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Arena Williams

Candidate for Manurewa
Currently serving: MP for Manurewa, Parliament of New Zealand Labour
Party Labour
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Arena Williams’s Elections & Candidacies

Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2020, 2017 and 2014 general elections, the 2025 local government election and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.

Contested 6 races — 2 elected 4 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: WILLIAMS, Arena
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Manurewa
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: WILLIAMS, Arena
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 58.1%
    16,261 votes
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: WILLIAMS, Arena
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Manurewa
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: WILLIAMS, Arena
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 73.0%
    20,815 votes
2014 NZ General Election • September 20, 2014 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: Williams
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Hunua
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Final Not elected
Offices held
  • MP for Manurewa
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour
    Oct 2020 – present
In the News
One MP, One Pint: Steve Abel on writing a new album and the joy of a sub-$10 beer
The Spinoff — November 12, 2025

Musician-turned-Greenpeace-guy-turned-politician Steve Abel could’ve had a master’s degree by now.

One MP, One Pint: Laura McClure on deepfakes and risking an Act Party PR disaster
The Spinoff — November 4, 2025

Act MP Laura McClure is very sorry for letting Simon Court talk about menstrual cups. Laura McClure already has a white wine in hand when we meet at Pint of Order, and doesn’t judge me for ordering a Steinlager – if anything, I remind her of the days when hangovers didn’t to hurt so bad.

One MP, One Pint: Arena Williams, when did you get hot?
The Spinoff — October 23, 2025

Labour MP Arena Williams is one of few people who can dissect the works of Geoffrey Palmer and Sabrina Carpenter in the same breath. Arena Williams’ whakapapa is Ngāti Labour. Her staunch Labour-loving great-grans were able to spend money on Williams’ father, Sir Haare Williams’ education (he once vied for a Labour nomination in 1992) thanks to Michael Joseph Savage’s extension to the old age pension for Māori.

One MP, One Pint: Making wishes come true with Scott Simpson
The Spinoff — October 16, 2025

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s commerce and consumer affairs minister Scott Simpson.

User charges plan ignores the real problems we face
The Post — September 14, 2025

OPINION: How will the proposed new road user charges affect Aucklanders, who live in the country’s biggest commuter city? Labour MP Arena Williams gives her view.

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