2025 Christchurch mayoral election
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The 2025 Christchurch mayoral election is an upcoming local election to be held from 9 September to 11 October in Christchurch, New Zealand, as part of that year's city council election and nation-wide local elections. Voters will elect the mayor of Christchurch for the 2025–2028 term. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system will be used. The incumbent mayor Phil Mauger is running for a second term. Councillor Sara Templeton is running against him.
Key dates
The timeline of electoral events are:[1]
- Friday, 4 July – Candidate nominations open, roll opens for public inspection
- Friday, 1 August – Nominations close at midday, electoral roll closes
- Friday, 8 August – Candidates announced
- Tuesday, 9 September – Ballots posted out, voting opens
- Saturday, 11 October – Voting closes at midday
- Sunday, 19 October – Final results declared
Background
Campaign
In October 2024, Sara Templeton was the first candidate who announced their candidacy. A city councillor since the 2016 local elections, she would not stand again in the Heathcote ward to focus on the mayoral campaign.[2]
The second person to announce their candidacy was Phil Mauger, the incumbent mayor, in January 2025. He has been a city councillor since the 2019 local elections and mayor since the 2022 elections.[3] Mauger had campaigned on a 4 percent rates cap in 2022, but presided over a 9.9 percent rise in the 2024–25 financial year. To lower rates rises, he proposes asset sales.[4]
List of candidates
References
- ^ "2025 elections". Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
- ^ Law, Tina (12 October 2024). "Sara Templeton announces bid for Christchurch mayoralty". The Press. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ Law, Tina (21 January 2025). "Mayor Phil Mauger wants another crack at making rates 'affordable'". The Press. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ Smits, Dylan (27 March 2025). "The mayor, the challenges and the road to re-election". The Star. Retrieved 7 April 2025.