Here are the candidates standing in the Dunedin City Council 2025 triennial elections.
Nominations for these elections closed at 12 noon on Friday, 1 August 2025.
Council
- Mayor (1 vacancy)
- Council - At Large (14 vacancies)
Community Boards
- Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board (6 vacancies)
- Otago Peninsula Community Board (6 vacancies)
- Saddle Hill Community Board (6 vacancies)
- Strath Taieri Community Board (6 vacancies)
- Waikouaiti Coast Community Board (6 vacancies)
- West Harbour Community Board (6 vacancies)
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Mayor (1 vacancy)
- ALLIMRAC Ruthven (The Radical Action Faction)
- ARONSON Lync (Independent-Fully Funded City Council)
- BARKER Sophie (Independent - working for you)
- HALL Doug
- HOULAHAN Carmen (Independent)
- LAUFISO Marie (Building Kotahitaka)
- MACFARLANE Lianna (Independent)
- MAYHEM Mandy
- MILNE David
- NISBETT Flynn (Nisvett) (Aotearoa New Zealand Silly Hat Party)
- ONG Benedict
- RADICH Jules (Independent)
- SIMMS Andrew (Future Dunedin)
- TAYLOR Pamela (Independent)
- TREADWELL Mickey (Green Party)
- VANDERVIS Lee (Independent)
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Council - At Large (14 vacancies)
- ACKLIN Bill (Independent)
- AKERS Lachlan
- ARONSON Lync (Independent-Fully Funded City Council)
- BARKER Sophie (Independent - working for you)
- BENNETT Tony
- BRAZIL Rachel (Future Dunedin*)
- CEBULLA-ELDER Heike
- CHAMBERS John (Your Health Candidate)
- DAVIE-NITIS Sarah (Independent)
- ELDER Cyndee (Building Kotahitaka)
- FINNIE Rose (Green Party)
- GALER Jo (Future Dunedin*)
- GAREY Christine (Independent)
- GILBERT Kevin (Independent)
- GROSHINSKI Jett (Labour)
- HALL Doug
- HAMLIN Robert (Independent)
- HART Karl
- HODSON Jarrod (Future Dunedin)
- HOULAHAN Carmen (Independent)
- JOHNSON Marita (Independent)
- KENNY Anthony (ACT Local: Real Change Lower Rates)
- KNIGHT Anna (Building Kotahitaka)
- KNIGHTS Richard (Independent)
- LAUFISO Marie (Building Kotahitaka)
- LUCAS Cherry (Independent)
- LUND Russell (Independent)
- MACFARLANE Lianna (Independent)
- MAYHEM Mandy
- MILNE David (Independent)
- OLSEN Jen (The Radical Action Faction)
- O'MALLEY Jim (Independent)
- O'NEILL Hugh (Independent)
- ONG Benedict
- POOLE Marian
- POPE Paul (Independent)
- RADICH Jules (Independent)
- RANGA Bruce (Future Dunedin)
- ROBERTSON Evelyn (Independent)
- ROONEY Daniel
- SIMMS Andrew (Future Dunedin)
- STEDMAN Conrad (Future Dunedin)
- SUTTON Andrew (Future Dunedin)
- TAYLOR Amy (Future Dunedin)
- TAYLOR Pamela (Independent)
- TODD Sue (Independent)
- TREADWELL Mickey (Green Party)
- TWEMLOW Rebecca (Bex) (Future Dunedin)
- VANDERVIS Lee (Independent)
- WALKER Steve (Labour)
- WARRING Lily (Green Party)
- WEATHERALL Brent
- WHILEY Andrew (Independent)
- WILLIAMS Paul
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Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board (6 vacancies)
- ANNGOW Malcolm
- BANKS Austen
- FINNIE Rose
- PEAT Brian
- ROBIN Alexis (Future Dunedin)
- SHEPHERD Rebecca
- SUTTON Andrew (Future Dunedin)
- WALLACE Kimberlee
- WILSON Steve (Future Dunedin)
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Otago Peninsula Community Board (6 vacancies)
- CHAMBERS Warren (Independent)
- KATAE Donna
- KOKAUA-BALFOUR Stacey
- LANGSBURY Hoani (Independent)
- MCLEAN Amanda (Independent)
- NEILL Cheryl (Independent)
- O'NEILL Hugh (Independent)
- POPE Paul (Independent)
- STRYBOSCH Emma (Independent)
- SWEETMAN Iain
- WESLEY-EVANS Koreana (Independent)
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Saddle Hill Community Board (6 vacancies)
- ALLEN Pim
- BOEREBOOM Tracey
- FUNNELL Emily
- KING Solomon
- MACFARLANE Lianna (Independent)
- MCLEAN Andy
- MCLELLAN Barry (Independent)
- MOYLE John
- SANTAGATI Vianney
- SINTMAARTENSDYK Andre
- WEIR Paul
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Waikouaiti Coast Community Board (6 vacancies)
- BARRATT Andy
- BAYNE Athol R (Independent)
- BILLYARD Sonya
- GREENHALGH Timothy
- HAILES Danny
- KNIGHT Anna (Building Kotahitaka)
- MCCUTCHEON Brian
- MCINNES Rachel
- MORRISON Alasdair
- MUTCH Stefan
- TAIT Geraldine
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Strath Taieri Community Board (6 vacancies)
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West Harbour Community Board (6 vacancies)