Taranaki-King Country MP with deep farming and rural-community connections.

Priorities: Champion rural communities, regional resilience and the people who sustain local economies.

Ecologist, former Plant & Food Research scientist and university lecturer; founder of a wildlife-tracking technology company.

Priorities: Living-wage jobs, healthcare, healthy homes, conservation, climate resilience and regional innovation.

Senior hospital pharmacist with more than 20 years across surgery, intensive care, neonatal care and nutrition support.

Priorities: Patient need, frontline healthcare outcomes, rural and migrant access and reducing health-system bureaucracy.

Former dairy farmer and rural advocate with more than 20 years in business management, retail leadership and community engagement; Groundswell spokesperson.

Priorities: Farmers, small business, local democracy, transparent consultation, regional communities and practical policy.