Scientist and National candidate for Ilam.

Priorities: Environmental policy, geothermal energy, roads and improved public transport.

Ilam candidate from a working family background, motivated by practical effort, personal aspiration and concern about free speech and identity politics.

Priorities: Free speech, personal freedom, national pride, practical outcomes and helping New Zealanders pursue their goals.

Christchurch community and local-government campaigner.

Priorities: Lower transport emissions and policies centred on people and planet.

Final-year law student, former school dux and scholarship recipient; chair of Young NZ First Canterbury and secretary of the party's Canterbury hub.

Priorities: Social conservatism, national sovereignty, prosperity, youth engagement and preserving New Zealand's way of life.

Official Labour 2026 candidate for Ilam with a verified individual campaign profile.

Priorities: Jobs, affordable healthcare, secure housing, cost-of-living relief and effective local representation.