Local elections are held every three years, and are an opportunity for residents and ratepayers to vote for a Mayor and Councillors.

The elections are your chance to vote for your local representative to influence the decisions Council makes that affect us all.

The next local election will be held on 11 October 2025.

The elections are conducted under the Local Electoral Act 2001, the Local Electoral Regulations 2001 and the Local Government Act 2002.

DISCLAIMER:

Council resources must not be used for candidate electioneering/campaigning purposes, Council’s social media pages must remain non-political. Council will use social media to promote and encourage people to STAND for election, and to promote and encourage people to VOTE.

Any obvious electioneering/campaigning OR comments that can be taken as electioneering/campaigning will be removed and the writer blocked for the duration of the election period. All political comments OR comments that can be perceived as political either for or against any candidate and/or potential candidate will be deleted, and the writer blocked for the duration of the elections period if commenting continues.

Please do not also "tag" any of Council's social media pages into any posts that relate to a campaign or support of a preferred candidate.

Sharing our Election STAND and VOTE promotional posts to your networks and community pages is welcomed.

The following list of social media pages are either maintained and monitored by Waitomo District Council, or linked to Council by association.

https://www.facebook.com/waitomodistrict/

https://www.facebook.com/WaitomoDistrict.animalcontrol

https://www.facebook.com/WaitomoDistrictLibrary

https://www.facebook.com/TeKuitiNZ

https://www.facebook.com/WaitomoDistrictPlanReview

https://www.facebook.com/tekuitipool

https://www.facebook.com/inframaxconstructionltd

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064267683555 (John Robertson – Mayor of Waitomo)

https://www.facebook.com/Janette.Osborne.For.Council (Councillor Janette Osborne)

Instagram.com/waitomo_nz

x.com/WaitomoDC

neighbourly.co.nz/organisation/waitomo-district-council

https://www.linkedin.com/company/722642/admin/dashboard/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjHT5TzwYI1YbYGQEReorrA/videos?view_as=subscriber