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Nominations for candidates for Environment Southland closed today for the 2025 local body elections, with 18 nominations received.
Nominations For Invercargill City Council (final list)
2025 LOCAL BODY ELECTION CANDIDATES – INVERCARGILL
Nominations have closed. Mayoralty (1 vacancy) * Bond, Ria (Independent) * Campbell, Tom * Chernishov, Stevey * Clark, Andrew * Crackett, Alex (Independent) * Morton, Tom (Independent) * McCrone, Gordon * Pottinger, Ian Council (12 vacancies) * Arnold, Allan* * Bond, Ria* (Independent) * Boyle, Trish* (Integrity, Independence) * Broad, Steve* * Coote, Pania** * Coote, Jay (Independent)
Mike Sanford
Elections will only be required in the Hokonui and Invercargill-Rakiura constituencies, as the number of candidates in the other constituencies matches the number of available vacancies.
The full list of candidates is as follows:
Fiordland (1 vacancy)
- Paul Evans
Eastern-Dome (2 vacancies)
- Alastair Gibson
- Jeremy McPhail
Western (1 vacancy)
- Ewen Mathieson
Hokonui (1 vacancy)
- Peter McDonald
- David Rose
Southern (1 vacancy)
- Jon Pemberton
Invercargill-Rakiura (6 vacancies)
- Joshua Cumberland
- Roger Hodson
- Lyndal Ludlow
- Phil Morrison
- Nick Perham
- Maurice Rodway
- Eric Roy
- Nathan Surendran
- Rob Te Maiharoa
- Annette Trent
- Geoffrey Young
Deputy electoral officer Paula Burke said the close of nominations marks the start of the voting process.
“Now it’s over to the community to make their choice. These candidates have put their hands up to represent you. Your vote decides who will help shape the region’s future,” she said.
Voting papers will be mailed from 9 September, with voting closing at 12 noon on Saturday, 11 October.
For more information, visit the Environment Southland elections page.