Keshaan Te Waaka

Currently serving: Tamaki nui-a-Rua Māori Ward, Tararua District Council Dream Big
Party Dream Big
Keshaan Te Waaka’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

2025 NZ Local Government • October 11, 2025 Local
  • Tamaki nui-a-Rua Māori Ward
    Tararua District Council
    Affiliation: Dream Big
    Final Elected
Offices held
  • Tamaki nui-a-Rua Māori Ward
    Tararua District Council
    Affiliation: Dream Big
    Oct 2025 – present
In the News
Where to from here, with the country’s new crop of young councillors
The Spinoff — October 29, 2025

Winning is the first step. The next is keeping up the hype. With local elections done and dusted, a number of baby-faced representatives will have their chance to carve out a youth voice in a slowly de-ageing arena.

21-year-old Māori-Tongan rangatahi secures council seat in rural Tararua
The Post — October 19, 2025

Keshaan Te Waaka, 21, has secured the Tamaki nui-a-rua Māori ward at the Tararua District Council, unseating incumbent Naioma Chase in a close race.

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