Nelson-based international-development specialist educated at United World College Hong Kong and Brown University; has worked with Princeton University, World Bank, IMF and Asian Development Bank across more than a dozen countries and teaches through Stanford’s Leadership Academy for Development.

Priorities: Nelson Hospital redevelopment, Richmond–Nelson congestion and bypass infrastructure, higher-paying jobs, opportunities for young people and practical delivery for the Nelson community.

Former ACT MP, police officer and secondary-school Music and English teacher who served as Head of Learning Support; co-owner of the Honest Lawyer pub and hotel employing around 30 people.

Priorities: Education, policing, small business, workplace relations, personal responsibility, economic growth and practical public services informed by frontline and employer experience.

Seafood, aquaculture and blue-economy leader with more than 20 years’ experience.

Priorities: Ocean-based innovation, productivity and sustainable economic development.

Nelson electorate MP with a focus on housing and community development.

Priorities: Expand public and community housing and treat secure housing as a right, with action to reduce homelessness.

Whakatū organiser, campaigner, councillor and deputy mayor with a decade of work across diverse communities.

Priorities: Community wellbeing, Te Tiriti, local democracy, environmental protection and flourishing communities for people and planet.