Election progress results

This page provides the progress results of the 2025 Kāpiti Coast local elections. 

See the iteration report [PDF 199 KB] which details the data behind results. 

These results reflect votes verified through the official count. Final results will be confirmed and published once all special votes, and hand-delivered votes have been processed.

Kapiti Coast Māori Ward

Progress results provisionally indicate the Kapiti Coast Māori Ward will remain in place for the 2028 and 2031 local elections.

Election results

Election results will be released on this page in three stages:

  • Progress Results - released after 3pm, Saturday 11 October and are declared as provisionally elected or not elected. Progress results reflect about 90% of votes received before election day but no *special votes.
  • Preliminary Results - released on Sunday 12 October and are declared as provisionally elected or not elected. Preliminary results reflect about 95% of votes but no *special votes.
  • Final Results - the final confirmed results of all votes are expected to be released on Friday 17 October.

Results are not final until the final results are announced

*Special votes are referred to the Electoral Commission for validation. Their process can take several days.

Progress results

These results were released at 3.30 pm on Saturday, 11 October. Our progress results reflect about 90% of votes returned but do not include hand-delivered votes received on Friday and Saturday morning (election day), or *special votes.

Over the last 24 hours, we have received about 3,900 hand-delivered voting papers. This volume of last-minute votes means we won't know the preliminary results until tomorrow evening.

Mayor (1 vacancy)

Candidate Vote Count Provisionally Status
Janet Holborow 5955 Elected*
Rob McCann 5111 Excluded*
Liz Koh 2734 Excluded*
Dean Harris 1705 Excluded*
Martin Halliday 1366 Excluded*
Kim Hobson 882 Excluded*

*Provisionally Elected/Excluded

Councillors – Districtwide (2 vacancies)

Candidate Vote Count Provisionally Status
Liz Koh 3938 Elected*
Rob McCann 4233 Elected*
Lawrence Kirby 3467 Excluded*
Joanne Welch 1844 Excluded*
Gavin Welsh 1372 Excluded*
Jackie Elliott 1049 Excluded*
Jo Turner 614 Excluded*
Grant Bartlett 361 Excluded*
Marek Willis 281 Excluded*

*Provisionally Elected/Excluded

Councillors – Kāpiti Coast Māori Ward (1 vacancy)

Candidate Vote Count Provisionally Status
Deanna Rudd 282 Elected*
Himiona Grace 257 Excluded*
Rangi Halbert 71 Excluded*
Brian Ruawai-Hamilton 46 Excluded*
Jason Thurston 31 Excluded*
Jordon Wansbrough 19 Excluded*

*Provisionally Elected/Excluded

Councillors – Ōtaki General Ward (1 vacancy)

Candidate Vote Count Provisionally Status
Heniti Buick 961 Elected*
Rob Kofoed 674 Excluded*
Cam Butler 477 Excluded*
Shelly Warwick 381 Excluded*
Brent Frogley 220 Excluded*

*Provisionally Elected/Excluded

Councillors – Waikanae General Ward (2 vacancies)

Candidate Vote Count Provisionally Status
Steven Botica 1202 Elected*
Jocelyn Prvanov 1296 Elected*
Nigel Wilson 1076 Excluded*
Chris Maclean 709 Excluded*
Dean Harris 593 Excluded*
Michael Moore 536 Excluded*
Phil Byrne 390 Excluded*
Peter Bollmann 285 Excluded*
Martin Frauenstein 184 Excluded*

*Provisionally Elected/Excluded

Councillors – Paraparaumu General Ward (3 vacancies)

Candidate Vote Count Provisionally Status
Martin Halliday 1144 Elected*
Glen Cooper 1127 Elected*
Glen Olsen 1007 Elected*
Fiona Vining 910 Excluded*
Euon Murrell 646 Excluded*
Chris Harwood 567 Excluded*
Paul Baggott 406 Excluded*
Bernie Randall 290 Excluded*
Murray Lobb 246 Excluded*
Dave Freeman 193 Excluded*
Mark Souness 46 Excluded*

*Provisionally Elected/Excluded

Councillors – Paekākāriki-Raumati General Ward (1 vacancy)

Candidate Vote Count Provisionally Status
Bede Laracy 950 Elected*
Zelda Edwards 490 Excluded*
Richard Young 387 Excluded*

*Provisionally Elected/Excluded

Ōtaki Community Board (4 vacancies)

Candidate Vote Count Provisionally Status
Cam Butler 612 Elected*
Simon Black 526 Elected*
Rhyna Taratoa 558 Elected*
Jackie Elliott 425 Elected*
Angela Buswell 360 Excluded*
Chris Papps 262 Excluded*
Sherril Moody 49 Excluded*

*Provisionally Elected/Excluded

Waikanae Community Board (4 vacancies)

Candidate Vote Count Provisionally Status
Michael Moore 1120 Elected*
Richard Mansell 852 Elected*
Phil Byrne 834 Elected*
Tonchi Begovich 797 Elected*
Peter Bollmann 794 Excluded*
John McCormick 324 Excluded*

*Provisionally Elected/Excluded

Paraparaumu Community Board (4 vacancies)

Candidate Vote Count Provisionally Status
Glen Olsen 898 Elected*
Karl Webber 842 Elected*
David Ogden 889 Elected*
Kathy Spiers 768 Elected*
Bernie Randall 740 Excluded*
Guy Burns 502 Excluded*
Kat Hardisty 460 Excluded*
Clint Smith 394 Excluded*
Marco Zeeman 249 Excluded*
Michelle Scullion 149 Excluded*
Doug Beilman 98 Excluded*
Gideon Soares 42 Excluded*

*Provisionally Elected/Excluded

Raumati Community Board (4 vacancies)

Candidate Vote Count Provisionally Status
Fiona Vining 320 Elected*
Zelda Edwards 342 Elected*
Sue Harris 318 Elected*
Jonny Best 325 Elected*
Timothy Sutton 246 Excluded*
Tarn Sheerin 190 Excluded*
Ann-Maree Ellison 126 Excluded*
Afi'a Sulu Fiti 103 Excluded*

*Provisionally Elected/Excluded

Paekākāriki Community Board (4 vacancies)

Candidate Vote Count Provisionally Status
Tina Pope 169 Elected*
Himiona Grace 131 Elected*
Kelsey Lee 123 Elected*
Elyse Robêrt 114 Elected*
Melissa Bryant 31 Excluded*

*Provisionally Elected/Excluded

NOTE: Council uses the STV (single-transferable vote) electoral system. The number of vacancies and votes determines the quota a candidate must reach to be elected. The formula for deciding the quota is based on the total number of valid votes, divided by the number of vacancies plus one.

The Department of Internal Affairs website includes an explanation of how candidates are elected. It can be found here https://www.stv.govt.nz/how.shtml

Vote count

Ōtaki

2575 votes received
37.7% of eligible population

Paekākāriki

625 votes received
40.9% of eligible population

Paraparaumu

5375 votes received
32.3% of eligible population

Raumati

2000 votes received
33.5% of eligible population

Waikanae

5225 votes received
41.1% of eligible population

Kāpiti Total Numbers

15800 votes received
36.2% of eligible population

As of 10 October 2025.