Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Candidate for Te Tai Hauāuru
Currently serving: MP for Te Tai Hauāuru, Parliament of New Zealand Te Pāti Māori
Party Te Pāti Māori
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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer’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 4 races — 2 elected 2 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Te Pāti Māori
    Ballot name: NGAREWA-PACKER, Debbie
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Te Tai Hauāuru
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Te Pāti Māori
    Ballot name: NGAREWA-PACKER, Debbie
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 63.8%
    16,288 votes
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Māori Party
    Ballot name: NGAREWA-PACKER, Debbie
    Final Elected
  • MP for Te Tai Hauāuru
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Māori Party
    Ballot name: NGAREWA-PACKER, Debbie
    Final Not elected
    Vote share • 44.5%
    11,107 votes
Offices held
  • MP for Te Tai Hauāuru
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Te Pāti Māori
    Oct 2023 – present
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Te Pāti Māori
    Oct 2020 – Oct 2023
In the News
'Insulted': Ngāpuhi critical of leaders' no-show at hui
Otago Daily Times — November 22, 2025

Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. Photo: RNZ Ngāpuhi's general manager says they are insulted Te Pāti Māori leadership is refusing to participate in a hui after expelling its local MP.

Is it time for a second Māori political party to enter the fray?
The Spinoff — November 7, 2025

Hone Harawira walked away from Te Pāti Māori over a decade ago. Now, another Te Tai Tokerau MP looks set to do the same.

A month on from its reset, what exactly has Te Pāti Māori changed?
The Spinoff — November 5, 2025

Will it be iwi-led intervention or a schism that finally ends weeks of strife for Te Pāti Māori?

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.

Te Pāti Māori co-leader says Māori ‘aren’t allowed to make mistakes’ after failing to declare properties
Stuff — October 20, 2025

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has hit out at an investigation that found she had failed to declare ownership of two properties under Parliament’s transparency rules.

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