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Oriini Kaipara’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 1 race — 1 elected
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MP for Tāmaki MakaurauParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: Te Pāti MāoriFinal ElectedVote share • 65.4%6,948 votes
Offices held
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MP for Tāmaki MakaurauParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: Te Pāti MāoriSep 2025 – present
In the News
The reset that wasn’t: Te Pāti Māori promises mostly business as usual
The Spinoff — October 10, 2025Te Pāti Māori wants to be in government in 2026, but will Labour work with them?
Te Pāti Māori’s Oriini Kaipara on her first speech as MP, party ‘dramas’
NZ Herald — October 10, 2025She avoided answering some questions about her party's recent troubles.
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.
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