Rawiri Waititi

Candidate for Waiariki
Currently serving: MP for Waiariki, Parliament of New Zealand Te Pāti Māori
Party Te Pāti Māori
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Rawiri Waititi’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 5 races — 2 elected 3 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Te Pāti Māori
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Waiariki
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Te Pāti Māori
    Final Elected
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Māori Party
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Waiariki
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Māori Party
    Final Elected
2014 NZ General Election • September 20, 2014 General
  • MP for Waiariki
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Final Not elected
Offices held
  • MP for Waiariki
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Te Pāti Māori
    Oct 2020 – present
In the News
Rawiri Waititi not keen to kick ‘rogue’ MPs out of Parliament
The Post — November 4, 2025

Waititi says he wouldn’t use waka jumping legislation to remove two MPs who challenged his leadership.

Rawiri Waititi says ‘rogue’ MPs tried to topple him
Stuff — November 4, 2025

“We’re cleaning up our whare,” but caucus would not attempt to expel them before first going to the party membership, the Te Pāti Māori co-leader said.

Calls for resignations on both sides as Tamihere deepens Te Pāti Māori crisis
The Spinoff — November 4, 2025

The party president accused two MPs of plotting a leadership coup and said they should ‘do the honourable thing’ and resign – though many members say it’s he who should go.

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.

Far from kotahitanga: the unravelling of Te Pāti Māori
The Spinoff — October 15, 2025

The rapid and public collapse of the once seemingly unified party has members of Te Pāti Māori demanding answers from their leadership, We should all spare a thought for John Tamihere.

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