Electorate Candidates

This is a list of candidates for the 2026 New Zealand general election. You can click on a candidate and see details of their social media profiles, related news stories and links to any ads they may have run on Meta or Google.

I've designed this system with crowdsourcing in mind - please feel free to submit candidate details, and if I'm missing a candidate please let me know via the Submit New Candidate button (coming soon!).

Note that most parties haven't yet announced any official candidates for the 2026 election, so far this list covers:

  • Offiical Candidates: Any candidates that parties have selected for electorates at the next election.
  • Incumbent electorate MPs. I'm working on the assumption that all electorate MPs are standing again in their seats, unless they've announced otherwise in which case they'll be removed from this list.
  • List MPs. If a List MP stood in an electorate last time, I'm working on the assumption they'll be re-selected, unless the either announce they won't stand again.
Electorate Labour National Green ACT Māori NZ First
Auckland Central No candidate No candidate Chlöe Swarbrick No candidate No candidate No candidate
Banks Peninsula Tracey McLellan Vanessa Weenink No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Bay of Plenty No candidate Tom Rutherford No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Botany No candidate Christopher Luxon No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Christchurch Central Duncan Webb No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Christchurch East Reuben Davidson No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Coromandel No candidate Scott Simpson No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Dunedin Rachel Brooking No candidate Francisco Hernandez No candidate No candidate No candidate
East Coast No candidate Dana Kirkpatrick No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
East Coast Bays No candidate Erica Stanford No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Epsom Camilla Belich Paul Goldsmith Lawrence Xu-Nan David Seymour No candidate No candidate
Hamilton East No candidate Ryan Hamilton No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Hamilton West No candidate Tama Potaka Benjamin Doyle No candidate No candidate No candidate
Hutt South Ginny Andersen Chris Bishop No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Ilam No candidate Hamish Campbell No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Invercargill Liz Craig Penny Simmonds No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Kaikōura No candidate Stuart Smith No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Kaipara ki Mahurangi No candidate Chris Penk No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Kelston Carmel Sepuloni No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Mana Barbara Edmonds No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Māngere Lemauga Lydia Sosene No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Manurewa Arena Williams No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Maungakiekie Priyanca Radhakrishnan Greg Fleming Sapna Samant No candidate No candidate No candidate
Mt Albert Helen White Melissa Lee Ricardo Menéndez March No candidate No candidate No candidate
Mt Roskill No candidate Carlos Cheung No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Napier No candidate Kate Nimon No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Nelson Rachel Boyack Blair Cameron No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
New Lynn Deborah Russell Paulo Garcia Steve Abel No candidate No candidate No candidate
New Plymouth Glen Bennett David MacLeod No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Northcote Shanan Halbert Dan Bidois No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Northland Willow-Jean Prime Grant McCallum Reina Penny No candidate No candidate No candidate
North Shore No candidate Simon Watts No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Ōhāriu Greg O'Connor Nicola Willis Stephanie Rodgers No candidate No candidate No candidate
Ōtaki No candidate Tim Costley No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Pakuranga No candidate Simeon Brown No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Palmerston North Tangi Utikere No candidate Teanau Tuiono No candidate No candidate No candidate
Panmure-Ōtāhuhu Jenny Salesa No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Papakura Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki Judith Collins No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Port Waikato No candidate Andrew Bayly No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Rangitata Jo Luxton James Meager No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Rangitīkei No candidate Suze Redmayne No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Remutaka Chris Hipkins No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Rongotai No candidate No candidate Julie Anne Genter No candidate No candidate No candidate
Rotorua No candidate Todd McClay No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Selwyn No candidate Nicola Grigg No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Southland No candidate Joseph Mooney Dave Kennedy No candidate No candidate No candidate
Taieri Ingrid Leary No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Takanini No candidate Rima Nakhle No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Tāmaki No candidate No candidate No candidate Brooke van Velden No candidate No candidate
Taranaki-King Country No candidate Barbara Kuriger No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Taupō No candidate Louise Upston No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Tauranga Jan Tinetti Sam Uffindell No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Te Atatū Phil Twyford No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Tukituki No candidate Catherine Wedd No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Upper Harbour Vanushi Walters Cameron Brewer No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Waikato No candidate Tim van de Molen No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Waimakariri No candidate Matt Doocey No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Wairarapa Kieran McAnulty Mike Butterick Celia Wade-Brown No candidate No candidate No candidate
Waitaki No candidate Miles Anderon No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Wellington Central No candidate No candidate Tamatha Paul No candidate No candidate No candidate
West Coast-Tasman Damien O'Connor Maureen Pugh No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Whanganui No candidate Carl Bates No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Whangaparāoa No candidate Mark Mitchell No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Whangārei No candidate Shane Reti No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Wigram No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate
Hauraki-Waikato No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke No candidate
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti Cushla Tangaere-Manuel No candidate No candidate No candidate Haley Maxwell No candidate
Tāmaki Makaurau Peeni Henare No candidate No candidate No candidate Oriini Kaipara No candidate
Te Tai Hauāuru Soraya Peke-Mason Harete Hipango No candidate No candidate Debbie Ngarewa-Packer No candidate
Te Tai Tokerau No candidate No candidate Hūhana Lyndon No candidate Mariameno Kapa-Kingi No candidate
Te Tai Tonga No candidate No candidate No candidate No candidate Tākuta Ferris No candidate
Waiariki Toni Boynton No candidate No candidate No candidate Rawiri Waititi No candidate