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By-election Te Awanui Māori Ward 2025

A by-election is required to fill an extraordinary vacancy for Te Awanui Māori Ward.

Voting has now closed.

Voting closed 12noon, Tuesday 29 April 2025

The final result is now available below:

Te Awanui Ward By-election final STV report (131kb pdf)

Meet the candidates

A by-election was required to fill an extraordinary vacancy for Te Awanui Māori Ward

The vacancy arose from the recent resignation of Mikaere Sydney, due to ill-health. Voting opened on Monday, 7 April. For more key dates, please refer to the project timeline.

Whether you’ve voted in this by-election or not, you may have received a letter from the Electoral Commission asking if your details are up to date. This is part of their nationwide drive ahead of local body elections around the country later this year.

As Tauranga had local body elections last year, and is currently holding a by-election for the Māori ward seat, the voting period referenced in the Electoral Commission letter does not apply to Tauranga and local body elections will take place again here in 2028.

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Meet your candidates

See who was standing for the Te Awanui Ward.

Name: Borell, Suaree
Phone: 021 570 554
Email: whakamarama01@gmail.com
Affiliations: Me Aro koe ki te hā o Hine-ahu-one

Name: Ngatai, George
Phone: 0274 371 419
Email: George@toa.org.nz
Affiliations: No affiliations

Name: Ratima Trust, David
Phone: 021 027 59502
Email: ratima.trust.david@gmail.com
Affiliations: No affiliations

Name: Rolleston, Hēmi 
Phone: 021 221 3871
Email: rollestonhemi@gmail.com
Affiliations: No affiliations

Name: Webster, Ange
Phone: 021 023 77412
Email: angewebster1@gmail.com
Affiliations: No affiliations

Timeline

  • Public notice of by-election

    Monday, 3 February 2025

  • Nominations open

    Monday, 3 February 2025

  • Candidate information evening

    Monday, 17 February 2025, 5.30pm - 7.30pm

  • Nominations close

    Monday, 3 March 2025 at midday

  • Public notice of confirmed candidate(s) and whether election required

    Monday, 3 March 2025 ASAP after midday

  • Election signs (hoardings) on public sites can be displayed

    From Tuesday, 18 March 2025

  • Delivery of voting documents

    Monday, 7 April 2025

  • Voting opens

    Monday, 7 April 2025

  • Election Day - voting closes

    Tuesday, 29 April 2025 at 12 noon

  • Election signs on public sites to be removed

    Wednesday, 30 April 2025 by 12 noon

  • Official declaration

    By Monday, 5 May 2025

  • Public notice of declaration of result

    ASAP after Monday, 5 May 2025

  • Return of electoral expense forms

    By Sunday, 29 June 2025

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