2025 local election results

Update 5 pm, Thursday 16 October:

Final results, which include all ordinary votes and special votes.

The Declaration of Results can be found here.


Mayor of Porirua City

Candidate Status Votes

BAKER, Anita

Elected

8,935

FILO, Kathleen

‎Excluded

8,033

WILSON-POKOATI, Ura

Excluded

1,565


Councillors of Porirua City

Parirua Māori Ward

Candidate Status Votes

WIHAPI Kylie

Elected

936

TE HUIA, Jess‎

Excluded

925

ALBERT, Raniera (Daniel)

Excluded‎

319

‎ RIMENE, Rawinia

Excluded

208


Onepoto General Ward

Candidate Status Votes

FILO, Kathleen

Elected

1,684

‎HAYWARD, Geoff

Elected

1,337

DUNCAN, Mike

Elected

1,220.845899231

FORD, Izzy

Elected

1,281.954906304

‎FERMANIS, Hemi

Elected

1,145.787156134

GALO, Moze

Excluded

981.441862743

PAINTING, Zac

Excluded

589.409789165

WILSON-POKOATI, Ura

Excluded

479.438443811

FINAU, Jaistone

Excluded

421.342965362

ELLIS, Chris

Excluded

393.486909318

ZHANG, Yan

Excluded

340.984245027

‎SAMUEL, Siobhan

Excluded

218.700105841

ALBERT, Miriam

Excluded

108.805166264

DOMINGOS, Angel

Excluded

70.394148815

HILLING, Sharon

Excluded

54.320179415


Pāuatahanui General Ward

Candidate Status Votes

TRLIN, Josh

Elected

1,774

‎WADDLE, Nathan

Elected

1,667.609159736

LAWLER, Moira

Elected

1,576.414846934

LEGGETT, Ross

Elected

1,575.771493092

HOULIHAN, Phill

Excluded

1,170.386632410

‎CHING, Brent

Excluded

872.230101413

TIWARI, Aditi

Excluded

639

NATION, Paul

Excluded

605

Poll Results

Māori Ward Poll

I vote to KEEP the Māori Ward 11,775
I vote to REMOVE the Māori Ward 5,240
Blank Votes 605
Informal Votes 3

Amalgamation Poll – Non-binding

Should Porirua City Council work with councils in Wellington, the Hutt Valley, and the Wellington Regional Council to explore the possibility of creating one single council, that combines relevant services and functions regionally, while keeping appropriate local services and decision making local?

Yes 9,581
No 7,399
Blank Votes 639
Informal Votes 4


Terminology

Progress results
Include approximately 90% of all votes cast (not including any special votes or votes received on the last day). These were uploaded on Saturday 11 October at 3pm 2025.

Preliminary results
Include all votes cast (not including any special votes). These were delivered on Monday 13 October 2025.

Final results
Include all votes cast. These are expected on Thursday 16 October 2025.

Elected
The candidate has been declared elected.

Excluded
The candidate has been excluded. Candidates with the fewest number of votes are excluded first with the votes transferred to the voter’s next preferred candidate.

Iteration
The number of times the votes are counted until all positions have been filled.


Last updated: 16 October 2025

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