New Zealand General Election · Saturday 7 November 2026 · 3 candidates
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Communities: Te Tai Hauāuru covers the western North Island, starting in the South Waikato before heading south through the King Country towns of Te Kūiti and Taumarunui to include all of the Taranaki region and all towns in the Manawatū-Whanganui region west of the Manawatū Gorge. (summary of the 2025 Representation Commission boundaries, compiled from the Commission report and Wikipedia; confirm your address on the official vote.nz map)
Listed alphabetically by surname, as on the ballot paper. The electorate vote elects one local MP (first past the post). Your party vote is separate: see party vote.
Official listing: KĀTENE, Te Pūoho
We can't sit there and wait for another big employer to come with another 200 jobs. But what we can do is we can help foster 20 local companies that can hire 10 people each. And in doing that, we know that that money is never going to leave that community.
Official listing: NGAREWA-PACKER, Debbie
I haven't been with any other political movement. I have only been Te Pāti Māori, and this is a taonga that we have inherited, and it's a taonga that we won't walk away from.
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Official listing: RAUKAWA, Coral
Māori are not one single voting bloc. We've got Māori business owners, farmers, professionals, beneficiaries, kaumātua, our rangatahi and even our own whānau. So we have people with different political beliefs, just as every other community does. And I joined National because I believe my values and my aspirations for our people, for our whānau, can be represented.
Candidates checked against the official Electoral Commission list: Electorate Candidates 2026 (xlsx), released 9 Oct 2026 (media release). "Sitting electorate MP" flags are from a secondary compilation (Wikipedia).