Election progress results for Whanganui District Council

Published on 11 October 2025

Elections media release image - 2025 progress results

Progress results for the 2025 Whanganui District Council elections have now been published here(PDF, 137KB)

This result is based upon the counting of approximately 85% of the returned votes. The progress result does not include some special votes and votes returned today – that are still in transit to the processing centre. The outcome of these elections may change once all votes have been counted.

At this stage, the following candidates are set to be elected.

Mayor

Andrew Tripe

General Ward councillors

Michael Law
Kate Joblin
Josh Chandulal-Mackay
Rob Vinsen
Charlotte Melser
Glenda Brown
Philippa Baker-Hogan
Mike Hos
Peter Oskam
Ross Fallen

Māori Ward councillors

Julie Herewini
Geoff Hipango

Whanganui Community Subdivision

David Wells
Daryn Henare Te Uamairangi

Kai Iwi Subdivision (elected unopposed)

Jack Bullock
Brian Doughty
Quentin Handley

Kaitoke Community Subdivision (elected unopposed)

Charlie Anderson
Bill Ashworth

At this stage, the results indicate Whanganui has voted to retain the Māori Ward. In the Māori Ward poll, the progress results are as follows:

I vote to keep the Māori Ward – 6,663 votes
I vote to remove the Māori Ward – 6,213 votes

The final declared results, including all special votes, are expected to be available on Thursday, 16 October 2025. They will be published in a public notice in the Whanganui Chronicle as well as on the Whanganui District Council website.