Lisa Marie Murch
Mother of seven, bilingual primary teacher and kaupapa Māori educator with education-governance experience across Murihiku and Ōtepoti.
Stated priorities: Keep Te Tiriti principles embedded in schools; strengthen education, identity, whakapapa, belonging and Māori representation.
Latest party-vote polling
Polls measure nationwide support for Te Pāti Māori, not this candidate or this electorate — no electorate-level figures are published in these releases.
Te Pāti Māori manifesto promises
56 policy commitments on file for the party this candidate stands for.
- • Lift incomes so people can live with dignity and strengthen welfare so whānau are not punished for being poormaoriparty.org.nz
- • Provide practical cost-of-living relief, including more affordable transportmaoriparty.org.nz
- • Support Māori-owned supermarkets, local kai sellers and community food systems to improve access to affordable, healthy foodmaoriparty.org.nz
- • [Stuff news source] Create a $30,000 tax-free income threshold, reduce the rate to 15% for income from $30,001–$60,000, and provide a kai tax credit worth about $1,000 for people earning $60,000 or lessstuff.co.nz
- • Establish Māori-led institutions and funds to grow Māori enterprise, trade, innovation and long-term wealthmaoriparty.org.nz
- • Strengthen welfare and housing support so whānau can meet essential costs, restore whānau authority and invest in whānau-led caremaoriparty.org.nz
- • Restore whānau authority over the care of Māori children, invest in whānau-led care, and make the state accountable for harm caused through uplifts and placementsmaoriparty.org.nz
- • Strengthen welfare and housing support so whānau can meet essential costsmaoriparty.org.nz
- • Establish Māori-led education authority and solutions, embed mātauranga Māori across learning, and remove barriers to education and trainingmaoriparty.org.nz
- • Strengthen Māori governance and decision-making in education and invest in te reo Māori learning pathwaysmaoriparty.org.nz
- • [RNZ news source] Introduce land-banking and vacant-house taxesrnz.co.nz
- • [Stuff news source] Introduce a 33% land-banking tax after 12 months without development action, a 2% vacant-house tax, and 5% stamp duty on residential sales except first homes below $1 millionstuff.co.nz
- • Make the wealthiest pay their fair share and use the revenue for housing, health, education and whānau supportmaoriparty.org.nz
- • [RNZ news source] Introduce a 5% stamp duty on residential sales, excluding first-home buyers purchasing below $1 million; adjust income-tax settings; restore the company rate to 33%; add a targeted tax credit; and increase tax-enforcement fundingrnz.co.nz
- • [Stuff news source] Set income-tax rates at 0% to $30,000; 15% to $60,000; 33% to $90,000; 39% to $180,000; 42% to $300,000; and 48% above $300,000; restore company tax to 33%; tax offshore profit transfers at 5%; and invest $1 billion in tax-enforcement agenciesstuff.co.nz
- • Protect whenua and moana from extractive industries, including banning seabed miningmaoriparty.org.nz
- • Invest in climate resilience for communities most at riskmaoriparty.org.nz
- • Support regenerative and sustainable approaches aligned with Māori valuesmaoriparty.org.nz
- • Invest in climate resilience for communities most at risk and support regenerative, sustainable approaches aligned with Māori valuesmaoriparty.org.nz
- • Protect whenua and moana from extractive industries, including banning seabed miningmaoriparty.org.nz
- • Build and support more public and affordable homes and make it easier to build homes on Māori and ancestral landmaoriparty.org.nz
- • Act against housing speculation, land banking and vacant propertiesmaoriparty.org.nz
- • Build and support more public and affordable homes, make building on Māori and ancestral land easier, and act against speculation, land banking and vacant propertiesmaoriparty.org.nz
- • Introduce a 33% land-banking tax after 12 months without development action, a 2% vacant-house tax, and 5% stamp duty on residential sales except first homes below $1 millionstuff.co.nz
- • Build and support more public and affordable homes and act against speculation, land banking and vacant propertiesmaoriparty.org.nz
- • Rebuild and strengthen Māori-led health authority and servicesmaoriparty.org.nz
- • Shift healthcare toward prevention and whānau wellbeing, with accessible and culturally safe services accountable to Māorimaoriparty.org.nz
- • Rebuild Māori-led health services and make care accessible, culturally safe and accountable to whānau and communitiesmaoriparty.org.nz
- • Support Māori-led disability services and decision-making, simplify access and fund assistance around whānau realities rather than bureaucratic categoriesmaoriparty.org.nz
Speeches and coverage
Stories and statements that name Lisa Marie Murch, updated automatically as they are published.
- 23 Jun 2026YouTubeSocial media — Candidate interviewLisa Marie Murch: candidate interview
Tahu News profile on lived experience, education and Te Tiriti in schools.
- 15 Jun 2026Official party siteCandidate announcementLisa Marie Murch announced for Te Tai Tonga
The educator and former young mother highlighted education, identity, whakapapa, belonging and visible Māori representation in Te Waipounamu.
- 15 Jun 2026Tahu FMCandidate interviewLisa Marie Murch puts education and Te Tiriti at campaign centre
Murch discussed education governance, curriculum uncertainty, school Treaty duties and enabling tamariki Māori to succeed without compromising identity.
Recent Te Pāti Māori speeches and statements
- 1 Sept 2026Official party sitePolicy releaseTe Tiriti Entrenchment Policy
Constitutional reform package to make Crown obligations enforceable.
- 16 Aug 2026YouTubeSocial media — Campaign launch coverageTe Karere / Te Pāti Māori: Campaign launch coverage
Video report of Te Pāti Māori's campaign launch and candidate-vote strategy to maximise Māori representation. Evidence: Public broadcaster social video
- 15 Aug 2026Stuff / RNZCampaign launchTe Pāti Māori reveals candidate-vote election strategy
Campaign coverage detailed the plan to seek Māori-electorate votes while encouraging supporters to allocate party votes across the left bloc.
- 6 Aug 2026Official party sitePolicy statementMake Waitangi Tribunal recommendations binding
Te Pāti Māori called for binding Tribunal recommendations, a Te Tiriti commissioner and impact statements.
- 3 Jun 2026Official party sitePolicy releaseCost of living policy
Policy direction on incomes, welfare and transport affordability.