who ran again were re-elected. In terms of partisanship, most councillors were independents; ACT Local won one seat.

Incumbent mayor Vince Cocurullo ran for re-election; he was defeated by Ken Couper.

Final results were declared on 17 October so under the Local Electoral Act 2001 the winning candidates took office at 00:00 18 October NZDT.

Composition summary

2025 Whangārei mayoral election

Bream Bay general ward

Hikurangi-Coastal general ward

Mangakahia-Maungatapere general ward

Whangārei Heads general ward

Whangārei Urban general ward

Whangārei District Māori ward

Referendum on Māori wards +Referendum on Māori wards Choice Votes % I vote to REMOVE Māori constituencies 16,219 53.19 I vote to KEEP Māori constituencies 13,206 43.31 Informal 16 0.05 Blank 1,049 3.44 Turnout 30,490 (45.50) Registered 67,004 Result: Māori wards to be abolished at next election.

Kaipara District Council

The 2025 Kaipara District Council election was contested across three wards; the mayor of Kaipara was also elected. The wards elected two or three members each. No by-elections had occurred since the previous triennial elections.

Four councillors did not run for re-election. In total, one of four incumbents who ran again were re-elected. In terms of partisanship, all councillors were independents.

Incumbent mayor Craig Jepson did not run for re-election. Incumbent deputy mayor Jonathan Larsen defeated Snow Tane and Jason Smith for the position; there was less than a hundred vote difference between all three.

Final results were declared on 17 October so under the Local Electoral Act 2001 the winning candidates took office at 00:00 18 October NZDT.

Composition summary

2025 Kaipara mayoral election

Kaiwaka-Mangawhai ward

Otamatea ward

Wairoa ward

See also 2025 Northland Regional Council election

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