The progress result for the Upper Hutt City Council elections held on Saturday 11th October is as follows. This result is based upon the counting of approximately 85% of the returned votes. The progress result does not include some special votes and votes returned today that are still in transit to the processing centre. The outcome of these elections may change once all votes have been counted.

Mayoralty Votes Received

• ZEE, Peri 4,199
• GUPPY, Wayne 3,200
• MCLEOD, Angela 1,534
• GRIFFITHS, Blair 1,492
• HOLDERNESS, Emma (Independent) 1,450
• SWALES, Hellen (Change we need, voice you deserve) 1,239
• INFORMAL 14
• BLANK VOTING PAPERS 85

Council – At Large (10 vacancies) Votes Received

• HOLDERNESS, Emma (Independent) 7,340
• ULTRA, Tracey (Independent) 6,267
• MCLEOD, Angela 6,015
• WHEELER, Dave 5,528
• WHITE, Corey (Independent) 5,403
• SWALES, Hellen (The voice you deserve) 5,079
• HAMMOND, Bill (Independent) 4,994
• WELCH, Daniel (Backing the Future of Upper Hutt) 4,748
• CAREY, Matt (Independent) 4,710
• DHILLON, Gurpreet 4,591
• ANDREWS, Euan 4,479
• GUSH, Tofa (Our Community) 4,393
• GREY, Henry 4,196
• KINGI, Rachel Tukaki 4,032
• THOMSON, Brett 4,022
• MCKENNA, Kylie (Independent) 3,581
• NEWELL, Heather 3,525
• BURT, Dave (Hope resilience and a shared future) 3,111
• CASHMORE, Wade (Independent) 2,971
• ADHIKARI, Ramil 2,897
• ANDERSON, Michael J 2,710
• MCNICHOLAS, David (DJ) 2,567
• HOMAN, Teresa (Independent) 2,470
• BLISSETT, Heather 2,321
• MANDER, Nigel (Serve the community) 2,179
• INFORMAL 43
• BLANK VOTING PAPERS 129

Rimutaka Licensing Trust (6 vacancies) Votes Received

As the number of nominations received did not exceed the number of vacancies, Bruce BOLD, Bob HANLON, Colleen HILDER, Tom JONES, Sean NEAREY are elected unopposed.

The voter return was 40.69%, being 13,468 votes, excluding votes in transit to the processing centre and special votes.

Warwick Lampp
Electoral Officer
Upper Hutt City Council
11 October 2025

Source: Upper Hutt City Council

11/10/25