Elections
Temporary Note
The 2025 Local Government Elections will be held in October.
More information to come in the following month.
Every three years there is a local body election for the Rangitīkei District to determine who will be the local mayor, Councillors, and community board members. These people help us make decisions on the future of the district and where we focus our resources.
Who represents our council?
Our council is made up of:
- 1 Mayor
- 5 Councillors from the Central Ward
- 2 Councillors from the Northern Ward
- 2 Councillors from the Southern Ward
- 1 Councillor from Tiikeitia ki Uta (Inland) Māori
- 1 Councillor from Tiikeitia ki Tai (Coastal) Māori
- 4 Members from the Rātana Community Board
- 4 Members from the Taihape Community Board
Who is eligible to vote?
If you are enrolled as a parliamentary elector you will automatically be placed on council’s electoral roll as a residential elector. If you need to enrol or update existing name or address details on the parliamentary electoral roll, you can do so at any Post Shop, online at vote.nz or by phoning 0800 36 76 56.
If you pay rates on property within our Council area but live outside the area you may be eligible to enrol as a ratepayer elector. It's now easier to enrol with the online portal - click here to fill out the online form - for more information about the portal click here. A copy of the ratepayer enrolment form can be also downloaded here.
Rangitīkei District Council's social media pages and accounts must not be used for promotional electioneering purposes. Any posts or comments discussing their own, or someone else's nomination or intention to run for council, will be removed.
Local Elections - Frequently Asked Questions
We use the First-past-the-post (FPP) system in Rangitīkei. The candidate/s with the most votes wins.
It's estimated that there are 12,865 eligible voters in Rangitīkei.
As of 30 April 2025, there are 11,236 people enrolled to vote. That's 87.34 percent of eligible voters.
General roll = 9,551
Māori roll = 1,685
Warwick Lampp is our Electoral Officer and they have full responsibility for running the election. Should you wish to contact them, email iro@electionz.com or phone 0800 398 683.
In the 2022 local elections, 5,063 people voted in the district across all wards, the mayoralty and community boards. This equated to a turnout of 46 percent, which was down slightly from the 2019 elections (46.79 percent). This is still above the national average for local elections, which was 41 percent in 2022.