Tania Tapsell

Currently serving: Mayor, Rotorua Lakes Council
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Tania Tapsell’s Elections & Candidacies

Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2020, 2017 and 2014 general elections, the 2025 local government election and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.

Contested 4 races — 2 elected 2 not elected

2025 NZ Local Government • October 11, 2025 Local
2022 NZ Local Government • October 8, 2022 Local
  • Mayor
    Rotorua Lakes Council
    Filed Elected
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Final Not elected
  • MP for East Coast
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Final Not elected
Offices held
  • Mayor
    Rotorua Lakes Council
    Oct 2022 – present
  • Council - At Large
    Rotorua Lakes Council
    Oct 2013 – Oct 2022
In the News
Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell begins second term with fist bump
NZ Herald — October 29, 2025

Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell, councillors and community boards begin the new triennium.

Local elections 2025: Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell focuses on unity, debt and museum for second term
NZ Herald — October 21, 2025

Tania Tapsell received a landslide margin of votes to be re-elected as Rotorua Mayor.

Local elections 2025: Tania Tapsell confirmed as Rotorua Mayor after preliminary results released
NZ Herald — October 13, 2025

Voter turnout reached 42.13%, with 21,102 votes counted so far.

Rotorua council elections: Tania Tapsell wins by landslide, welcomes fresh faces to council
NZ Herald — October 12, 2025

The mayor says she's ready to lead Rotorua again after first-term 'hate and threats'.

Local elections 2025: Tania Tapsell re-elected as Rotorua mayor
NZ Herald — October 11, 2025

Voting has closed, with the first results beginning to land.

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