Elected member for this seat in the current Parliament. New seat, largely replacing Mana. Open their profile for background, promises and coverage.
Labour finance spokesperson, specialist tax lawyer and former minister based in Porirua; mother of eight.
Priorities: Affordability, economic security, strong safety nets, family opportunity and Kenepuru representation.
Registered social worker and Māori and Pacific mental-health therapist with three decades across refugee services, Women's Refuge, Oranga Tamariki, prisons and community advocacy.
Priorities: Mental health, addiction support, vulnerable families and strong community services in Kenepuru.
Green MP, freshwater ecologist, former Environment Canterbury councillor and independent freshwater commissioner with extensive community-restoration experience.
Priorities: Freshwater, biodiversity, climate action, environmental regulation, biosecurity, safe drinking water and people-and-nature outcomes under Te Tiriti.
WITHDRAWN 30 June 2026 — former ACT candidate for Kenepuru.
Priorities: No longer contesting; retained as a historical candidate record after confirmed withdrawal.
Technology and cyber-security business leader with government experience.
Priorities: Use technology, strategy and organisational transformation to build New Zealand’s future; no detailed individual policy platform located. Social-media evidence: His public LinkedIn profile emphasises resilient and prosperous institutions, cybersecurity, technology transformation, innovation and protecting organisations from global threats and shocks.
Announced Opportunity candidate; party-list candidate #20.
Priorities: No individual platform located; Opportunity’s stated direction is less divisive politics, an innovative high-wage economy and restoration of nature.