Source: Porirua City Council
Progress results in the Porirua City local body elections are now available, including all votes cast up until midday Friday, other than special votes.
Still to be counted are 2844 votes received between midday Friday and midday Saturday, and 797 special votes.
Based on the progress results, current Mayor Anita Baker has been re-elected receiving 6741 votes. Kathleen finished second, with 5367 votes, followed by Ura Wilson-Pokoati with 1139 votes.
Elected in the Onepoto General Ward are Kathleen Filo (1234 votes), Geoff Hayward (1002 votes), Mike Duncan (914 votes), Izzy Ford (900 votes) and Hemi Fermanis (852 votes).
In the Pāuatahanui General Ward the successful candidates are Josh Trlin (1380 votes), Nathan Waddle (1320 votes), Moira Lawler (1228 votes) and Ross Leggett (1225).
In the Parirua Māori Ward, Kylie Wihapi has received 790 votes, ahead of Jess Te Huia on 731 votes, Raniera Albert on 253 votes, and Rawinia Rimene on 164 votes.
Voters have opted to keep the Māori Ward. There were 8897 votes to keep and 4150 to remove.
In response to the non-binding poll, voters were in favour of working with other councils in the Wellington region to explore the possibility of creating one single council (7404 votes for and 5622 against).
Preliminary results will be released once the votes from Friday and Saturday are counted. This will likely be Sunday 12 October 2025. These results will include the 2844 votes received between midday Friday and midday Saturday, but not the 797 special votes.
Final results will be released once the special votes are counted and these are expected on 16 October, though this may change.
