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.
10 territorial authorities are located primarily within the Waikato Region. 10 mayors and 110 district and city councillors were elected. Maps
Summary Affiliation of councillors by council { class="wikitable" style="width:100%" + ! rowspan="2" Council ! rowspan="2" Electoralsystem ! rowspan="2" Seats ! colspan="6" Councillors ! rowspan="2" Details ! rowspan="2" - ! colspan="3" 2022 ! colspan="3" Elected - rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Hauraki style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" FPP rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 13 style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Independent style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 13 style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Independent style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 13 rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Details rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" - rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Thames-Coromandel style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" FPP rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 10 style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Independent style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 9 style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Independent style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 10 rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Details rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" - rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Waikato style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" FPP rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 13 style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Independent style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 13 style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Independent style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 13 rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Details rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" - rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Matamata-Piako style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" FPP rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 12 style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Independent style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 12 style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Independent style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 12 rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Details rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" - rowspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Hamilton rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" STV rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 14
Independent style="text-align:center" 12
Independent style="text-align:center" 10 rowspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Details rowspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" - style="background:" Team Integrity style="text-align:center" 1 style="background:" Better Hamilton style="text-align:center" 4 - style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Independent Green style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 1 colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" - rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Waipā rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" FPP rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 11
Independent style="text-align:center" 11
Independent style="text-align:center" 10 rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Details rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" - colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Better Waipa style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 1 - rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Ōtorohanga style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" FPP rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 9 style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Independent style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 7 style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Independent style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 9 rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Details rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" - rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" South Waikato style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" FPP rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 10 style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Independent style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 10 style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Independent style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 10 rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Details rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" - rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Waitomo style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" FPP rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 6 style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Independent style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 6 style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Independent style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 6 rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Details rowspan="1" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" - rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Taupō rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" FPP rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 12
Independent style="text-align:center" 12
Independent style="text-align:center" 11 rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Details rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" - colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Let's Go Taupō style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 1 - class="sortbottom" ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" 10 of 10 councils ! 109 ! colspan="8" }
Thames-Coromandel District Council
2025 Thames-Coromandel mayoral election
Coromandel-Colville general ward
Mercury Bay general ward
South East general ward
Thames general ward
Te Tara o Te Ika Māori ward
Hauraki District Council
2025 Hauraki mayoral election
Paeroa general ward
Plains general ward
Waihī general ward
Te Pakikau o te Ika Māori ward
Waikato District Council
2025 Waikato mayoral election +2025 Waikato mayoral electionAffiliationCandidateVote% IndependentAksel Bech 12,392~63.39 IndependentJacqui Church7,158~36.61 Informal Blank Turnout>19,550 Registered Independent gain from Independent incumbent
Awaroa-Maramarua general ward +Awaroa-Maramarua general wardAffiliationCandidateVote% IndependentPeter Thomson 930~73.81 IndependentAmanda Rutherford 330~26.19 Informal Blank Turnout>1,260 Registered Independent hold incumbent
Huntly general ward +Huntly general wardAffiliationCandidateVote% IndependentDavid Whyte854~59.43 IndependentMichael Cresswell 337~23.45 IndependentFrank McInally 246~17.12 Informal Blank Turnout>1,437 Registered Independent hold incumbent
Newcastle-Ngāruawāhia general ward +Newcastle-Ngāruawāhia general wardAffiliationCandidateVote IndependentGrant Coombes 1,977 IndependentEugene Patterson1,974 IndependentDiane Firth 988 IndependentGanga Sudhan 604 Informal Blank Turnout Registered Independent gain from Independent Independent hold incumbent
Tamahere-Woodlands general ward +Tamahere-Woodlands general wardAffiliationCandidateVote IndependentMike Keir 2,140 IndependentCrystal Beavis 1,626 IndependentPeter Mayall 1,504 IndependentMark Manson754 IndependentAnne Cao-Oulton 733 Informal Blank Turnout Registered Independent hold Independent hold incumbent
Tuakau-Pōkeno general ward +Tuakau-Pōkeno general wardAffiliationCandidateVote IndependentVern Reeve 1,338 IndependentFabio Rodrigues1,274 IndependentStephanie Henderson 1,073 IndependentKandi Ngataki 716 IndependentBronwyn Heath653 Informal Blank Turnout Registered Independent hold Independent gain from Independent incumbent
Waerenga-Whitikahu general ward +Waerenga-Whitikahu general wardAffiliationCandidateVote% IndependentMarlene Raumati 982~58.84 IndependentDenise Dickinson 687~41.16 Informal Blank Turnout>1,669 Registered Independent hold incumbent
Western Districts general ward +Western Districts general wardAffiliationCandidateVote IndependentCarolyne EyreUnopposed Registered Independent hold incumbent
Whāingaroa general ward +Whāingaroa general wardAffiliationCandidateVote% IndependentLisa Thomson 1,022~62.81 IndependentNicola Laboyrie 605~37.19 Informal Blank Turnout>1,627 Registered Independent hold incumbent
Tai Raro Takiwaa Maaori ward +Tai Raro Takiwaa Maaori wardAffiliationCandidateVote% IndependentEndine Dixon-Harris 512~31.47 IndependentDonna Pokere-Phillips 470~28.89 IndependentRosalie Ellis361~22.19 Informal Blank Turnout>1,627 Registered Independent gain from Independent
Tai Runga Takiwaa ward +Tai Runga Takiwaa wardAffiliationCandidateVote IndependentTilly TurnerUnopposed Registered Independent hold incumbent
Matamata-Piako District Council
2025 Matamata-Piako mayoral election { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +2025 Matamata-Piako mayoral election ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em" %
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Ash Tanner 5,950 51.43
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Adrienne Wilcock 4,849 41.91
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Roman Jackson 606 5.24 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Informal 8 0.07 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Blank 157 1.36 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Turnout 11,570 45.54 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right;font-weight:normal" Registered 25,408 style="background:#eaecf0"
colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" Independent gain from Independent |- | colspan="5" style="background:#eaecf0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px" | incumbent
Morrinsville general ward { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +Morrisville general ward ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Votes ! style="width:3.5em"
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" James Thomas 2,730
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Grace Bonnar 2,410
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Bruce Dewhurst 2,259
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Dayne Horne 1,950
style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Sharon Dean 1,854
style="text-align:left" Independent