Elected member for this seat in the current Parliament. Open their profile for background, promises and coverage.
Mother of seven, bilingual primary teacher and kaupapa Māori educator with education-governance experience across Murihiku and Ōtepoti.
Priorities: Keep Te Tiriti principles embedded in schools; strengthen education, identity, whakapapa, belonging and Māori representation.
Professor of Māori Health and Nutrition with more than 20 years in public-health research, teaching and advocacy; Health Coalition Aotearoa co-chair.
Priorities: Evidence-based public health, health equity, kaupapa Māori solutions, warm homes, food security, sustainable jobs and environmental protection.
Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha, Rangitāne, Raukawa and Tainui leader; environmental consultant and former Pou Mātai Kō regional lead, chair of Te Rūnaka o Koukourarata and contributor to freshwater, climate-adaptation and biodiversity planning.
Priorities: Jobs, affordable housing, culturally responsive healthcare, Te Tiriti protection, rangatahi development, climate-ready communities, native biodiversity and protection of whenua and moana.