Chatham Islands Council

Chatham Islands Council
Council logo
Type
Type
Term limits
None
History
Preceded byChatham Islands County Council
Leadership
Deputy Mayor
Celine Gregory-Hunt[2]
CEO
Structure
Seats9[a]
Length of term
3 years
Elections
FPP[4]
Last election
11 October 2025
Next election
2028
Meeting place
13 Waitangi Tuku Road, Waitangi
Website
www.cic.govt.nz
Footnotes
  1. ^ The mayor and 8 councillors

The Chatham Islands Council is the local government authority for the Chatham Islands in New Zealand. The council has many of the functions, duties and powers of a district council and of a regional council,[5] making it in effect a unitary authority with slightly fewer responsibilities than other unitary authorities.

History

The Chatham Islands was incorporated into the Colony of New Zealand by the British in 1842. The first local government set up on the islands was the Chatham Islands Māori Council in 1900.[6]

Chatham Islands County was established in 1901,[7][8] though the Chatham Islands County Council was not established until 1926.[9][10]

Succeeding the county council, the Chatham Islands Council was established by the Chatham Islands Council Act 1995 (Statute No 041, Commenced: 1 November 1995) to administer the Chatham Islands and the adjoining sea, known as the "Chatham Islands Territory".[5]

In December 2025, the Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand launched an investigation into the Council's "sensitive expenditure and procurement" policies.[11]

Composition

The Chatham Islands Council comprises a mayor and eight councillors, all elected at-large by a first-past-the-post system.[4]

Monique Croon was first elected as mayor in the 2019 local elections.[12] At the 2022 local elections, since the number of candidates did not exceed the number of vacancies, the candidates for the councillors were declared elected without an election being held.[13]

Chatham Islands Council, 2022–2025[3][14]
Position Name
Mayor Monique Croon
Deputy Mayor Keri Day
Councillor Greg Horler
Councillor Steve Joyce
Councillor Nigel Ryan
Councillor Graeme Hoare
Councillor Amanda Seymour
Councillor Celine Gregory-Hunt
Councillor Judy Kamo

Elections

2022

2022 Chatham Islands Council election
8 October 2022
Mayoral election
Turnout240 (53.22%)
 
Candidate Monique Croon Greg Horler
Affiliation Independent Independent
Popular vote 124 116
Percentage 51.67 48.32
Mayor before election

Monique Croon
Independent

Elected mayor

Monique Croon
Independent

Council election
8 seats on the Chatham Islands Council
5 seats needed for a majority
Party Seats +/–
Independent

8 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Mayor

2022 Chatham Islands mayoral election[15][16][17]
Affiliation Candidate Vote %
Independent Monique Croon 124 51.67
Independent Greg Horler 116 48.34
Informal 0 0.00
Blank 0 0.00
Turnout 240 53.22
Registered 451
Independent hold

Council

At-large[15][16][17]
Affiliation Candidate Vote
Independent Keri Lea Day unopposed
Independent Celine "Bubbles" Gregory-Hunt unopposed
Independent Graeme Hoare unopposed
Independent Greg Horler unopposed
Independent Richard Steven Joyce unopposed
Independent Judy Kamo unopposed
Independent Nigel Clancy Ryan unopposed
Independent Amanda Seymour unopposed
Registered 451
Independent hold
Independent hold
Independent hold
Independent hold
Independent hold
Independent gain from Independent
Independent gain from Independent
Independent hold

2025

2025 Chatham Islands Council election
11 October 2025
Mayoral election
Turnout313 (70.98% 17.76 pp)
 
Candidate Greg Horler Monique Croon
Affiliation Independent Independent
Popular vote 212 95
Percentage 67.73 30.35
Mayor before election

Monique Croon
Independent

Elected mayor

Greg Horler
Independent

Council election
8 seats on the Chatham Islands Council
5 seats needed for a majority
Party Seats +/–
Independent

8 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Mayor

2025 Chatham Islands mayoral election[18]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Independent Greg Horler 212 67.73
Independent Monique Croon 95 30.35
Informal 0 0.00
Blank 6 1.92
Turnout 313 70.98
Registered 441
Independent gain from Independent

Council

At-large[18]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Independent Nathaniel Whaitiri 205 65.50
Independent Graeme Hoare 202 64.54
Independent Jacqui Southcombe 172 54.95
Independent Keri Lea Day 167 53.35
Independent Bridget Gibb 161 51.44
Independent Celine "Bubbles" Gregory-Hunt 158 50.48
Independent Pita Thomas 139 44.41
Independent Jenna Hoverd 129 41.21
Independent Amanda Seymour 129 41.21
Independent Jack Daymond 110 35.14
Independent Rennae Edmonds 107 34.19
Independent Judy Kamo 103 32.91
Independent Loretta Lanauze 98 31.31
Independent Trescia Lawson 63 20.13
Informal 3 0.96
Blank 1 0.32
Turnout 313 70.98
Registered 441
Independent gain from Independent
Independent hold
Independent gain from Independent
Independent hold
Independent gain from Independent
Independent hold
Independent gain from Independent
Independent gain from Independent
Independent gain from Independent (on lot draw)


References

  1. ^ "Local elections 2025 – Final election results". Chatham Islands Council. 16 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Meet the team". Chatham Islands Council. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Meet the team". www.cic.govt.nz. Chatham Islands Council. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Elections 2025 are coming!". www.cic.govt.nz. Chatham Islands Council. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Chatham Islands Council Act 1995". New Zealand Legislation. New Zealand Government. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020. There is hereby constituted a district, to be known as The Chatham Islands Territory, which district comprises the islands known as the Chatham Islands and the area of the territorial sea adjoining those islands.
  6. ^ Rennie, Hugh (17 November 2022). "How the Chatham Islands overcame 150 years of misrule". Stuff. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Chatham Islands County Bill 1901 (144–2)". www.nzlii.org. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  8. ^ "THE NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL YEAR-BOOK, 1912". www3.stats.govt.nz. POPULATION ON ADJACENT ISLANDS. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  9. ^ McLintock, A. H.; Jobberns, George. "CHATHAM ISLANDS". An encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, 1966. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, 1966. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  10. ^ Richards, Rhys. "Chatham Islands – Overview". teara.govt.nz. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Auditor-General scrutinises Chatham Islands Council where Paul Eagle is CEO". RNZ. 5 November 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  12. ^ "SGWN Profile: Monique Croon". gwn.govt.nz. Government Women's Network. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  13. ^ "Local elections 2022". www.cic.govt.nz. Chatham Islands Council. 8 October 2022. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  14. ^ "2022 election results". www.cic.govt.nz. Chatham Islands Council. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  15. ^ a b Guise, Jo (11 October 2022). "Declaration of results for the Chatham Islands Council – 2022 elections" (PDF). ElectioNZ.
  16. ^ a b "Local Authority Election Statistics 2022". Department of Internal Affairs. 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  17. ^ a b Butt, Cindy (14 October 2019). "Declaration of results for the Chatham Islands Council – 2019 elections" (PDF). Chatham Islands Council.
  18. ^ a b Guise, Jo (16 October 2025). "Local elections 2025". Chatham Islands Council. Archived from the original on 16 October 2025.
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