Mayoral approval: How does your local mayor rank?
As part of the Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll, each month our pollsters ask participants "How do you rate the job your local Mayor has done since the last election? Has it been very poor, poor, average, good or very good?". The results below are based on responses to our monthly polls from January to November 2023 and February 2024 to February 2025 totalling 24,000 respondents. As cities and districts vary in size, only where we have 100 or more responses are reported below, as anything less than 100 responses would be a the margin of error (MOE) that is too large for the results to be meaningful. For further information about the methodology click here to download the report by our pollsters.
Metropolitan Mayors - changes over time
Because the sample sizes for the Auckland, Christchurch, and Wellington mayors are larger, we are able to deduce trend data over time. For that analysis, click here.
| 1 | Moko Tepania | Far North | 39% | 4.7% |
| 2 | Dan Gordon | Waimakariri | 38% | 5.4% |
| 3 | Craig Jepson | Kaipara | 35% | 9.6% |
| 4 | Adrienne Wilcock | Matamata-Piako | 35% | 5.6% |
| 5 | Tania Tapsell | Rotorua | 31% | 4.8% |
| 6 | Sandra Hazel | Hastings | 31% | 4.6% |
| 7 | Toby Adams | Hauraki | 27% | 7.5% |
| 8 | Andy Watson | Rangitikei | 26% | 7.2% |
| 9 | Tracey Collis | Tararua | 26% | 6.5% |
| 10 | Nadine Taylor | Marlborough | 22% | 6.4% |
| 11 | Rehette Stoltz | Gisborne | 21% | 6.8% |
| 12 | Nick Smith | Nelson | 21% | 4.6% |
| 13 | Tamah Alley | Central Otago | 20% | 5.8% |
| 14 | Bryan Cadogan | Clutha | 19% | 9.1% |
| 15 | Grant Smith | Palmerston North | 18% | 4.7% |
| 16 | Neil Brown | Ashburton | 15% | 5.3% |
| 17 | Gary Caffell | Masterton | 13% | 9.8% |
| 18 | Ron Mark | Carterton | 13% | 8.9% |
| 19 | Len Salt | Thames-Coromandel | 12% | 7.1% |
| 20 | Helen Warboys | Manawatu | 12% | 3.9% |
| 21 | Tim King | Tasman | 11% | 6.4% |
| 22 | Victor Luca | Whakatane | 10% | 6.6% |
| 23 | Nigel Bowen | Timaru | 9% | 4.1% |
| 24 | Tania Gibson | Grey | 6% | 8.8% |
| 25 | Susan O'Regan | Waipa | 6% | 6.2% |
| 26 | Paula Southgate | Hamilton | 6% | 3.7% |
| 27 | Phil Mauger | Christchurch | 6% | 2.4% |
| 28 | Phil Nixon | South Taranaki | 5% | 6.9% |
| 29 | Jacqui Church | Waikato | 5% | 3.3% |
| 30 | Kirsten Wise | Napier | 4% | 4.6% |
| 31 | David Trewavas | Taupo | 2% | 7.3% |
| 32 | Bernie Wanden | Horowhenua | 0% | 6.3% |
| 33 | Rob Scott | Southland | 0% | 4.3% |
| 34 | Sam Broughton | Selwyn | -2% | 5.2% |
| 35 | Neil Holdom | New Plymouth | -2% | 4.5% |
| 36 | Campbell Barry | Hutt | -4% | 4.7% |
| 37 | Jamie Cleine | Buller | -5% | 8.9% |
| 38 | Wayne Brown | Auckland | -5% | 1.3% |
| 39 | Jules Radich | Dunedin | -6% | 3.9% |
| 40 | Mahé Drysdale | Tauranga | -6% | 3.7% |
| 41 | Janet Holborow | Kapiti | -7% | 5.6% |
| 42 | Gary Kircher | Waitaki | -8% | 6.5% |
| 43 | Nobby Clark | Invercargill | -8% | 4.7% |
| 44 | Alex Walker | Central Hawkes Bay | -10% | 5.4% |
| 45 | Andrew Tripe | Whanganui | -10% | 4.6% |
| 46 | Anita Baker | Porirua | -11% | 6.6% |
| 47 | Wayne Guppy | Upper Hutt | -15% | 7.2% |
| 48 | James Denyer | Western Bay of Plenty | -18% | 5.6% |
| 49 | Tory Whanau | Wellington | -20% | 2.8% |
| 50 | Vince Cocurullo | Whangarei | -26% | 3.8% |
| 51 | Gary Petley | South Waikato | -35% | 8.6% |
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