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Fact sheet
Below is a fact sheet with the essential details on dates, voting, electorates and nomination process. A PDF version can be downloaded here (PDF | 0.38 MB).
The district council meets regularly to make many decisions that impact the day-to-day lives of people in the Far North district. The council governs a wide range of local services including roads, water systems, rubbish collection, libraries, parks, community centres, dog registration, community and economic development and district planning.
Local government triennial elections are being held by postal vote on Saturday 11 October 2025 and will be undertaken by Election Services, under contract to Far North District Council. The single transferable voting (STV) electoral system will be used for the Far North District Council elections, and the first past the post (FPP) electoral system will be used for the Northland Regional Council elections.
Nominations open - Friday 4 July
Nominations close - noon, Friday 1 August
Delivery of voting packs - From Tuesday 9 September
Close of voting - noon, Saturday 11 October
Official results announced - Friday 17 October
Mayor (elected ‘at large’)
Councillors (10)
- Bay of Islands-Whangaroa General Ward (3)
- Kaikohe-Hokianga General Ward (1)
- Te Hiku General Ward (2)
- Ngā Tai o Tokerau Māori Ward (4)
Community Board Members (19):
*Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board (7):
- Kerikeri Subdivision (2)
- Kawakawa-Moerewa Subdivision (1)
- Paihia Subdivision (1)
- Russell-Ōpua Subdivision (1)
- Waipapa Subdivision (1)
- Whangaroa Subdivision (1)
*Te Hiku Community Board (6):
- Doubtless Bay Subdivision (1)
- Kaitāia Subdivision (3)
- North Cape Subdivision (1)
- Whatuwhiwhi Subdivision (1)
*Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board (6):
- Kaikohe Subdivision (3)
- North Hokianga Subdivision (1)
- South Hokianga Subdivision (2)
Nominations for these positions open on Friday 4 July 2025 and close at noon on Friday 1 August 2025.
For online nominations go to: www.esp.electionservices.co.nz
Printed nomination papers and a candidate handbook will also be available during this period from:
- Council’s main office, 5 Memorial Avenue, Kaikohe;
- Kaitāia Service Centre, Te Ahu,Corner Matthews Avenue and South Road, Kaitāia;
- Kāeo Service Centre, Leigh Street,Kāeo;
- Kerikeri Service Centre, John Butler Centre,60 Kerikeri Road, Kerikeri;
- Kawakawa Service Centre, Gillies Street, Kawakawa;
- Rawene Service Centre, 11 Parnell Street, Rawene;
- or download* and print
To be eligible to stand for election, a candidate must be:
- A New Zealand citizen (by birth or naturalisation ceremony); and
- Enrolled as a Parliamentary elector (anywhere in New Zealand); and
- Nominated by two electors whose names appear on the electoral roll within the respective area that a candidate is standing for.
*A candidate information handbook is available in May 2025.
Those eligible to vote are all resident electors and non-resident ratepayer electors whose names appear on the electoral roll when it closes on Friday 1 August 2025. The Preliminary Electoral Roll will be available for public inspection between Friday 4 July 2025 and Friday 1 August 2025 at the locations overpage.
Resident Roll:
All parliamentary electors, including those on the Māori Electoral Roll, are automatically enrolled on the Resident Roll, at the address where they live. Any alterations to the Resident Roll (e.g. change of address details, including new postal addresses) should be made by:
- Completing the appropriate form (available from the Electoral Commission or Council service centres and libraries);
- Phoning 0800 36 76 56;
- Accessing the Electoral Commission website: www.vote.nz.
Ratepayer Roll:
If a person is on the parliamentary roll in one area and pays rates on a property in another area, this person may be eligible to be enrolled on the non-resident ratepayer roll. A firm, company, corporation or society paying rates on a property may nominate one of its members or officers as a ratepayer elector (provided the nominated person resides outside the area). Ratepayer Roll enrolment forms are available at www.fndc.govt.nz or www.ratepayer.co.nz or by phoning 0800 922 822.
All electors will be able to vote for the mayor and the respective community board. Those electors on the general electoral roll will be able to vote for the respective general ward councillors and those on the Māori electoral roll will be able to vote for the Māori ward councillors.
Voting packs will be posted to all those who have enrolled from Tuesday 9 September 2025.
The voting period is just under five weeks (Tuesday 9 September 2025 to noon Saturday 11 October 2025). Electors may post their completed voting documents back to the electoral officer using the orange prepaid envelope sent with their voting document.
Polling places for the issuing of special voting documents and for the receiving of completed voting documents will be available from Tuesday 9 September 2025 to noon Saturday 11 October 2025 at all council offices.
On Saturday 11 October 2025, the issuing of special voting documents and the receiving of completed voting documents will be available at council’s Kaitāia, Kerikeri and Kaikohe offices only.
In addition, votes can also be hand-delivered to a vote box at specific locations found on www.fndc.govt.nz.
To be counted, all completed voting documents must be in the hands of the electoral officer or an electoral official by noon, Saturday 11 October 2025.
Progress results will be known early afternoon on election day, and preliminary results will be known on Sunday, 12 October 2025.
Final results will be known by Friday 17 October 2025, and all results will be accessible on our website.
