Oriini Kaipara
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Oriini Kaipara’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
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MP for Tāmaki MakaurauParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: Te Pāti MāoriFinal Elected
Offices held
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MP for Tāmaki MakaurauParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: Te Pāti MāoriSep 2025 – present
In the News
Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara gives maiden speech as party prepares for ‘reset’
NZ Herald — October 9, 2025The party is due to detail its 'reset' later this afternoon.
Gone By Lunchtime: Te Pāti Māori wrenches defeat from the jaws of victory
The Spinoff — September 19, 2025Don’t post. Don’t do pub talk. And don’t declare it the year of growth if Donald Trump is the president. Celebrations for a big and bodacious Oriini Kaipara byelection victory were shortlived for Te Pāti Māori thanks to Tākuta Ferris’s decision to double down on a social media post aghast at a multicultural group of Labour supporters for Peeni Henare on the campaign trail.
Te Pāti Māori’s no good, very bad, hōhā couple of weeks
The Spinoff — September 18, 2025The unfortunate mix of a rogue MP, an eyebrow-raising role switch, rumbles among the old guard and stand-offs with the media means Te Pāti Māori will have to do some soul-searching if they want to be kīngi-makers at next year’s election.
Tākuta Ferris row tests Labour–Te Pāti Māori ties
The Spinoff — September 12, 2025The MP’s refusal to back down and a Treaty ‘bottom line’ could be key factors in whether the two parties can work together next year.
Electoral Commission reviewing Tākuta Ferris social media post and party billboards in byelection
NZ Herald — September 7, 2025Oriini Kaipara won the Tāmaki Makaurau seat last night, defeating Labour's Peeni Henare.
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