NZ Local Elections 2025

Kāpiti Coast District Council

Paekākāriki-Raumati General Ward
The Kāpiti Coast District Council provides local services and facilities, such as public transport, rubbish and recycling, libraries, parks, and recreation facilities. It also makes decisions about building and planning, local regulations, and infrastructure, such as water supply and sewerage. The council is made up of ten councillors and the mayor. one councillor will be elected from the Paekākāriki-Raumati ward. The other councillors will be elected from other wards or by all voters in the district. This is a single transferable vote (STV) election, so you vote by ranking the candidates on your ballot paper. Compare the candidates and their policies to decide who to vote for in the Kāpiti Coast District Council election.

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Bede John Laracy

Bede John Laracy

Independent

Richard Young

Richard Young

Independent

Zelda Emmeline Edwards

Zelda Emmeline Edwards

Richard Young

Independent

Richard Young

Independent

Why I'm standing

We are facing major challenges - housing, rising rates, water, repairing our roads and paths; let's invest responsibly and prudently to improve Kāpiti for all, for the long term. We have a changing climate that will affect our coast and waterways. We need to have respectful, open, honest and informed conversations to make evidence-based decisions. As a civil engineer with forty years of experience, I have the skills to bring light, not heat, to that debate.

About me

As a new councillor, I'm not tied to old decisions, nor will I make undeliverable promises to secure your vote. I did not have a seat at the council table when a 17% rates rises was agreed, nor do I have any affiliation to another group or party – I am solely interested in listening, advocating where needed, challenging and acting for all of us – to work with YOU.

My priorities
  1. Focus on delivering savings on the proposed rate rises, including lower pay for councillors.
  2. Reset work on coastal erosion and flooding to a 20-year horizon, updated every 5 years with the latest science.
  3. Stop spending on underperforming economic development work and realise a saving of around $10 million.
Residence

Raumati South

Age

60

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Why I'm standing

We are facing major challenges - housing, rising rates, water, repairing our roads and paths; let's invest responsibly and prudently to improve Kāpiti for all, for the long term. We have a changing climate that will affect our coast and waterways. We need to have respectful, open, honest and informed conversations to make evidence-based decisions. As a civil engineer with forty years of experience, I have the skills to bring light, not heat, to that debate.

About me

As a new councillor, I'm not tied to old decisions, nor will I make undeliverable promises to secure your vote. I did not have a seat at the council table when a 17% rates rises was agreed, nor do I have any affiliation to another group or party – I am solely interested in listening, advocating where needed, challenging and acting for all of us – to work with YOU.

My priorities
  1. Focus on delivering savings on the proposed rate rises, including lower pay for councillors.
  2. Reset work on coastal erosion and flooding to a 20-year horizon, updated every 5 years with the latest science.
  3. Stop spending on underperforming economic development work and realise a saving of around $10 million.
Residence

Raumati South

Age

60

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