Steve Gibson
Steve Gibson’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 3 races — 1 elected 2 not elected
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Hastings-Havelock North General WardHastings District CouncilAffiliation: Keeping rate rises to inflation (CPI)Final ElectedVote share • 10.1%7,618 votes
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MayorHastings District CouncilAffiliation: Keeping rate rises to inflation (CPI)Final Not electedVote share • 22.1%5,810 votes
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Heretaunga/Hastings Regional ConstituencyHawke's Bay Regional CouncilAffiliation: Protecting our native birdsFinal Not electedVote share • 14.4%4,381 votes
Offices held
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Hastings-Havelock North General WardHastings District CouncilAffiliation: Keeping rate rises to inflation (CPI)Oct 2025 – present
In the News
Councillor who wouldn’t go to meeting at marae ‘will always be welcome’, says kaumātua
Stuff — January 30, 2026Steve Gibson was “not comfortable participating in council business where religious or spiritual practices form part of official proceedings”.
Hastings councillor Steve Gibson skips planning session at marae over te reo and faith concerns
NZ Herald — January 29, 2026Councillor Steve Gibson refused to attend because the hui was held at Waiohiki Marae.
Councillor refuses to attend meeting because it’s at a marae
Stuff — January 29, 2026Steve Gibson said the venue had changed “at the eleventh hour” from a “neutral civic venue to a marae”.
Hastings council CEO appoints private investigator to examine complaint about councillor Steve Gibson
NZ Herald — December 16, 2025Steve Gibson was the top-polling councillor in this year's local body elections.
AI can make anyone an architect – and that’s not a good thing
The Spinoff — September 4, 2025A Hastings mayoral candidate proposed a solution to one quake-prone library using AI illustration. Actual architect Mat Brown explains the many, many issues with it. I’ve often found as an architect that many people don’t know what you do, but they know they can do it better.
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