2025 Hamilton mayoral election

2025 Hamilton mayoral election
11 October 2025
Mayor before election

Paula Southgate

 Elected mayor

TBD

The 2025 Hamilton mayoral election is an upcoming local election to be held from 9 September to 11 October in Hamilton, New Zealand, as part of that year's city council election and nation-wide local elections. Voters will elect the mayor of Hamilton for the 2025–2028 term of the Hamilton City Council. Postal voting and the single transferable vote system will be used.

The incumbent mayor Paula Southgate is not running for a second term.

Candidate names were provisionally released by the City Council on 1 August identifying 12 candidates.[1]

Key dates

  • 4 July 2025: Nominations for candidates will open
  • 1 August 2025: Nominations for candidates will close at 12 pm
  • 9 September 2025: Voting documents will be posted and voting will open
  • 11 October 2025: Voting will close at 12 pm and progress/preliminary results will be published
  • 16–19 October 2025: Final results will be declared.[2][3]

Background

Campaign

List of candidates

Declared

Candidate[1][4] Photo Affiliation[a] Notes
Lily Carrington Animal Justice Party Previously ran for the mayoralty in 2022[6][7]
Rudi Du Plooy None Previously stood as a joint New Conservatives & NewZeal (formerly known as ONE Party) candidate in the 2022 Election for the Hamilton West electorate. Also running to be a councillor for the East general ward.
Jack Gielen The Peoples Voice Perennial candidate, having stood in every election for the Hamilton mayoralty since 2010.[6] Also running to be a councillor for the East general ward.
Maria Huata None Incumbent councillor for the Kirikiriroa Maaori ward.[8][9] Also running for re-election as a councillor.
Rachel Karalus Independent Former head of the K'aute Pasifika charitable trust.[10][9] Also running to be a councillor for the East general ward.
Tim Macindoe Independent Incumbent councillor for the East ward, and former MP for Hamilton West.[11][12][9] Also running for re-election as a councillor.
John McDonald None Also running to be a councillor for the East general ward.[6]
Roger Stratford None Previously stood in the 2024 Hamilton East ward by-election[6]
Dave Taylor None Also running to be a councillor for the West general ward.[6]
Guy Wayne Temoni-Syme None [6]
Sarah Thomson Independent Incumbent councillor for the West ward.[11][12][9] Also running for re-election as a councillor.
Roma Tupaea-Warren New Zealand Constitution Party Founder of the New Zealand Constitution Party[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "51 candidates stand for Hamilton City Council election". hamilton.govt.nz. Hamilton City Council. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Hamilton City Council local election 2025". hamilton.govt.nz. Hamilton City Council. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Local authority elections are being held in October 2025". www.waikatoregion.govt.nz. Waikato Regional Council. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  4. ^ "NOTICE OF DAY OF ELECTION AND POLL FOR THE HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL" (PDF). storage.googleapis.com. Hamilton City Council. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Candidate Information Handbook" (PDF). storage.googleapis.com. Hamilton City Council. p. 7. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Waiwiri-Smith, Lyric (6 August 2025). "Who wants to be the next mayor of Hamilton?". The Spinoff. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Our Candidates". animaljustice.org.nz. Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  8. ^ Ward, Stephen (17 July 2025). "Maria Huata throws pōtae into mayoral race ring". The Waikato Times. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  9. ^ a b c d Ward, Stephen (28 July 2025). "Talk of cuts amid political thrust as face-to-face city mayoral campaign begins". The Waikato Times. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  10. ^ Ward, Stephen (15 July 2025). "Rachel Karalus launches bid for Hamilton mayoralty". The Waikato Times. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  11. ^ a b Ward, Stephen (19 April 2025). "Heavyweight left and right city mayoral contenders step up". The Waikato Times. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  12. ^ a b "Mayor and Councillors". hamilton.govt.nz. Hamilton City Council. Retrieved 21 April 2025.

Notes

  1. ^ A candidate may leave their affiliation blank, run as an independent, or run with an affiliation to an organisation, local body ticket or political party.[5]
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