Local Elections 2025
NGĀ PŌTI Ā-ROHE 2025
Mark your calendar - the next local election opens on Tuesday, 9 September and closes on Saturday, 11 October 2025.
Our local elections are held every three years and this year’s VOTE 2025 will give you the chance to vote for local and regional council members, as well as members to represent Upper Hutt in Hutt Mana Charitable Trust and Rimutaka Licensing Trust.
Whether you're looking for details on candidates, voting bin locations, or key dates, you'll find everything you need here to participate in shaping the future of our community.
NGĀ RĀ MĀTUA | KEY DATES
| 1 SEP 2024 – 1 AUG 2025 |
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Check you are enrolled to vote |
| 1 SEP 2024 – 1 JUL 2025 |
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Consider running as a candidate |
| 4 JUL 2025 |
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Candidate nominations open; Public inspection for rolls opens |
| 14 JUL 2025 | 4PM |
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Information evening for candidates (presented by electionz.com) |
| 1 AUG 2025 |
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Candidate nominations closes at 12 noon |
| 6 AUG 2025 |
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Public notice of candidates' names |
| 9 SEP – 22 SEPT 2025 |
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Voting papers posted to enrolled voters |
| 9 SEP – 11 OCT 2025 |
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Voting opens |
| 11 OCT 2025 |
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Voting closes at 12 noon
Progress and preliminary results published
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| 14 OCT – 19 OCT 2025 |
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Final results declared |
ME PĒHEA TAKU RĒHITA KI TE PŌTI | HOW DO I ENROL TO VOTE?
In order for you to receive your voting papers in the post between 9 September and 22 September, you must enrol to vote.
Now is the time to check if you are already enrolled. Click the button below and follow the instructions.
You can enrol to vote if you:
- are 18 years or older; and
- are a New Zealand Citizen or Permanent Resident; or
- have lived in New Zealand continuously for 12 months or more at some time in your life.
If you’re enrolled to vote for the parliamentary elections, you’re automatically enrolled for local elections too.
If you're enrolled to vote, you should receive your voting papers in the mail between Tuesday, 9 September and Monday, 22 September 2025.
Here's a little something you may not know.
Wherever you pay rates, you can vote.
If you live elsewhere in New Zealand but own property in Upper Hutt , you may be able to enrol as a non-resident ratepayer elector and vote in both areas.
Voting opens from Tuesday, 9 September and closes at 12 noon on Saturday, 11 October 2025.
Once you have completed your voting papers, you can either drop them off in the secured voting bin around Upper Hutt, or freepost them using the prepaid envelope provided. If you are posting them, check your envelope for the postal cut-off date. (More information to come about the location of the secured voting bins.)
KA PĒWHEA AU E TŪ HAI KAITONO? | HOW DO I RUN AS A CANDIDATE?
Now is also the time to consider if you would like to run as a candidate for the upcoming local election.
Candidate nominations are open from 1 July and closes on 1 August at 12 noon.
To be eligible to stand as a candidate, you must meet the following requirements. You must:
- be 18 years and above;
- be enrolled as a voter anywhere in New Zealand; and
- be a New Zealand Citizen.
Nomination involves the following steps:
- Completion of an official nomination form sent to Council’s electoral officials either electronically or in person
- Nominations from two people. Candidates cannot nominate themselves, and those who nominate candidates must be over 18 years old and enrolled to vote in the area the candidate is planning to stand.
- Candidates must consent to their nomination going forward.
- A $200 deposit must be paid, which may be refunded depending on election results.
Learn more on running as candidate
Need help?
Wendy Lewin
Deputy Electoral Officer
Phone: 027 2499 008
Email: elections@uhcc.govt.nz