2025 Invercargill City Council election
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The 2025 Invercargill City Council election is an upcoming local election to be held from 9 September to 11 October in Invercargill, New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters will elect the mayor of Invercargill, 12 city councillors, and other local representatives for the 2025–2028 term of the Invercargill City Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system will be used.
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.[1][2]
Background
Campaign
List of candidates
Incumbents not seeking re-election
- Nobby Clark, mayor since 2022[3][4]
- Peter Kett, councillor[5]
- Lesley Soper, councillor since 2016[5]
Mayor
| Candidate | Affiliation[a] | Notes | |
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| Ria Bond | Councillor since 2022[7][4] | ||
| Tom Campbell | Deputy mayor since 2022[3][8][9] | ||
| Alex Crackett | Councillor since 2016[10][8][3] | ||
| Lynley McKerrow | Former town crier[11] | ||
| Tom Morton | Independent | Previously ran for mayor in 2022.[12] Also running for council.[7][9] | |
| Ian Pottinger | Councillor since 2010[3][8] | ||
Council
Twelve councillors will be elected at-large to the city council.[13]
| Candidate | Affiliation[a] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ria Bond | Incumbent councillor since 2022[7] | ||
| Trish Boyle | Incumbent councillor since 2022[5] | ||
| Steve Broad | Incumbent councillor since 2023[5] | ||
| Grant Dermody | Incumbent councillor since 2022[5] | ||
| Andrea de Vries | [9] | ||
| Darren Ludlow | Incumbent councillor[5] | ||
| Tom Morton | Independent | Also running for mayor.[9] | |
| Barry Stewart | Incumbent councillor[5] | ||
Other local elections
Voters in the city will also elect members of Environment Southland (six members representing the city).[2] Voters will also elect members of the Bluff Community Board and the Invercargill Licensing Trust.[13]
Notes
- ^ a b 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. Invercargill City Council does not allow whānau, hapū, or iwi details to be used for the affiliation.[6]
References
- ^ "2025 Elections". www.icc.govt.nz. Invercargill City Council. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Elections". www.es.govt.nz. Environment Southland. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d Fallow, Michael (10 March 2025). "Ian Pottinger to run for Invercargill mayoralty". The Southland Times. The Press. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ a b Rosenberg, Matthew (17 June 2025). "Nobby rules out return; another councillor joins race". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g Rosenberg, Matthew (8 July 2025). "Invercargill losing long-serving councillors". Otago Daily Times.
- ^ "Pukapuka Aratohu Kaitonopōti | Candidate Handbook" (PDF). www.icc.govt.nz. Invercargill City Council. p. 14. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ a b c "'My word is my Bond': Invercargill councillor Ria Bond seeks mayoralty". The Press. 10 June 2025.
- ^ a b c Girao, Luisa (11 March 2025). "Councillor tees off his mayoralty bid". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d "2025 Triennial Elections | Invercargill City Council". www.electionz.com. electionz.com. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ "Crackett announces bid for Invercargill mayoralty". southlandapp.nz. The Southland App Advocate Communications. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "Town crier eyes city's mayoral chains". Otago Daily Times. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ Savory, Logan (1 August 2022). "Sixty-year-old 'TikToker' Tom Morton after Invercargill mayor's job". Stuff. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Stand for Council". www.icc.govt.nz. Invercargill City Council. Retrieved 4 July 2025.