Oriini Kaipara
Sitting MP · Tāmaki MakaurauJournalist and former broadcaster of Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe and Ngāti Rangi descent; Te Pāti Māori candidate for Tāmaki Makaurau.
Stated priorities: Visible Māori representation, tino rangatiratanga, community mobilisation and an electorate campaign grounded in identity and kaupapa Māori.
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 Oriini Kaipara, updated automatically as they are published.
- 13 Mar 2026Te Ao Māori NewsMP interviewOriini Kaipara determined to push on despite party challenges
Kaipara discussed staying focused on whānau and electorate issues despite internal party difficulties.
- 10 Oct 2025Waatea NewsParliamentary inductionOriini Kaipara sworn into Parliament
Coverage examined Kaipara's transition from broadcasting, maiden speech, representation and the unsanctioned public-gallery haka.
- 17 Sept 2025RNZBy-election resultOriini Kaipara extends Tāmaki Makaurau majority in final count
The final count gave Kaipara 6,948 votes and a 3,519-vote majority over Labour's Peeni Henare.
- 8 Sept 2025RNZBy-election analysisTāmaki Makaurau by-election: A race marked by tributes
Analysis found Oriini Kaipara's win retained the seat, strengthened the margin and demonstrated the party's youth and social-media mobilisation.
- 9 Aug 2025RNZCandidate interviewOriini Kaipara explains decision to contest Tāmaki Makaurau
The former broadcaster discussed entering politics and standing for Te Pāti Māori in the by-election triggered by Takutai Tarsh Kemp’s death.
- 22 Jul 2025RNZBy-electionTāmaki Makaurau by-election tests urban Māori political mood
RNZ examined the contest between Oriini Kaipara and Peeni Henare following Takutai Tarsh Kemp’s death, with housing, health and cost of living central to the race.
- 10 Jul 2025YouTubeSocial media — Candidate interviewOriini Kaipara: candidate interview
The Hui interview on identity, broadcasting and the decision to stand.
- 10 Jul 2025RNZCandidate selectionOriini Kaipara selected for Tāmaki Makaurau by-election
Kaipara was selected following Takutai Kemp's death and prioritised cost of living, housing, youth homelessness, land and kaupapa Māori education.
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.