Elected member for this seat in the current Parliament. Open their profile for background, promises and coverage.
Whakatāne-born local representative, small-business owner and community leader with military, fire-service and professional-rugby experience.
Priorities: Māori-Crown relations, rural communities, emergency recovery, Whānau Ora, sport and accountable service-based leadership.
Te Pāti Māori co-leader and Waiariki MP; iwi leader, Ringatū minister and Whānau Ora practitioner.
Priorities: Defend Māori electorates, oppose punitive welfare settings, respond to unemployment and living costs, reduce inequality and influence the next government.
Ngāti Awa, Tūwharetoa, Tūhoe, Te Whakatōhea and Ngāti Hine lawyer and kairongoā with more than 20 years across civil litigation, Māori business, resource management, employment law and Te Tiriti.
Priorities: Food, healthcare, housing and education as basic dignity; protection of te taiao and Te Tiriti; opposition to the Treaty Principles and Regulatory Standards bills, school-lunch cuts and weakened school-board Treaty duties.
Whakatāne councillor and Māori-ward advocate selected as Labour's Waiariki candidate.
Priorities: Strengthen Māori representation and local decision-making, drawing on advocacy for Māori wards.