2025 local election results

Update 10.50am Monday 13 October: Preliminary results, which include all ordinary votes but do not include special votes.

Final results are expected to be available Thursday 16 October.


Page updated: 10.50am Monday 13 October 2025.


Mayor of Porirua City

Candidate Status Votes

BAKER, Anita

Elected

8,708

FILO, Kathleen

‎Excluded

7,744

WILSON-POKOATI, Ura

Excluded

1,493


Councillors of Porirua City

Parirua Māori Ward

Candidate Status Votes

WIHAPI Kylie

Elected

895

TE HUIA, Jess‎

Excluded

868

ALBERT, Raniera (Daniel)

Excluded‎

304

‎ RIMENE, Rawinia

Excluded

198


Onepoto General Ward

Candidate Status Votes

FILO, Kathleen

Elected

1,625

‎HAYWARD, Geoff

Elected

1,301

‎DUNCAN, Mike

Elected

1,226.590886177

‎FORD, Izzy

Elected

1,178.517229305

‎FERMANIS, Hemi

Elected

1,109.185151397

GALO, Moze

Excluded

943.953409596

PAINTING, Zac

Excluded

573.972883872

WILSON-POKOATI, Ura

Excluded

456.668070117

ELLIS, Chris

Excluded

402.858998851

FINAU, Jaistone

Excluded

366.164667182

ZHANG, Yan

Excluded

336.902229192

‎SAMUEL, Siobhan

Excluded

212.133938372

ALBERT, Miriam

Excluded

106.116759482

DOMINGOS, Angel

Excluded

67.669638879

HILLING, Sharon

Excluded

49.937959777


Pāuatahanui General Ward

Candidate Status Votes

TRLIN, Josh

Elected

1,723

‎WADDLE, Nathan

Elected

1,636.361997985

LEGGETT, Ross

Elected

1,549.91040168

LAWLER, Moira

Elected

1,536.44387235

HOULIHAN, Phill

Excluded

1,139.81050464

‎CHING, Brent

Excluded

860.10040622

TIWARI, Aditi

Excluded

617

NATION, Paul

Excluded

588

Poll Results

Māori Ward Poll

I vote to KEEP the Māori Ward 11,372
I vote to REMOVE the Māori Ward 5,127
Blank Votes 576
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 9,324
No 7,145
Blank Votes 606
Informal Votes 3


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.


Calculator commentary

Calculator commentary for the Preliminary Results is available here.

Last updated: 13 October 2025

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