New Zealand General Election · Saturday 7 November 2026 · 4 candidates
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Communities: Tauranga, Whakatāne, Rotorua, Taupō (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: BOYNTON, Toni
No verified quote from this candidate yet. See what Labour is campaigning on: official Labour policies.
Official listing: WAIKATO, Tania
No verified quote from this candidate yet. See what Green is campaigning on: official Green policies.
Official listing: WAITITI, Rawiri
We need to make sure that we have targeted policies that ensure they keep more money in their pockets and they're given the hand up, not those who don't need the hand up. We don't need millionaires or billionaires getting any extra money from the Government.
If we replace fossil fuels with renewables but leave ownership and profits concentrated in the same hands, we haven’t transformed the system. We’ve just changed the technology.
For too long, decisions have been made about Takatāpui without Takatāpui. Our policy changes who holds the power.
The right benefits every time we turn on each other, and we will not give them that victory.
Opportunity Party · Party website
Official listing: WHAREWERA, Pāpā
No verified quote from this candidate yet. See what Opportunity is campaigning on: official Opportunity policies.
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).