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 in the Southland region. 3 mayors and 35 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" Southland rowspan="1" 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="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Gore 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" 9
Independent style="text-align:center" 11 rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Details rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" - style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Team Hokonui style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 2 colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" - rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Invercargill 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" 8
Independent style="text-align:center" 12 rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" Details rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" - style="background:;border-bottom:2px solid grey" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" LETS GO Invercargill style="text-align:center;border-bottom:2px solid grey" 4 colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid grey" - class="sortbottom" ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" 3 of 3 councils ! 35 ! colspan="8" }
Southland District Council
2025 Southland mayoral election
Mararoa Waimea ward
Waiau Aparima ward
Ōreti ward
Waihōpai Toetoe ward
Stewart Island/Rakiura ward
Gore District Council
2025 Gore mayoral election
At-large
Rural ward
Mataura ward
Gore ward
Invercargill City Council
2025 Invercargill mayoral election
At-large
See also 2025 Environment Southland election
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