ACT Tauranga candidate announced in the party's final 2026 candidate tranche.

Priorities: Growth, infrastructure, taxpayer value and practical local representation.

South African-born Tauranga software developer, husband and father who moved to Aotearoa in 2019.

Priorities: Compassionate public systems, long-term wellbeing for current and future citizens and a fairer sustainable society.

Former teacher, principal, Tauranga MP and education minister.

Priorities: Education, child wellbeing, healthcare, housing and Tauranga community services.

Architect with more than nine years' experience and a Master of Architecture; active in native-forest restoration.

Priorities: Sustainable development, connected public transport, resilient urban design, ocean reform and environmental restoration.

Tauranga MP and Health Select Committee chair with 15 years in international banking across New Zealand, Australia and Singapore, including senior financial-crime-prevention roles at Macquarie, Westpac and Deutsche Bank.

Priorities: Better health services, economic and regional growth, improved roads, higher-paid jobs, public safety, housing and equal voting rights in local elections.