Candidates in the 2026 New Zealand general election by electorate
This page lists candidates contesting electorates in the 2026 New Zealand general election.
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Candidates in the 2026 New Zealand general election by electorate
This page lists candidates contesting electorates in the 2026 New Zealand general election.
General electorates
Auckland Central
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Auckland Central</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Chlöe Swarbrick</td><td></td><td>2 </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Banks Peninsula
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Banks Peninsula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Tracey McLellan</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Craig Pauling</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Alliance</td><td>Kyle Turnbull</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Vanessa Weenink</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Botany
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Botany</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Neru Leavasa</td><td>MP for Takanini 2020–2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Christopher Luxon</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Christchurch Central
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Christchurch Central</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Alliance</td><td>Greg Byrnes</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Kahurangi Carter</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>George Hampton</td><td>Contested North Shore in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Eden Skipper</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Dale Stephens</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Duncan Webb</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Christchurch East
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Christchurch East</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Alliance</td><td>Ethan Gullery</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Coromandel
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Coromandel</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Pamela Grealey</td><td>Contested electorate in 2020 and 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Scott Simpson</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Dunedin
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Dunedin</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>David Bainbridge-Zafar</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Alliance</td><td>Victor Billot</td><td>Contested Dunedin North in 2011</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Rachel Brooking</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Francisco Hernandez</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
East Cape
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: East Cape</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Dana Kirkpatrick</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Jo Luxton</td><td>MP for Rangitata 2020–2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Cail Smith</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Epsom
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Epsom</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Kent Duston</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Lawrence Xu-Nan</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Glendene
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Glendene</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Evan French</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Yasmine Serhan</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Hamilton East
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Hamilton East</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Naomi Pocock</td><td>Contested Hamilton West in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Hamilton West
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Hamilton West</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Louise Hutt</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Henderson
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Henderson</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Angee Nicholas</td><td>Contested Te Atatū in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Alika Wells</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Almo Wong</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Hutt South
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Hutt South</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Chris Bishop</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Courtney White</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Benjamin Wylie-van Eerd</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Ilam
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Ilam</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Hamish Campbell</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Mike Davidson</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Alliance</td><td>Courtney Fraser</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Rata Jamieson</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Invercargill
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Invercargill</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Janice Lee</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Kaipara ki Mahurangi
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Kaipara ki Mahurangi</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Zephyr Brown</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Daniel Eb</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Kapiti
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Kapiti</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Tim Costley</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Sophie Handford</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Asher Wilson-Goldman</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Kenepuru
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Kenepuru</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Barbara Edmonds</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Lan Pham</td><td>Contested Banks Peninsula in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Maungakiekie
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Maungakiekie</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Derrick Paull</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Priyanca Radhakrishnan</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Mount Albert
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Mount Albert</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Ricardo Menéndez March</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Helen White</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Qiulae Wong</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Mount Maunganui
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Mount Maunganui</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Tom Rutherford</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Mount Roskill
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Mount Roskill</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Michael Wood</td><td>MP for Mount Roskill 2016–2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Napier
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Napier</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Alex Hedley</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Nelson
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Nelson</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Rachel Boyack</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Blair Cameron</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Rohan O'Neill-Stevens</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
New Plymouth
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: New Plymouth</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Amanda Clinton-Gohdes</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Sarah Lucas</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>David MacLeod</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
North Shore
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: North Shore</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Holly Knill</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Northcote
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Northcote</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Cody Marsh</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Northland
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Northland</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Grant McCallum</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Build the Nation</td><td>Richard McIntosh</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Lucian Plaumann</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Ōtāhuhu
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Ōtāhuhu</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Adam MacRae-Martin</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Pakuranga
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Pakuranga</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Simeon Brown</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Kevin Huang</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Palmerston North
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Palmerston North</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Ankit Bansal</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Teanau Tuiono</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Tangi Utikere</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Papakura
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Papakura</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Emma Chatterton</td><td>Contested Remutaka in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Angela Dalton</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Judith Collins</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Port Waikato
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Port Waikato</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Carl Morgan</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Andrew Bayly</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Rangitīkei
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Rangitīkei</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Bernard Long</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Remutaka
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Remutaka</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Chris Norton</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Luke Ross</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Rotorua
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Rotorua</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Finn Liley</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Selwyn
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Selwyn</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Alliance</td><td>Jesse Luke</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Zoran Rakovic</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Southland
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Southland</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Peter McDonald</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Joseph Mooney</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Taieri
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Taieri</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Matthew French</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Alliance</td><td>Anna Knight</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Ingrid Leary</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Mathew Phillips</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Scott Willis</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Takanini
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Takanini</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Kharag Singh</td><td>Contested Botany in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Tāmaki
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Tāmaki</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Max Harris</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Mahesh Muralidhar</td><td>Contested Auckland Central in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ACT</td><td>Brooke van Velden</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Taupō
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Taupō</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Sam Plummer</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Tauranga
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Tauranga</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Michael Carter</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Sam Uffindell</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Tukituki
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Tukituki</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Rachel Ward</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Catherine Wedd</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Upper Harbour
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Upper Harbour</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Ryan Richards</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Waimakariri
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Waimakariri</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Matt Doocey</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Alliance</td><td>Ali McDougall</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Dan Rosewarne</td><td>MP from 2022-2023. Contested electorate in 2020 and 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Wairarapa
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Wairarapa</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Kieran McAnulty</td><td>MP for Wairarapa 2020–2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Matt Shepherd</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Waitakere
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Waitakere</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Steve Abel</td><td>Contested New Lynn in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Mark Roach</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Vanushi Walters</td><td>MP for Upper Harbour 2020–2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Waitaki
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Waitaki</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Helen Tait</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Wellington Bays
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Wellington Bays</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Julie Anne Genter</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Kayla Kingdon-Bebb</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Karunā Muthu</td><td>Contested Rongotai in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Craig Renney</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Wellington North
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Wellington North</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Jessica Hammond</td><td>Contested Ōhāriu in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Tamatha Paul</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Ayesha Verrall</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
West Coast-Tasman
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: West Coast-Tasman</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NZ First</td><td>Jamie Cleine</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Alliance</td><td>Louis Coup</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Outdoors</td><td>Sue Grey</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Opportunity</td><td>Cindie Uddstrom</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Maureen Pugh</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Whanganui
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Whanganui</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Carl Bates</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Awhi Haenga</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Angela Roberts</td><td>Contested Taranaki-King Country in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Whangārei
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Whangārei</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Gary Payinda</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Shane Reti</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Wigram
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Wigram</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Alliance</td><td>Nicolas Pegg</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>National</td><td>Tracy Summerfield</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Dominik Yanzick</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Megan Woods</td><td>Contesting list only</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Māori electorates
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Te Pāti Māori</td><td>Haley Maxwell</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Heather Te Au-Skipworth</td><td>Withdrew as Te Pāti Māori candidate for this electorate and Tukituki in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Tāmaki Makaurau
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Kerrin Leoni</td><td>Contested Waikato in 2020</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Te Tai Tokerau
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Te Tai Tokerau</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Hūhana Lyndon</td><td>Contested electorate in 2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Willow-Jean Prime</td><td>MP for Northland 2020–2023</td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Te Tai Tonga
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Te Tai Tonga</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Labour</td><td>Mananui Ramsden</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Waiariki
<table><thead><tr><th>2026 general election: Waiariki</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Notes:</td><td> Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.</td></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Notes</td><td>List #</td><td>Source</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td>Tania Waikato</td><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>