2025 Kāpiti Coast District Council election

The 2025 Kāpiti Coast District Council election is an upcoming local election to be held from 9 September to 11 October in the Kāpiti Coast District of New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters will elect the mayor of Kāpiti Coast, 10 district councillors, and other local representatives for the 2025–2028 term of the Kāpiti Coast District Council. Postal voting and the single transferable vote system will be used.

2025 Kāpiti Coast District Council election

← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →
Turnout	TBD
Mayoral election
Mayor before election Janet Holborow Independent Elected mayor TBD
Council election
All 10 ward seats on the Kāpiti Coast District Council
Incumbents before election Affiliation Seats Change   Independents 10
First preference vote share of elected councillors by ward

The council voted to introduce a Māori ward for this election; its future will be decided in a referendum on the issue, as part of a nation-wide series of referendums.

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

Positions up for election

Voters in the district will elect the mayor of Kāpiti Coast, 10 district councillors in 6 wards, and the members of 5 community boards (Ōtaki, Waikanae, Paraparaumu, Raumati, and Paekākāriki).^[3]

They will also elect several members of the Greater Wellington Regional Council.^[a][4]

Campaign

List of candidates

Incumbents not seeking re-election

• Sophie Handford, councillor for the Paekākāriki-Raumati ward since 2019^[5]
• Kathy Spiers, incumbent councillor for the Paraparaumu ward,^[6] is instead running for the Paraparaumu Community Board^[7][8]

Mayor

Candidate[7]	Affiliation[b]		Notes
Martin Halliday		Independent	Incumbent councillor for the Paraparaumu ward.[6] Also running for re-election as a councillor.[8]
Dean Harris		We Love Kāpiti	Also running to be a councillor for the Waikanae general ward[10][8]
Kim Hobson		Independent	[8]
Janet Holborow		Independent	Incumbent mayor since 2022[11][12]
Liz Koh		Independent	Councillor for the at-large ward since 2022.[13][14][15] Also running as a councillor.[8]
Rob McCann		None	Also running to be a councillor for the at-large ward[8]

Councillors

Kapiti Coast Māori ward

The Kapiti Coast Māori ward will return one councillor to the district council.^[16]

Candidate[7]	Affiliation[b]		Notes
Himiona Grace		Te Pāti Māori
Rangi Halberd		None
Jason Thurston		New Zealand Māori Council and Paraparaumu Māori Committee
Brain Ruawai-Hamilton		We Love Kāpiti	[10]
Deanna Rudd		None
Jordon Wansbrough		None

Ōtaki general ward

The Ōtaki general ward will return one councillor to the district council.^[16]

Candidate[7]	Affiliation[b]		Notes
Heniti Buick		None	Chief executive of Te Puna Oranga o Ōtaki[17][18]
Cam Butler		Independent	Incumbent Ōtaki Community Board chair[19][18]
Brent Frogley		We Love Kāpiti	[10]
Rob Kofoed		None	Incumbent councillor for the at-large ward[18][6]
Shelly Warwick		Independent	Incumbent councillor[18][6]

Waikanae general ward

The Waikanae general ward will return two councillors to the district council.^[16]

Candidate[7]	Affiliation[b]		Notes
Peter Bollman		Independent
Steven Botica		None
Phil Byrne		Independent
Martin Frauenstein		We Love Kāpiti	[10]
Dean Harris		We Love Kāpiti	Also running for mayor[10]
Chris Maclean		Independent
Michael Moore		None
Jocelyn Prvanov		Independent	Incumbent councillor[6]
Nigel Wilson		None	Incumbent councillor[6]

Paraparaumu general ward

The Paraparaumu general ward will return three councillors to the district council.^[16]

Candidate[7]	Affiliation[b]		Notes
Paul Baggott		Independent
Glen Cooper		Independent	Incumbent councillor[6]
David Freeman		None
Martin Halliday		Independent	Incumbent councillor.[6] Also running for mayor.
Chris Harwood		We Love Kāpiti	[10]
Murray Lobb		None
Euon Murrell		Independent
Glen Olsen		Independent
Bernie Randall		Independent
Mark Souness		Independent
Fiona Vining		None

Paekākāriki-Raumati general ward

The Paekākāriki-Raumati general ward will return one councillor to the district council.^[16]

Candidate[7]	Affiliation[b]		Notes
Zelda Edwards		None
Bede Laracy		Independent	Chair of the Raumati Community Board[20]
Richard Young		Independent	Previously ran for council in 2022[21]

At-large ward

Two councillors will be elected at-large to the district council.^[16]

Candidate[7]	Affiliation[b]		Notes
Grant Bartlett		Independent
Jackie Elliott		Independent	Incumbent Ōtaki community board member[19]
Lawrence Kirby		Independent	Incumbent deputy mayor since 2022[22][6]
Liz Koh		Independent	Incumbent councillor since 2022.[6] Also running for mayor.
Rob McCann		None	Also running for mayor
Jo Turner		Independent
Joanne Welch		We Love Kāpiti	[10]
Gavin Welsh		Independent
Marek Willis		None

See also

• 2025 Porirua City Council election
• 2025 Wellington City Council election
• 2025 Hutt City Council election
• 2025 Upper Hutt City Council election

Notes

1. • 1 member from the district in the Kāpiti Coast general constituency.
   • 1 member partially from the district in the Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui Māori constituency.
2. 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. Kāpiti Coast District Council does not allow election slogans to be used for the affiliation.^[9]