Labour MP for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti with extensive electorate travel and community engagement.

Priorities: Visible representation and direct engagement with whānau and communities across the East Coast.

Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa community leader focused on rangatahi, reo revitalisation and tangata-whenua-led development.

Priorities: Increase Māori representation, put mokopuna first, protect te reo, whenua and tikanga, and encourage values-based strategic voting.

Māori community leader and IronMāori founder.

Priorities: Land return, addressing colonisation and enabling whānau and Papatūānuku to thrive.