2025 Auckland local board elections

The 2025 Auckland local board elections () were triennial elections held from 9 September until 11 October 2025 to elect the 151 members of Auckland Council's 21 local boards as part of that year's local elections in Auckland and nation-wide. Maps

Summary Affiliation of board members by local board + Local board Seats Board members Details 2022 ElectedAlbert-Eden 8 Communities and Residents4 City Vision5 DetailsCity Vision 4Communities and Residents 3Aotea / Great Barrier 5 Independent 5 Independent 5 DetailsDevonport-Takapuna 6 A Fresh Approach4 A Fresh Approach2 Details Communities and Residents 2 Communities and Residents 2Independent 2Franklin 9 Team Franklin8 Team Franklin8 DetailsIndependent 1Independent 1Henderson-Massey 8 Labour5 Labour6 Details Independent 3 WestWards 1Independent 1Hibiscus and Bays 8 Coast People3 Backing the Bays4 Details Backing the Bays 3 Coast Community 2 Independent Locals 1 Coast People 2Team Coast 1Howick 11 #weknow4 Independent3 Details Practical not Political 2 Communities and Residents 3 Communities and Residents 2 #weknowhowick 2 Independent 1 Healthy and Happy 2Practical Not Political 1Kaipātiki 8 Shore Action8 Shore Action7 DetailsIndependent 1Māngere-Ōtāhuhu 7 Labour7 Labour7 DetailsManurewa 8 Manurewa Action Team5 Manurewa Action Team7 Details#LoveManurewa 3#LoveManurewa 1Maungakiekie-Tāmaki 7 Labour4 Communities and Residents4 DetailsCommunities and Residents 3Labour 3Ōrākei 7 Communities and Residents7 Communities and Residents6 DetailsACT Local 1Ōtara-Papatoetoe 7 Labour5 vacant4 Details Independently Papatoetoe 1 Labour 3Independent 1Papakura 6 Papakura Action Team 6 Papakura Action Team 6 DetailsPuketāpapa 6 Communities and Residents4 Communities and Residents4 DetailsRoskill Community Voice 2City Vision 2Rodney 9 Rodney First5 Independent9 Details Independent 3Upper Harbour 6 Living Upper Harbour3 Living Upper Harbour4 Details Independent 3 Independent 2Waiheke 5 Independent 5 Independent 5 DetailsWaitākere Ranges 6 Future West4 Future West5 Details WestWards 2 WestWards 1Waitematā 7 Communities and Residents4 City Vision5 Details City Vision 3 Communities and Residents 2Whau 7 Labour5 Labour4 Details Independent 2 Independent 3 All 21 local boards 151

Albert-Eden

Summary Composition summary SubdivisionPreviousElected Maungawhau Communities and Residents Kendyl Smith Communities and Residents Kendyl Smith Communities and Residents Jack Tan Communities and Residents Jack Tan Communities and Residents José Fowler Communities and Residents José Fowler Communities and Residents Rex Smith City Vision Michelle Thorp Owairaka City Vision Margi Watson City Vision Margi Watson City Vision Christina Robertson City Vision Christina Robertson City Vision Julia Maskill City Vision Emma McInnes City Vision Liv Roe City Vision Jacqui Tay retired

Maungawhau subdivision +Maungawhau subdivisionAffiliationCandidateVote Kendyl Smith 5,73851.79Communities and Residents Jack Tan 4,85643.83Communities and Residents José Fowler 4,38739.59City Vision Michelle Thorp 4,37639.49Communities and Residents Rex Smith 4,18637.78 City Vision Mark Graham 4,18137.73 City Vision Jonty Carroll 3,41230.79 City Vision William Chalmers 3,13328.28 Independent Paul Sun 2,49222.49 Independent John McCallum 9918.94 Informal 280.25 Blank4253.84 Turnout11,080(28.97) Registered38,249Communities and Residents holdCommunities and Residents holdCommunities and Residents holdCity Vision gain Communities and Residents incumbent

Ōwairaka subdivision +Ōwairaka subdivisionAffiliationCandidateVoteCity Vision Margi Watson 6,54858.76City Vision Emma McInnes 5,97353.60City Vision Christina Robertson 5,85252.51City Vision Jacqui Tay 5,74451.54Communities and Residents Ross Bannan 4,13737.12Communities and Residents Redwan Islam 2,90726.09 Independent Matt Zwartz 2,15219.31 Independent John Leach 1,17110.51 Informal 250.22 Blank 3082.76 Turnout11,144(31.13) Registered35,803City Vision holdCity Vision holdCity Vision holdCity Vision hold incumbent

Chair election Margi Watson (City Vision) was elected as the new board chair unopposed.

Aotea / Great Barrier

Summary Composition summary PreviousElected Independent Izzy Fordham Independent Izzy Fordham Independent Chris Olliver Independent Chris Olliver Independent Neil Sanderson Independent Neil Sanderson Independent Patrick O'Shea Independent Ryan Daly Independent Laura Caine Independent Nikki Watts retired

Aotea / Great Barrier at-large +At-largeAffiliationCandidateVote Independent Izzy Fordham 40674.63 Independent Ryan Daly 36767.46 Independent Nikki Watts 36066.18 Independent Chris Olliver 29454.04 Independent Neil Sanderson 27149.82 Independent Gregory Heap 23042.28 Independent Ben Assado 20337.32 Independent Fenella Christian 19936.58 Informal 00.00 Blank 20.37 Turnout544(56.20) Registered968 Independent hold Independent gain from Independent Independent gain from Independent Independent hold Independent hold incumbent

Chair election Incumbent chair Izzy Fordham (Independent) was re-elected as the board chair unopposed. Devonport-Takapuna

Summary Composition summary PreviousElected Communities and Residents George Wood Communities and Residents George Wood Communities and Residents Gavin Busch Communities and Residents Gavin Busch A Fresh Approach Terence Harpur A Fresh Approach Terence Harpur A Fresh Approach Toni van Tonder A Fresh Approach Scott MacArthur A Fresh Approach Melissa Powell Independent Trish Deans A Fresh Approach Peter Allen Independent Garth Ellingham retired

Devonport-Takapuna at-large +At-largeAffiliationCandidateVote George Wood 5,662 36.64Communities and Residents Gavin Busch 5,413 35.03 Independent Trish Deans 5,272 34.11 Independent Garth Ellingham 5,151 33.33A Fresh Approach Terence Harpur 5,068 32.79A Fresh Approach Scott MacArthur 4,901 31.71Communities and Residents Michael Single 4,259 27.56Communities and Residents Neil Zent 4,108 26.58 ACT Local Helena Roza 3,786 24.50 Independent Pete Cronshaw 3,759 24.32 A Fresh Approach Karleen Reeve 3,336 21.59 A Fresh Approach Kimberley Graham 3,238 20.95 Independent Paul Cornish 3,230 20.90 A Fresh Approach Karin Horen 3,144 20.34Communities and Residents Kaumosi Opie 3,121 20.20 A Fresh Approach Lewis Rowe 3,102 20.07Communities and Residents Kamini Schoonbee 2,877 18.62 Independent Mary-Anne Benson-Cooper 2,655 17.18 Independent Kent Tregonning 1,855 12.00 Independent James Rohloff 1,815 11.74 Informal 82 0.53 Blank 425 2.75 Turnout15,454(34.87) Registered44,318Communities and Residents holdCommunities and Residents hold Independent gain from A Fresh Approach Independent gain from A Fresh ApproachA Fresh Approach holdA Fresh Approach hold incumbent Chair election Trish Dean (Independent) was elected as the new board chair unopposed.

Franklin

Summary Composition summary SubdivisionPreviousElected Pukekohe Team Franklin Alan Cole Team Franklin Alan Cole Team Franklin Andrew Kay Team Franklin Andrew Kay Team Franklin Amanda Kinzett Team Franklin Merritt Watson Team Franklin Logan Soole Team Franklin Lesieli Oliver Wairoa Team Franklin Amanda Hopkins Team Franklin Amanda Hopkins Team Franklin Malcolm Bell Team Franklin Malcolm Bell Team Franklin Angela Fulljames Team Franklin Alix Bonnington Waiuku Independent Garry Holmes Independent Garry Holmes Team Franklin Sharlene Druyven Team Franklin Hunter Hawker retired

Pukekohe subdivision +Pukekohe subdivisionAffiliationCandidateVoteTeam Franklin Alan Cole 6,238Team Franklin Andrew Kay 5,116Team Franklin Merritt Watson 5,104Team Franklin Lesieli Oliver 3,923 Independent Andrew Leask 3,377 Independent Bas Watson 1,952 Informal 12 Blank 171 Turnout8,451 Registered28,225Tean Franklin holdTean Franklin holdTean Franklin holdTean Franklin hold incumbent

Wairoa subdivision +Wairoa subdivisionAffiliationCandidateVoteTeam Franklin Amanda Hopkins 3,923Team Franklin Malcolm Bell 3,787Team Franklin Alix Bonnington 2,993ACT Local Dene Green 2,418 Independent Darron Gedge 1,619 Independent Nick Corlett 1,132 Independent Blake O'Reilly 870 Informal 12 Blank 172 Turnout6,851 Registered19,929Team Franklin holdTeam Franklin holdTeam Franklin hold incumbent

Waiuku subdivision +Waiuku subdivisionAffiliationCandidateVote IndependentGarry Holmes 2,588Team Franklin Hunter Hawker 1,169 Independent Tremayne Thompson 888 Independent Thomas Vanderlaan 756 Independent Ngaire Raumate 599 Independent Les Thomas 580 Rock the Vote NZ Daymond Goulder-Horobin 251 Informal 4 Blank 44 Turnout3,920 Registered11,421 Independent holdTeam Franklin hold incumbent

Chair election Alan Cole (Team Franklin) was elected as the new board chair unopposed.

Henderson-Massey

Summary Composition summary PreviousElected Labour Chris Carter Labour Chris Carter Labour Will Flavell Labour Will Flavell Labour Oscar Kightley Labour Oscar Kightley Labour Brooke Loader Labour Brooke Loader Labour Dan Collins Labour Dan Collins Independent Brenda Brady Labour Susan Dido Independent Peter Chan WestWards Luke Wilson Independent Ingrid Papau Independent Ingrid Papau

Henderson-Massey at-large +At-largeAffiliationCandidateVote Labour Chris Carter 9,928 Labour Will Flavell 9,555 Labour Oscar Kightley 8,978 Labour Brooke Loader 8,781 Labour Susan Dido 8,245 Labour Dan Collins 7,180WestWards Luke Wilson 7,004 Independent Ingrid Papau 6,514 Independent Linda Cooper 6,484 WestWards Amanda Roberts 5,947 Independent Peter Chan 5,649 Labour Vincent Naidu 5,514 WestWards Sunil Kaushal 5,402 Green Zooey Newman 4,809 Independent Joseph Erceg 4,496 WestWards Grahame Hill 4,312 Independent Pepeka George-Koteka 4,116 WestWards Andy Liu 4,054 WestWards Leao Tildsley 3,674 ACT Local Ben Cox 3,656 WestWards Jason Pope 3,591 WestWards Jacob Curran 3,423 Independent Michael Coote 3,236 Independent Wayne Barlow 2,465 Independent Matthew Upson 2,184 Independent Denise Widdison 1,867 Independent Roy Kaunds 1,782 Independent Glenn Patel 1,367 Independent Deon Wallace 858 Informal 153 Blank 334 Turnout21,965 Registered86,419 Labour hold Labour hold Labour hold Labour gain from Independent Labour holdWestWards gain from Independent Independent hold incumbent

Chair election Incumbent chair Chris Carter (Labour) was re-elected unopposed by board members.

Hibiscus and Bays

Summary Composition summary SubdivisionPreviousElected East Coast Bays Backing the Bays Alexis Poppelbaum Backing the Bays Alexis Poppelbaum Backing the Bays Julia Parfitt Backing the Bays Julia Parfitt Backing the Bays Gregg Walden Backing the Bays Gregg Walden Independent Locals Victoria Short Backing the Bays Mike Bishop Hibiscus Coast Team Coast Alexis Poppelbaum Coast Community Alexis Poppelbaum Coast People Sam Mills Coast Community Gemma Moffat Coast People Gary Brown Coast People Gary Brown Coast People Leanne Willis Coast People Leanne Willis retired

East Coast Bays subdivision +East Coast Bays subdivisionAffiliationCandidateVoteBacking the Bays Alexis Poppelbaum 8,819Backing the Bays Julia Parfitt 7,786Backing the Bays Mike Bishop 7,382Backing the Bays Gregg Walden 6,605 Independent Marewa Glover 2,848 Independent Toby Malcolm 2,429 Independent Leon Jarden 2,398 Informal 17 Blank 314 Turnout11,680 Registered37,679Backing the Bays holdBacking the Bays holdBacking the Bays gain from Independent LocalsBacking the Bays hold incumbent

Hibiscus Coast subdivision