Elected member for this seat in the current Parliament. Open their profile for background, promises and coverage.
Gisborne HR and operations manager leading teams of about 200, with frontline retail and community-service experience.
Priorities: Practical regional leadership, resilient infrastructure, housing and support services, and opportunity for East Coast communities.
East Coast MP with a delivery focus across a geographically large electorate spanning Gisborne, Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki and surrounding rural communities.
Priorities: Road and bridge resilience, flood recovery, housing, policing, schools, geothermal development, health resilience and holding agencies accountable for delays and poor delivery.
Mechanical engineer, former boilermaker and welder, and founder of an award-winning engineering company delivering major industrial projects; more than 30 years in fabrication, maintenance and engineering leadership.
Priorities: Industrial capability, infrastructure and economic resilience, mentoring engineers, practical problem solving and regional business growth.
Labour MP with agricultural-sector portfolio experience.
Priorities: Building relationships with agriculture and supporting regional economic communities.
Te Tairāwhiti community advocate with Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Te Rangi whakapapa.
Priorities: Climate-disaster resilience, properly resourced regions, equity, justice, community wellbeing and protection of Papatūānuku.