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Incumbent Mayor Rob Scott returns with a lead of 4,726 votes over previous Mayor Gary Tong. Scott received 6,017 votes, Tong received 1,291 votes and Wendy Joy Baker received 420 votes in the progress results today.
Progress results cover about 85% of the voting paper returns, with about 510, along with special votes, estimated to be still counted. Preliminary results (100% of ordinary votes) will be announced tomorrow (Sunday), and the final results, including the special votes, will come out later this week.
Mararoa Waimea ward councillors Sarah Greaney, Matt Wilson and Tom O’Brien, and Stewart Island Rakiura ward councillor Jon Spraggon were elected unopposed.
In the Waiau Aparima ward, a new councillor, Michael Weusten, is likely to be elected alongside returning councillors Jaspreet Boparai and Don Byars. Weusten, who was the Ōraka Aparima Community Board chair in the previous triennium, received 1,079 votes, Byars received 1,127 votes and Boparai 956 votes. Stevey Chernishov was not elected, with 375 votes.
Incumbent Waihōpai Toetoe ward councillors Paul Duffy and Julie Keast are likely to return, with 913 and 762 votes respectively. Pam Yorke, with 572 votes, was unsuccessful in her bid for Council, but does return to the Waihōpai Toetoe Community Board. Phil Scothern was also unsuccessful with 284 votes.
Deputy Mayor Christine Menzies is likely to be re-elected in the Ōreti ward, with 1,706 votes. Brian Somerville and Phil Dobson, both previously on the Ōreti Community Board, are also likely to be new councillors, with 1,481 and 1,242 votes respectively. Former board chair Katie Allan was unsuccessful in her bid for Council, with 776 votes.
The community board progress results can be found at southlanddc.govt.nz/council/elections/election-results-2025/
The voter return was 38.38%, being 7,929 votes, excluding votes in transit to the processing centre and special votes
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