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The final election results have now been released.
Voting was open from Tuesday 9 September 2025 until 12 noon Saturday 11 October 2025.
The final result for the Chatham Islands Council elections held on Saturday 11th October 2025 is as follows:
BLANK VOTING PAPERS: 6
SPECIAL VOTES: 16
NOT QUALIFIED: 3
Greg Horler is declared elected.
INFORMAL VOTES: 3
BLANK VOTING PAPERS: 1
Nathaniel Whaitari, Graeme Hoare, Jacqui Southcombe, Keri Lea Day, Bridget Gibb, Celine Gregory-Hunt and Pita Thomas are declared elected.
The voter return percentage was 68.34%, being 300 votes.
Following the conduct of a judicial recount before His Honour Judge A.A. Couch, the result of the election for the position of Councillor was determined to be an equality of votes between candidates Amanda Seymour and Jenna Hoverd.
Pursuant to section 58(5) of the Local Electoral Regulations 2001, the Electoral Officer determined the successful candidate by lot, under Police supervision.
As a result of that determination, Jenna Hoverd is hereby declared elected as Councillor of the Chatham Islands Council.
The inaugural meeting of the Chatham Islands Council, originally scheduled for Wednesday, 23 October 2025, has been postponed to a later date due to the timing of the election recount process. A new date for the inaugural meeting will be publicly notified once confirmed.
We appreciate the community’s understanding.
