Northland 2025 Local Election Candidates’ Meetings In Full Swing

Friday, 5 September 2025, 5:02 pm
Article: Susan Botting - Local Democracy Reporter

Northlanders wanting to learn more about who to vote for can choose from a feast of grassroots local candidates meetings continuing around the region this month. 

Moerewa's Otiria marae, a Whangārei PRIDE group, residents and ratepayers, business groups, and others from the community including a climate action group are among a wide range of organisers who are hosting the at least a dozen meetings. 

These meetings are being held in a wide range of venues including local halls, a marae, business centres, rugby clubs, a school hall, sports centres and a bowling club over the next four weeks. 

The community gatherings are all face-to-face except for an online Māori wards hui on September 15.

The Northland meet the candidates’ meetings lineup below is collated from Far North District Council and Whangārei District Council websites. 

Kaipara District Council and Northland Regional Council websites do not host listings of these meetings in their area. 

Far North district The next Far North meeting’s scheduled for south Hokianga on Tuesday (9 September) next week at the Opononi Memorial Hall at 6pm, It’s hosted by the Opononi Ratepayers and Residents Association. 

A second Tuesday 9 September Far North meet the candidates meeting is planned for the same day.

It will be held in Kaitaia from 5.30pm -7pm. 

This event’s hosted by Business and Professional Women Kaitaia and is at Kaitaia’s RSA in Meba Street.

Locals will be able tomeet the candidates at an Okaihau meeting in the Okaihau Rugby Football Club Michie Street on Thursday 11 September from 5.30pm-8pm.

This meeting’s organised by the Okaihau Community Association. The Otiria Marae at Moerewa is hosting a meet the candidates hui on the marae at 7 Kingi Road from 4pm – 6pm Saturday 13 September. 

The Kaikohe Business Association is hosting a meet the candidates meeting on Wednesday 17 September at 6pm at the Mahinga Innovation Centre 5449A SH12, four kilometres north-east of Kaikohe. 

Kaeo and surrounding residents will be able to attend a meet the candidates meeting at the Kaeo Rugby Club on Thursday 24 September from 5.30pm-7.30pm, the venue at 40 Whangaroa Road Kaeo Whangārei district. The Whangaruru South Residents and Ratepayers Association’s hosting a meet the candidates meeting at Oakura on Friday 5 September. 

The meeting will be held in the Oakura Hall from 7pm-8.30pm. There are two Whangārei district meet the candidates meetings on Saturday 6 September. 

Climate action Tai Tokerau is hosting a meet the candidates meeting in Whangārei. It will be held at 116 Bank Street from 2pm-4pm. 

The Parua Bay Residents and Ratepayers Association will be hosting a meet the Whangārei Mayoral candidates meeting on Saturday as well. 

It will be held at the Parua Bay School hall from 3pm-4.30pm. And a Ruatangata meet the candidates meeting hosted by Green MP Huhana Lyndon will be held at the Ruatangata community hall on Sunday 7 September from 5pm-7pm. 

The next Whangārei district meeting the candidates meeting will be at Hikurangi. This is hosted by the Hikurangi Business Association on Monday 8 September. 

It will be at the Hikurangi War Memorial Hall, 24 King Street from 6pm-7.30pm. 

Mangakahia residents will be able to hear from candidates at a meeting on Tuesday 9 September in the Mangakahia Sports complex at Poroti. It runs from 7pm-8.30pm. 

A meeting will be held at Whareora Hall on Wednesday 10 September from 6pm-7.30pm where the community can meet candidates from Whangārei District Council’s Whangārei Heads General Ward and Northland Regional Council’s Coastal Central General Constituency. 

The hall is at 820 Whareora Road. Community group Climate Action Tai Tokerau will be hosting a number of meet the candidates meetings including at the Ruakaka recreation centre,3 Peter Snell Road Ruakākā on Thursday 11 September from 7pm-9pm. 

This group has also organised a Ngunguru meet the candidates meeting at Ngunguru Memorial Hall on Saturday 13 September from 9.30am-11.30am. 

The venue is at 1879 Ngunguru Road. A North Whangārei meet the candidates meeting will be held in Te Kamo on Monday 15 September from 6.30pm-8pm. 

The meeting is organised by Kamo Community Inc and will be held at the Kamo Bowling Club, 15A Three Mile Bush Road. 

An online Māori wards hui will be held on Monday 15 September from 7pm-9pm, with registration via organiser Climate Action Tai Tokerau’s website. 

Community group Whangārei PROUD is hosting a meet the candidates meeting in Whangārei on Saturday 21 September from 12pm-3pm. 

The meeting will be held at Pride HQ 65 John Street, which organisers note is an LGBTQIA and takatapu-safe space.

Want to know more about the council candidates? 

Far North District Council candidates can be checked out here  .

Whangarei District Council candidates can be checked out here. 

Kaipara District Council candidates can be checked out here. 

Northland Regional Council candidates can be checked out here.

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