Current party lists

Current electorate MP — Remutaka (54th Parliament)

Incumbent electorate MP and Labour leader.

Priorities: Equal opportunity so nobody is held back by circumstance; good jobs, reliable healthcare, affordable homes and cost-of-living action.

Current electorate MP — Kelston (54th Parliament)

Labour deputy leader and former Deputy Prime Minister.

Priorities: Standing up for working people, children and environmental protection.

Current electorate MP — Mana (54th Parliament)

Labour finance spokesperson, specialist tax lawyer and former minister based in Porirua; mother of eight.

Priorities: Affordability, economic security, strong safety nets, family opportunity and Kenepuru representation.

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Senior Labour MP and former minister; Labour's Social Development spokesperson in the refreshed 2026 team, with extensive Māori media, advocacy and political leadership experience.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Current electorate MP — Wigram (54th Parliament)

Senior Labour MP and former minister; Labour's Manufacturing and Industry spokesperson in the refreshed 2026 team.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Incumbent list MP; infectious-diseases specialist and former Health Minister.

Priorities: Defend universal and affordable healthcare, including free prescriptions and other public health services; act as an active local MP and help young people see a future in Wellington.

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Former Northland MP and minister with Māori development, conservation and community experience.

Priorities: Social development, employment, Māori communities, regional services and whānau wellbeing.

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Lawyer and Labour foreign-affairs spokesperson with senior experience in community law, YouthLaw and the Human Rights Commission.

Priorities: Healthcare, affordable homes, secure jobs, cost of living, rule of law and accountable public institutions.

Current electorate MP — Ikaroa-Rāwhiti (54th Parliament)

Labour MP for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti with extensive electorate travel and community engagement.

Priorities: Visible representation and direct engagement with whānau and communities across the East Coast.

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Former Wairarapa MP and minister with experience in regional development, local government and emergency management.

Priorities: Hospital funding, regional infrastructure, public housing, hospitality, rail, roads and fair opportunity across Wairarapa.

Current electorate MP — Dunedin (54th Parliament)

Labour MP and Dunedin campaigner.

Priorities: Fair Pay Agreements, climate action and completing Dunedin's hospital rebuild.

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Former Hutt South MP and minister with justice, police and public-service experience.

Priorities: Education, community safety, public services and strong Hutt representation.

Public-sector and community leader; former NZ Police ethnic, iwi and community relationships manager; MNZM for services to Police and ethnic communities.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Current electorate MP — Palmerston North (54th Parliament)

Palmerston North MP and former deputy mayor with local-government and community leadership experience.

Priorities: Transport, local government, community services and city growth.

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Former teacher, principal, Tauranga MP and education minister.

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

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Long-serving West Coast-based MP and former agriculture, trade and biosecurity minister.

Priorities: Primary industries, exports, defence, regional infrastructure and South Island communities.

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Labour MP with agricultural-sector portfolio experience.

Priorities: Building relationships with agriculture and supporting regional economic communities.

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Current list MP in the 54th New Zealand Parliament.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Former Northcote MP and tertiary-education professional with more than 15 years across education and community organisations.

Priorities: Affordable living, schools, transport, jobs, Whānau Ora, Te Tiriti and opportunity through education.

Dairy Workers Union national secretary and former Labour general secretary with two decades of union and primary-industry leadership.

Priorities: Secure jobs, fair pay and conditions, rural public services, cost-of-living relief and Taupō regional development.

Current electorate MP — Christchurch East (54th Parliament)

Labour MP and Christchurch East campaigner.

Priorities: Higher minimum wages and improved income for low-paid workers.

Māori cultural-development leader and Waitangi Tribunal member with senior roles across education, health, broadcasting and infrastructure; former Te Māngai Pāho deputy chair, Whakaata Māori director, TVNZ journalist and Te Aka Whai Ora deputy chief executive.

Priorities: Kīngitanga, Māori-led development, education and health, te reo and broadcasting, rangatahi potential, unity and self-determined outcomes that benefit Māori and the wider public.

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Labour MP and employment lawyer with experience in workplace relations and legislation.

Priorities: Workers' rights, fair pay, employment law, equality and accessible public services.

Current electorate MP — Panmure-Ōtāhuhu (54th Parliament)

Long-serving South Auckland MP and former minister with strong Pacific and community links.

Priorities: Pacific communities, education, health, housing and Ōtāhuhu representation.

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Second-term Labour MP with more than two decades in community work, business enterprise, restorative justice, youth support and community development, shaped by a Salvation Army upbringing.

Priorities: Affordable homes, accessible healthcare, decent jobs, cost of living, climate resilience, local businesses and protecting Coromandel’s communities and environment.

Kāpiti Coast District councillor and Strategy and Operations chair with youth-climate and community leadership experience.

Priorities: Community wellbeing, support for families under pressure, local economic engagement and responsive representation.

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Current list MP in the 54th New Zealand Parliament.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Labour list MP, former Banks Peninsula MP and psychologist with a PhD; former clinical researcher and nurses' union organiser.

Priorities: Workers' rights, good jobs, affordable living, Christchurch services, corrections and environmental protection.

Lawyer, Rhodes scholar and social-justice campaigner.

Priorities: Affordable living, inequality, justice, public services and community-led representation.

International business leader serving in senior KPMG Asia-Pacific leadership, including its regional board and global council; experienced in business, trade and professional services.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

No candidate-specific biography located in the reviewed sources.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Specialist GP and clinical director with experience in local government and Parliament across South and East Auckland.

Priorities: Healthcare access, affordable homes, small business, education pathways, community safety and visible Botany representation.

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Former teacher, living-wage-accredited business owner and union leader based in Hamilton.

Priorities: Living wages, worker rights, public transport, education, healthcare, housing and a sustainable economy for Hamilton East.

Māori economic-development leader, Fulbright Scholar and Stanford Business School alumnus; Kaihautū of Tapuwae Roa and experienced iwi and impact-investment governor.

Priorities: Jobs, health and homes for Māori communities; indigenous-led investment, Māori entrepreneurship, identity, leadership and intergenerational opportunity.

Former MP and advocate for Chinese New Zealand and ethnic-community representation.

Priorities: Community representation, inclusion and ensuring communities tell their own stories.

Current list MP — 54th Parliament

Current list MP in the 54th New Zealand Parliament.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Current electorate MP — Nelson (54th Parliament)

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.

Current electorate MP — Mt Albert (54th Parliament)

Labour MP and employment lawyer based in Mt Albert.

Priorities: Workers' rights, housing, local business, public services and community representation.

Current electorate MP — Taieri (54th Parliament)

Labour MP and spokesperson for mental health and seniors with an evidence-based community and regional focus.

Priorities: Mental-health access, early intervention, aged-care reform, retirement-village fairness and Taieri services.

Current electorate MP — Te Atatū (54th Parliament)

Labour MP with housing and urban-policy experience.

Priorities: Warm dry state housing, addiction-court services and practical West Auckland community investment.

Current electorate MP — Manurewa (54th Parliament)

Manurewa MP and lawyer with experience in community advocacy.

Priorities: Housing, justice, young families, community safety and South Auckland opportunity.

Current electorate MP — Māngere (54th Parliament)

Labour MP and former Māngere-Ōtāhuhu local-board chair.

Priorities: Community participation, policy talanoa and local Pacific representation.

No candidate-specific biography located in the reviewed sources.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

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.

Adult and community education professional with governance, human-rights training and flexible-learning leadership experience; Institute of Directors member.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Educator, union leader and former Labour MP with strong rural and provincial advocacy experience.

Priorities: Education, workers, rural services, regional opportunity and community resilience.

No candidate-specific biography located in the reviewed sources.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Former two-term Labour MP, union member, mother, grandparent and community leader.

Priorities: Jobs, health, homes, fair wages, safe work, youth opportunity and visible Papakura representation.

Emergency physician and public-health communicator standing for Labour in Whangārei.

Priorities: Accessible healthcare, prevention, regional health services and evidence-based public policy.

No candidate-specific biography located in the reviewed sources.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Council of Trade Unions economist and policy director with extensive experience shaping and scrutinising economic policy.

Priorities: Fair wages, secure jobs, housing, health, education, transport, child poverty, climate resilience and Wellington infrastructure.

Christchurch-born former diplomat and United Nations climate and energy problem-solver who now co-owns Mr Whippy New Zealand; experienced in international representation and growing a Kiwi small business.

Priorities: Cost of living, affordable homes, healthcare, secure jobs, climate resilience, infrastructure and keeping young people and businesses in Christchurch.

Wigram technology-sector project leader with previous agritech experience and a rural North Otago upbringing working on farms; child of migrants from Germany and the United States via Poland.

Priorities: Science and technology innovation, thriving businesses, secure well-paid jobs, worker fairness, affordable healthcare and living costs, and climate and environmental protection.

No candidate-specific biography located in the reviewed sources.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Northland health and social-services leader with more than 25 years working alongside iwi and local communities.

Priorities: Healthcare access, regional jobs, infrastructure, skills, energy resilience and visible rural representation.

No candidate-specific biography located in the reviewed sources.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Lawyer and South Auckland community organiser; former adviser in the UN Secretary-General's office, UN peacekeeper and human-rights investigator; Harvard MPA and Harvard Law School fellow.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Southland rural and conservation advocate with long engagement across farming communities and 30 years as a volunteer firefighter.

Priorities: Regional services and infrastructure, housing, workable farming solutions, environmental progress and calm practical leadership.

Former two-term New Plymouth District councillor with professional experience spanning science, law and education; raised by a solo mother and now raising two children in Taranaki.

Priorities: Housing, climate action, strong public services, secure regional jobs, an economy that supports the next generation and visible, practical representation for New Plymouth.

Former lawyer and current law lecturer seeking to represent her Hamilton hometown.

Priorities: Jobs, healthcare, warm affordable homes, cost-of-living action and infrastructure for fast-growing Hamilton.

Takanini migrant business and community-service leader with practical experience moving from enterprise into local advocacy.

Priorities: Jobs, better healthcare, affordable homes, positive community change and opportunity for every Takanini resident to thrive.

Koha Kai founder and community-sector leader with more than a decade of experience supporting local people.

Priorities: Bring Invercargill and community voices to Parliament, drawing on practical community-sector experience.

No candidate-specific biography located in the reviewed sources.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Tokelauan-Tongan community worker and navigator who has worked in factories, hospitality cleaning and frontline whānau support.

Priorities: Cost-of-living relief, collective wellbeing, Pacific representation and grassroots engagement with non-voters, migrants and vulnerable families.

No candidate-specific biography located in the reviewed sources.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Former Army officer and social worker with 23 years in youth justice, mental health and family-group conferences; volunteer firefighter and school trustee.

Priorities: Early intervention and prevention for young people, locally delivered services, iwi and community partnerships, and people-centred government.

No candidate-specific biography located in the reviewed sources.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Rotorua-born former farm child and three-term Rotorua Lakes councillor, first elected in 2019 as the district’s youngest councillor and highest polling in 2022 and 2025; active across youth, health, arts, sport, sustainability and employment governance.

Priorities: Local economy, housing, accessible healthcare, decent jobs, cost of living, long-term infrastructure, health and education investment and consensus-based leadership.

Technology entrepreneur and digital-transformation leader with more than 30 years across fintech, healthcare, aviation and supply chains, including digital trade infrastructure serving New Zealand exporters.

Priorities: Future Fund investment in Kiwi startups, digital skills, AI and workforce transition, exporter competitiveness, modern public services and technology that supports health and education.

Pakuranga-raised frontline social worker with counselling and social-work qualifications and a Master of Public Policy; has worked with Police, Corrections, MSD and Health NZ and currently practises primarily with youth offenders in South and East Auckland.

Priorities: Jobs, health, homes, rebuilding the social safety net, youth justice and prevention, whānau support and making New Zealand a strong place to raise children.

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.

No candidate-specific biography located in the reviewed sources.

Priorities: No candidate-specific stated priorities located in the reviewed sources.

Lawyer, former minister, Labour whip and justice spokesperson with nine years in Parliament.

Priorities: Complete his parliamentary service and pursue new work after taking time for family and outdoor interests.

Former police officer and Police Association president; three-term electorate MP and Assistant Speaker.

Priorities: Complete his final term after the Ōhāriu boundary changes and Labour selection process.