Candidates

A total of 32 candidates are confirmed for Kaipara District Council’s local elections on 11 October.

The preliminary list of candidates includes four for mayor and 28 for councillor positions. Please note that nominations are preliminary until confirmed by a public notice being published on the Kaipara District Council website, Wednesday 6 August.

Mayor (one vacancy)

Name
Affiliation
Contact Details
Jonathan Larsen
Independent
021 067 6525
Ash Nayyar
Independent
021 088 6851
5489 State Highway 14
Awakino Point 0372
Jason Smith
Independent
 
Snow Tane Independent  

Wairoa Ward (three vacancies) 

Name Affiliation Contact Details
Jan Beatty    
Matthew Stephen John Brajkovich
Independent
027 909 3555
4286 State Highway 12
Aranga
Neil Robert Doherty    
Rodney Field   027 673 4353
Brian Douglas Jackson    
Wero Te Kino    
Gordon Lambeth
 
021 033 7607
PO Box 266
Dargaville
Joesephine Nathan   tiakisolutions@gmail.com 
Ash Nayyar
Independent
021 0885 6581
5489 State Highway 15
Awakino Point 0372
Pera Paniora   021 046 6137
Kurt Richards    
Snow Tane    
Gordon Walker    

Otamatea Ward (two vacancies)

Name Affiliation Contact Details
Roger James Billington ACT Local: Real Change. Lower Rates  
Joel Bouzaid  
022 488 4421
Fiona Kemp    
Denise Anne Rogers    
Mike Schimanski Independent mschimanski2025@gmail.com 
Mark Gregory Vincent
 
021 0829 8037
Stephen Wood    

Kaiwaka-Mangawhai Ward (three vacancies)

Name Affiliation Contact Details
Stephen Albert Allen    
Ron Berking    
Luke Kenneth Canton   lukecantonkdc@gmail.com 
Craig Jepson Independent  
Nima Maleiki ACT Local: Real Change. Lower Rates nima.maleiki@act.org.nz 
Wiremu Paikea    
Helen Price    
Rachael Williams Independent rachaelwilliams018@gmail.com 
 
Last updated: 2:56pm 01/08/25