The candidates for Hamilton’s 2025 local election have been provisionally released, subject to verification by the Electoral Officer next week.

Nominations closed at noon today, Friday 1 August, with 51 candidates putting themselves up for election. Of the 12 candidates contesting the mayoralty, eight are vying for a ward seat as well.

The provisional list of candidates is:

Standing for Mayor – Hamilton City Council

CARRINGTON, Lily

DU PLOOY, Rudi

GIELEN, Jack

HUATA, Maria

KARALUS, Rachel

MACINDOE, Tim

MCDONALD, John

STRATFORD, Roger

TAYLOR, Dave

TEMONI-SYME, Guy Wayne

THOMSON, Sarah

TUPAEA-WARREN, Roma

Standing in East General Ward

AFEAKI, Rachel

AITKEN, Stuart David

BYDDER, Andrew

CASEY-COX, Anna

DHALIWAL, Preet Raj Singh

DU PLOOY, Rudi

GIELEN, Jack

HAMILTON, Marie

HARVEY, Louise Rachel

HASSAN, Suhair Sabah

HUMPHREYS, Peter

HUNT, Tim

JONASSEN, Jason

KARALUS, Rachel

LIU, Leo

MACINDOE, Tim

MARKS, Danielle

MCCONNOCHIE, Alexander Bruce

MCDONALD, John

MORONEY, Sue

NAND, Jenny

NG, Jono

ROBINSON, Turi

STRANGE, Jamie

TALBOT, Jackie

VAN OOSTEN, Maxine Joy

Standing in Kirikiriroa Maaori Ward

GALLAGHER, Jarrad

HUATA, Maria

JENSEN, Lawrence

NEHA, Robbie

POPE, Andrew Lewis

WHEKI, Jahvaya Watene

Standing in West General Ward

ALFORQUE, Paul

BEVERIDGE, Matthew James Peter

FLYGER, Mark Alexander

GOSAI, Nidhita

HUTT, Louise

MACDONALD, Mesh

MCKIE, Allan James

MURRAY, Graeme

O'LEARY, Angela

PIKE, Emma

TAYLOR, Dave

TAYLOR, Geoff

THOMSON, Sarah

WEST, Michael

YOUNG, Roderick John

Candidate profiles will be published on Council’s website in early August.

How to vote

Voting packs will start arriving in the mail from Tuesday 9 September. Voters are being urged to post their ballots by Tuesday 7 October to guarantee they will arrive in time to be counted.

During the voting period, voting papers can also be hand-delivered to Council’s office in Garden Place or dropped off at ballot box locations around the city.

Voting closes at midday on Saturday 11 October. Votes received after this time won’t be counted.

There is no online voting.

Alongside the election, Hamiltonians will be asked to vote in a binding poll on whether the city’s Kirikiriroa Maaori Ward should continue beyond the 2028 election.

The final deadline for enrolling to vote in the election and the binding poll is Friday 10 October.

For more information visit hamilton.govt.nz/election.

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