Tamatha Paul

Candidate for Wellington North
Currently serving: MP for Wellington Central, Parliament of New Zealand Green
Party Green
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Tamatha Paul’s Elections & Candidacies

Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2022 and 2017 general elections, the 2025 local government election and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.

Contested 1 race — 1 elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • MP for Wellington Central
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Green Party
    Final Elected
Offices held
  • MP for Wellington Central
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Green
    Oct 2023 – present
  • Pukehīnau/Lambton General Ward
    Wellington City Council
    Affiliation: Green
    Oct 2019 – Oct 2023
In the News
One MP, One Pint: Benjamin Doyle on going out on your own terms
The Spinoff — September 23, 2025

The outgoing Green MP is wondering if you might have time to read their CV. It’s Benjamin Doyle’s first and last time in parliament’s Pint of Order bar, twirling the straw of their soda with glittering pink nails while I’m trying not to make it obvious that this is not my first pint.

One MP, One Pint: Chlöe Swarbrick doesn’t want you to despair – just fight Winston Peters
The Spinoff — September 10, 2025

The Green Party co-leader is running a constant marathon, but she still has ambitions of slowing down.

Windbag: Skeletons, vampires, clowns and other notes from the Mt Victoria candidates debate
The Spinoff — September 9, 2025

Wellington mayoral candidates and contenders for the Pukehīnau/Lambton ward faced off in an unexpectedly spooky debate on Thursday.

New Zealand’s foreign buyer ban has been binned (kind of)
The Spinoff — September 2, 2025

The prime minister has announced that big-spending overseas investors will soon be able to buy a home in Aotearoa. Here’s a recap of how we got to this point.

One MP, One Pint: Judith Collins on leadership regrets and writing a murder mystery novel
The Spinoff — August 21, 2025

Yes, defence minister Judith Collins still says ‘talofa’.

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