Tākuta Ferris

Candidate for Te Tai Tonga
Currently serving: MP for Te Tai Tokerau, Parliament of New Zealand Independent
Party Independent
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Tākuta Ferris’s Elections & Candidacies

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Contested 4 races — 1 elected 3 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Te Pāti Māori
    Ballot name: FERRIS, Tākuta
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Te Tai Tonga
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Te Pāti Māori
    Ballot name: FERRIS, Tākuta
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 48.4%
    12,828 votes
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Māori Party
    Ballot name: FERRIS, Tākuta
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Te Tai Tonga
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Māori Party
    Ballot name: FERRIS, Tākuta
    Final Not elected
    Vote share • 26.2%
    7,422 votes
Offices held
  • MP for Te Tai Tokerau
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Independent
    Nov 2025 – present
  • MP for Te Tai Tonga
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Te Pāti Māori
    Oct 2023 – Nov 2025
In the News
Expelled Te Pāti Māori MP calls on voters to exploit electoral loophole
The Post — November 28, 2025

Tākuta Ferris wants Labour to intentionally create an electoral overhang in the Māori seats in what one expert describes as “screwing the scrum”. But Labour is having none of it.

Expelled Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris urges Labour to show ‘strategic restraint’ in Māori seats to prompt overhang
NZ Herald — November 28, 2025

Former Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris holds one of the seven Māori electorates.

Tākuta Ferris alleges ‘despicable’ treatment of dying Te Pāti Māori MP
Newsroom — November 26, 2025

Expelled MP opens up in interview with Mata's Mihingarangi Forbes on Te Pāti Māori's treatment of his late colleague, and the reasons for party's rift The post Tākuta Ferris alleges ‘despicable’ treatment of dying Te Pāti Māori MP appeared first on Newsroom .

Ousted Te Pāti Māori MP alleges 'despicable' treatment of dying colleague
Stuff — November 25, 2025

Tākuta Ferris has levelled a series of allegations against his former party, dismissed as "innuendo" by president John Tamihere.

Tākuta Ferris alleges 'despicable' treatment of dying MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp
RNZ — November 25, 2025

Tākuta Ferris has levelled a series of allegations against his former party, dismissed as "innuendo" by president John Tamihere.

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