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2025 Dunedin Local Elections
The 2025 Dunedin City Council election will take place between 9 September and 11 October 2025 by postal vote as part of nation-wide local elections. The single transferable vote system will be used to elect the Mayor of Dunedin, city councillors, and community board members for the 2025–2028 term, whilst Oamaru Licensing Trust trustees will be elected using first past the post. Key dates *4 July 2025: Nominations for candidates will open *1 August 2025: Nominations for candidates will close at 12 pm *9 September 2025: Voting documents will be posted and voting will open *11 October 2025: Voting will close at 12 pm and progress/preliminary results will be published *16–19 October 2025: Final results will be declared. Candidates Incumbents not seeking re-election Mayor Endorsements In mid June 2025, former Team Dunedin councillors Andrew Whiley and Kevin Gilbert endorsed Sophie Barker as mayoral candidate. Councillors Fourteen councillors will be elected at-large t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Dunedin
Team Dunedin is a local body ticket (election), ticket which contests local elections in Dunedin, New Zealand. History Team Dunedin was formed by Dunedin City Council, Dunedin City councillor Jules Radich in October 2021 to contest the 2022 Dunedin mayoral election, 2022 Dunedin mayoral and Dunedin City Council elections. Radich described the council's leadership by the progressive, Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, Green Party mayor Aaron Hawkins (politician), Aaron Hawkins as "autocratic" and overly influenced by party politics to the point of ignoring residents' interests. With Radich, incumbent councillors Andrew Whiley and Carmen Houlahan were founding members of the ticket. Other members of Team Dunedin included business owner Brent Weatherall, 2020 ACT New Zealand, ACT Party candidate Callum Steele-MacIntosh, Otago Peninsula Community Board member and school teacher Cheryl Neill, baker Kevin Gilbert, real estate investor and former council staffer Lynette Scott, and res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otago Daily Times
The ''Otago Daily Times'' (''ODT'') is a newspaper published by Allied Press Ltd in Dunedin, New Zealand. The ''ODT'' is one of the country's four main daily newspapers, serving the southern South Island with a circulation of around 26,000 and a combined print and digital annual audience of 304,000. Founded in 1861 it is New Zealand's oldest surviving daily newspaper – Christchurch's '' The Press'', six months older, was a weekly paper until March 1863. Its motto is "Optima Durant" or "Quality Endures". History Founding The ''ODT'' was founded by William H. Cutten and Julius (later Sir Julius) Vogel during the boom following the discovery of gold at the Tuapeka, the first of the Otago goldrushes. Co-founder Vogel had learnt the newspaper trade while working as a goldfields correspondent, journalist and editor in Victoria prior to immigrating to New Zealand. Vogel had arrived in Otago in early October 1861 at the age of 26 and soon took up employment at the ''Otago Colonis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Otago
The University of Otago () is a public university, public research university, research collegiate university based in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Founded in 1869, Otago is New Zealand's oldest university and one of the oldest universities in Oceania. The university was created by a committee led by Thomas Burns (minister, born 1796), Thomas Burns, and officially established by an ordinance of the Otago Provincial Council in 1869. Between 1874 and 1961 the University of Otago was a part of the federal University of New Zealand, and issued degrees in its name. Otago is known for its vibrant student life, particularly its flatting, which is often in old houses. Otago students have a long-standing tradition of naming their flats. The nickname for Otago students, "Scarfie," comes from the habit of wearing a scarf during the cold southern winters. The nickname "Scarfie" has morphed into the nickname "Breather" in recent years. The university's graduation song, ''Gaudeamus igitur, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taieri (New Zealand Electorate)
Taieri is a parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, initially from 1866 to 1911, and was later recreated during the 2019/20 electoral redistribution ahead of the 2020 election. Population centres First incarnation In the 1865 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives focussed its review of electorates to South Island electorates only, as the Otago gold rush had caused significant population growth, and a redistribution of the existing population. Fifteen additional South Island electorates were created, including Taieri, and the number of Members of Parliament was increased by 13 to 70. This electorate was based on the town of Mosgiel. Second incarnation The seat was recreated for the 2020 general election by renaming the electorate of Dunedin South and amending its borders, particularly with a large area around the Clutha River and South Otago added from Clutha-Southland. This is due to a rate of population growth below the South Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosgiel
Mosgiel () is an urban satellite of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand, fifteen kilometres west of the city's centre. Since the re-organisation of New Zealand local government in 1989 it has been inside the Dunedin City Council area. Mosgiel has a population of approximately as of . A nickname for Mosgiel is "The pearl of the plain". Its low-lying nature does pose problems, making it prone to flooding after heavy rains. Mosgiel takes its name from Mossgiel Farm, Ayrshire, the farm of the poet Robert Burns, the uncle of the co-founder in 1848 of the Otago settlement, the Reverend Thomas Burns (minister, born 1796), Thomas Burns.A popular, though probably apocryphal, local theory is that the extra "s" was dropped at a time when the cost of telegrams was calculated by the number of characters. The name of the Dunedin suburb of Roslyn (named for Rosslyn in Scotland) is similarly truncated. These two places were sites of major woollen mills – as was the town of Milton to the south, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torres Strait Island Regional Council
The Torres Strait Island Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia, covering part of the Torres Strait Islands. It was created in March 2008 out of 15 autonomous Island Councils during a period of statewide local government reform. It has offices in each of its 15 communities, and satellite services in Thursday Island and in Cairns (which are outside of the region). In the , the Torres Strait Island Region had a population of 4,124 people. Geography The Region is effectively colocated with the Shire of Torres, which administers the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula and a number of islands including Thursday Island, Horn Island and Prince of Wales Island. History The local government jurisdiction was created on 15 March 2008 from 15 previous entities—the Island Councils of Badu (Mulgrave Is.), Boigu (Talbot Is.), Dauan (Mt. Cornwallis Is.), Erub (Darnley Is.), Kirirri (Hammond Is.), Iama (Yam Is.), Arkai (Kubin Community at Mua Is.), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Dunedin City Council Election
The 2022 Dunedin City Council election was held via postal voting between September and October 2022 as part of the wider 2022 New Zealand local elections. Council The Dunedin City Council used the single transferable voting system to elect the Mayor of Dunedin and city councillors for the 2022-2025 term. Voter turnout was 48.21%. The positions of mayor and fourteen city councillors elected at-large were contested by the following candidates: Mayor Former city councillor Jules Radich was returned as mayor, defeating incumbent Aaron Hawkins. Incumbent candidate Councillors Withdrawn due to being elected as mayor Incumbent candidate Other local elections Depending on where in Dunedin they lived, voters also voted in concurrent local elections for the: *Otago Regional Council: **Dunedin Constituency, or **Molyneux Constituency and * Strath Taieri Community Board * Waikouaiti Coast Community Board *Mosgiel- Taieri Community Board * Saddle Hill Community Board * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otago University Students' Association
The Otago University Students' Association (OUSA) is the students' association of the University of Otago, New Zealand. OUSA was founded in 1890 to advance student interests on campus. Today, OUSA provides a combination of representation, welfare, advocacy, recreation and events for its members. It runs student support services, supports clubs and societies on campus, and organises the University of Otago Student orientation, Orientation and Reorientation weeks. OUSA has a number of subsidiary brands and companies, including ''Critic Te Ārohi'', the student magazine, Radio One (New Zealand), Radio One, the student radio station, University Bookshop Limited, and Planet Media. History As well as providing facilities and student representation on university committees, the students' association began to provide services and facilities for its members. The first Student Union building, providing meeting rooms, men's and women's common rooms and a cafeteria, was established in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At-large
At large (''before a noun'': at-large) is a description for members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent a whole membership or population (notably a city, county, state, province, nation, club or association), rather than a subset. In multi-hierarchical bodies, the term rarely extends to a tier beneath the highest division. A contrast is implied, with certain electoral districts or narrower divisions. It can be given to the associated territory, if any, to denote its undivided nature, in a specific context. Unambiguous synonyms are the prefixes of cross-, all- or whole-, such as cross-membership, or all-state. The term is used as a suffix referring to specific members (such as the U.S. congressional Representative/the Member/Rep. for Wyoming ''at large''). It figures as a generic prefix of its subject matter (such as Wyoming is an at-large U.S. congressional district, at present). It is commonly used when making or highlighting a direct contrast with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Vandervis
Lee Vandervis (born 1955) is a New Zealand local-body politician who was first elected to the Dunedin City Council in the 2004 local elections. Vandervis has run for mayor in 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2022; finishing second in 2007 and 2019. Vandervis failed to win mayor again in 2022, but he was re-elected to the Council. Early life and career Lee Vandervis was born in 1955 in Balclutha. He is the second son of Dutch immigrant parents. Vandervis received a BA in Philosophy from the University of Otago, and has worked as a music technician. In the mid 1970s he went to the United Kingdom and worked as an acoustic engineer for Midas Audio. In 1981, Vandervis returned to Dunedin and set up Vandervision Lighting Audio and Video in the early 1980s. Politics At the 1984 New Zealand general election Vandervis stood for Bob Jones' New Zealand Party in the Dunedin North electorate. He polled in third place. 2004–2013 terms In 2004 Vandervis successfully stood for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future Dunedin
Future Dunedin is a local body ticket that was established by motor businessman Andrew Simms and businesswoman Rebecca Twemlow to contest the 2025 Dunedin mayoral and City Council elections. Leadership and policies Future Dunedin is led by Dunedin businessman and Mosgiel- Taieri Community Board chairman Andrew Simms and businesswoman and Business South director Rebecca Twemlow. While the ticket body has a core set of beliefs, Simms said that Future Dunedin was not a voting bloc and that members would be allowed vote differently on "certain issues." In its "Statement of Intent," the group's key policies have included: *Building a better future for Dunedin that benefits future generations. *Restoring open, transparent governance. *Return decision-making to the elected City Council and the community. *Reducing rate increases without undercutting Council core services and activities. History On 29 January 2025, Simms confirmed that he would be contesting the 2025 Dunedin mayor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Dunedin Mayoral Election
The 2022 Dunedin mayoral election between 16 September and 8 October 2022 was part of the 2022 New Zealand local elections. Voters preferred former city councillor Jules Radich to the incumbent Aaron Hawkins. The Mayor's role is 'to provide leadership to the other elected members of the territorial authority, be a leader in the community and perform civic duties'. Voting was held using Single Transferable Vote (STV). Ballots were accepted until midday on 8 October by post or by dropping off completed voting papers. The mayoral election was combined with elections for the Dunedin City Council, Community Boards, and the Otago Regional Council. Candidates Declared candidates Policies are outlined in candidate profiles and policies on major issues. *Bill Acklin, former city councillor *Sophie Barker, city councillor *Jett Groshinski * Aaron Hawkins, incumbent mayor *Carmen Houlahan, city councillor * Mandy Mayhem-Bullock, Waikouaiti Coast Community Board member *David Milne *Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
