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

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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
    Ballot name: VAN VELDEN, Brooke
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Tāmaki
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Ballot name: VAN VELDEN, Brooke
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 43.7%
    17,858 votes
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Ballot name: van VELDEN, Brooke
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Wellington Central
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Ballot name: van VELDEN, Brooke
    Final Not elected
    Vote share • 1.8%
    865 votes
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Ballot name: VAN VELDEN, Brooke
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Auckland Central
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Ballot name: VAN VELDEN, Brooke
    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
Minister tells sister of man killed at fertiliser plant action is being taken
RNZ — December 8, 2025

The woman who has name suppression asked for and got a meeting with Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden recently.

Meeting with minister a 'complete waste of time', Pike River families say
The Post — November 20, 2025

Sonya Rockhouse says Workplace Safety Minister Brooke van Velden “listened, but didn’t really say anything” when they met on the 15th anniversary of the Pike River disaster.

Meeting with govt 'complete waste of time', Pike River families say
RNZ — November 20, 2025

Family members Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse sat down with Workplace Safety Minister Brooke van Velden at Parliament on the 15th anniversary of the disaster.

One MP, One Pint: A visit to Wellington’s ‘last true public bar’ with Greg O’Connor
The Spinoff — November 19, 2025

Labour’s Greg O’Connor knows this Newlands bar like the back of his hand. “Here comes trouble,” is how the barmaid greets Labour MP Greg O’Connor upon entering the Newlands Arms, a pub the 67-year-old has been haunting since the 1970s.

No longer any employee representation on WorkSafe board - CTU
Otago Daily Times — October 28, 2025

Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden. Photo: RNZ The government needs to include employee representation on the WorkSafe board, says the Council of Trade Unions.

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