Brooke van Velden

Candidate for Tāmaki
Currently serving: MP for Tāmaki, Parliament of New Zealand ACT
Party ACT
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Brooke van Velden’s Elections & Candidacies

Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2022 and 2017 general elections, the 2025 local government election and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.

Contested 6 races — 1 elected 5 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Tāmaki
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Final Elected
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Wellington Central
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Final Not elected
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Auckland Central
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Final Not elected
Offices held
  • MP for Tāmaki
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT
    Oct 2023 – present
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT
    Oct 2020 – Oct 2023
In the News
What Elon’s sexual chatbot said to NZ Ministers: ‘Brooke and Erica - you're cute’
Stuff — October 2, 2025

Ani may be a highly sexual AI chatbot. But she has also given top-level political advice to Brooke van Velden and Erica Stanford.

The peril of politicising judicial appointments
The Post — October 1, 2025

OPINION: Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden has rightly been criticised over her claim that the Employment Relations Authority members believed “money grows on trees”.

The winners and losers of the holiday pay overhaul
Stuff — September 24, 2025

Brooke van Velden has arguably pulled off the unthinkable: an ACT MP unveiling a policy that has relative broad appeal from businesses to unions. Lloyd Burr breaks down the winners and the losers.

Government's sick leave shake-up 'puts people at risk', Labour says
Stuff — September 23, 2025

But Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden says the replacement of the Holidays Act is a “win for workers, a win for businesses, and a win for New Zealand”.

Govt’s big gamble in face of groundswell from sports and charities
Newsroom — September 19, 2025

Brooke van Velden's bid to control online casino gambling in NZ has her betting against the fears of sports clubs and charities nationwide The post Govt’s big gamble in face of groundswell from sports and charities appeared first on Newsroom .

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