Tākuta Ferris

Candidate for Te Tai Tonga
Currently serving: MP for Te Tai Tonga, Parliament of New Zealand Te Pāti Māori
Party Te Pāti Māori
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Tākuta Ferris’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 — 1 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 Te Tai Tonga
    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 Te Tai Tonga
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Māori Party
    Final Not elected
Offices held
  • MP for Te Tai Tonga
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Te Pāti Māori
    Oct 2023 – present
In the News
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi finally addresses MP Tākuta Ferris’ race comments
NZ Herald — September 17, 2025

He also addressed the sudden removal of an MP as the party's whip.

Rawiri Waititi fronts up on Tākuta Ferris comments - in te reo
The Post — September 16, 2025

Under-fire Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer turned up alone at Parliament on Tuesday as the fracas over the comments from one of their MPs continued into a new week.

The damage done by Tākuta Ferris’s ‘Indians, Asians, Blacks’ post
The Spinoff — September 16, 2025

A questionable social media post, a quick apology, and a video doubling down – why Tākuta Ferris risks alienating Māori through his criticism of Peeni Henare’s multi-ethnic volunteers.

Tākuta Ferris was aggressive, but he was right, says Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere
Stuff — September 16, 2025

“What Tākuta said, in substance, was right. It is wrong for other folk to politic in Māori seats,“ says John Tamihere, Te Pāti Māori president.

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