Candidates in the 2023 New Zealand general election by electorate

New Zealand political candidates in the MMP era

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This page lists candidates contesting electorates in the 2023 New Zealand general election.

General electorates

Auckland Central

2023 general election: Auckland Central
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Legalise Cannabis	Christopher Coker	Contested Bay of Plenty in 2020; contested Tauranga in 2022	9	[1]
	Rock The Vote NZ	Paul Davie	Contested New Lynn for Voice of the People in 2020	7	[2]
	Animal Justice	Madeleine Kane		15	[3]
	Independent	Andi Shen Liu			[4]
	National	Mahesh Muralidhar		43	[5] [6]
	ACT	Felix Poole	Contested electorate in 2020	25	[7]
	Labour	Oscar Sims		63	[8] [9]
	New Nation	Guy Slocum		2	[4]
	Green	Chlöe Swarbrick		3	[10] [11]
	Opportunities	Damian Sycamore		8	[12] [13]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Money Free Party	Luke Beharral	Announced, but not on final list of candidates		[14] [4]
	ACT	Scott Boness			[15]
	NZ First	Heeni Phillips-Williams	Announced, but not on final list of candidates		[16] [17]

Banks Peninsula

2023 general election: Banks Peninsula
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	DemocracyNZ	Doug Allington		9	[18]
	Animal Justice	Paran Jeet		10	[19]
	NZ First	Lindsay Kerslake			[20]
	Labour	Tracey McLellan		27	[21] [9]
	NewZeal	Lisa Mead			[22]
	Green	Lan Pham		6	[23] [11]
	ACT	Laura Trask		10	[24]
	Independent	Peter Wakeman	Contested Tauranga and Hamilton West in 2022		[25]
	National	Vanessa Weenink		40	[26] [6]

Bay of Plenty

2023 general election: Bay of Plenty
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Leighton Baker Party	Wendy Gillespie		2	[27]
	Animal Justice	Caitlin Grattan		14	[19]
	ACT	Cameron Luxton	Contested Tauranga in 2020 and 2022	11	[24]
	Green	Matthew Macmillan			[28]
	NZ First	Kirsten Murfitt	Originally selected to contest Tauranga for DemocracyNZ		[20]
	National	Tom Rutherford	Sought nomination in 2022 Tauranga by-election	70	[29] [6]
	Labour	Pare Taikato		54	[30] [9]
	Independent	Taupo Wahed			[31]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Todd Muller	Was re-selected, but later chose to retire		[32] [33]

Botany

2023 general election: Botany
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ Loyal	John Armstrong			[34]
	ACT	Bo Burns		54	[35]
	New Conservative	Dieuwe de Boer	Contested electorate in 2020	2	[36]
	National	Christopher Luxon		1	[37] [6]
	Animal Justice	Robert McNeil		1	[3]
	Labour	Kharag Singh		66	[38] [9]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Vision NZ	Mark Terrill	Announced, but not on final list of candidates		[39] [40]

Christchurch Central

2023 general election: Christchurch Central
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Mark Arneil	Contested electorate in 2020		[20]
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Britnell	Contested electorate in 2020	3	[41]
	Green	Kahurangi Carter		14	[42] [11]
	ACT	Matthew Fisken		44	[24]
	Animal Justice	Sarah Jackson		7	[19]
	National	Dale Stephens	Contested Ohariu-Belmont in 2002, Contested electorate in 2020	29	[43] [6]
	Labour	Duncan Webb		20	[44] [9]

Christchurch East

2023 general election: Christchurch East
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Sahra Ahmed			[45]
	Labour	Reuben Davidson	Contested Selwyn in 2020	57	[46] [9]
	New Conservative	Helen Houghton	Contested electorate in 2020	1	[36]
	Legalise Cannabis	Paula Lambert	Contested electorate in 2020	4	[41]
	Independent	Sam Park			[47]
	ACT	Toni Severin	Contested electorate in 2020	14	[24]
	National	Matt Stock		50	[48] [6]
	Animal Justice	Danette Wereta		5	[19]
	NZ First	Shane Wiremu			[20]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Poto Williams			[49]

Coromandel

2023 general election: Coromandel
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Caleb Ansell	Contested Waikato for New Conservative in 2020		[50]
	NZ Loyal	Ray Cobb			[34]
	Green	Pamela Grealey	Contested electorate in 2020		[28]
	Labour	Beryl Riley		75	[44] [9]
	National	Scott Simpson		55	[51] [6]
	Outdoors	Sarai TePou	Contested Tāmaki for Advance NZ in 2020		[52]
	ACT	Joanna Verburg		55	[7]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	New Nation	Andrew Hollis			[53] [54]

Dunedin

2023 general election: Dunedin
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Rachel Brooking		23	[55] [9]
	New Conservative	Cyndee Elder		7	[36]
	Green	Francisco Hernandez		17	[56] [11]
	NZ First	Keegan Langeveld		20	[20]
	Legalise Cannabis	Adrian McDermott			[41]
	ACT	Tim Newman		53	[7]
	Independent	Jim O'Malley			[57]
	Opportunities	Benjamin Peters	Contested electorate in 2020	3	[12] [13]
	Independent	Pamela Taylor			[58]
	National	Michael Woodhouse	Contested electorate in 2020	none	[59] [6]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	David Clark			[49]

East Coast

2023 general election: East Coast
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Independent	Monaco Caracas			[60]
	Labour	Tāmati Coffey	MP for Waiariki 2017–20; cancelled planned retirement from Parliament following Allan's resignation	36	[61] [9]
	Independent	Gordon Dickson	Contested Tauranga and Hamilton West in 2022		[60]
	Te Pāti Māori	Fallyn Flavell			[60]
	ACT	Michael Howe		27	[24]
	National	Dana Kirkpatrick		44	[62] [6]
	Vision NZ	Leighton Packer			[39]
	Independent	Don Richards			[60]
	DemocracyNZ	Chris Robinson		12	[18]
	NZ First	Craig Sinclair			[63]
	Green	Jordan Walker			[64]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Kiri Allan	Was re-selected, but later chose to retire		[65]

East Coast Bays

2023 general election: East Coast Bays
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NewZeal	Paul Adams	United Future MP 2002–2005; contested electorate for Family Party in 2008		[22]
	Labour	Naisi Chen	Contested electorate in 2017; contested Botany in 2020; sought nomination in Auckland Central	33	[66]
	NZ Loyal	Bill Dyet	Originally selected by DemocracyNZ to contest Whangaparāoa; contested Northcote for New Conservative in 2020		[67] [34]
	ACT	Michael McCook	Contested electorate in 2020	32	[24]
	National	Erica Stanford		7	[37] [6]

Epsom

2023 general election: Epsom
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Camilla Belich	Contested electorate in 2020; sought nomination in Mount Albert	26	[68] [9]
	National	Paul Goldsmith	Contested electorate in 2020	5	[37] [6]
	NZ Loyal	Anna Rotheray			[69]
	ACT	David Seymour		1	[70] [24]
	Opportunities	Nina Su		4	[12] [13]
	NZ First	Tanya Unkovich		8	[20]
	Green	Lawrence Xu-Nan	Contested Pakuranga in 2020	16	[71] [11]

Hamilton East

2023 general election: Hamilton East
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ Loyal	Tanya Ban			[72]
	Animal Justice	Lily Carrington		8	[3]
	Opportunities	Alex Corkin		12	[73] [13]
	New World Order McCann Party	Nathan Lee Couper			[72]
	Labour	Georgie Dansey	Contested Hamilton West in 2022	31	[74] [9]
	Republic of New Zealand Party	Jacobus Gielen	Contested electorate in 2020		[72]
	National	Ryan Hamilton		66	[75] [6]
	NZ First	Russelle Knaap		32	[72]
	Te Pāti Māori	Awatea Parker		30	[72]
	ACT	Ash Parmar		13	[24]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Jamie Strange			[76]

Hamilton West

2023 general election: Hamilton West
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Benjamin Doyle		18	[77] [11]
	Vision NZ	Rudi du Plooy	Originally selected as New Conservative candidate; contested electorate for New Conservative in 2022		[78] [39]
	Opportunities	Naomi Pocock	Contested electorate in 2022; contested Hamilton East in 2020	9	[73] [13]
	National	Tama Potaka		24	[37] [6]
	ACT	Susan Stevenson		31	[24]
	NZ First	Kevin Stone			[20]
	Labour	Myra Williamson		62	[79] [9]
	Animal Justice	Melanie Wilson		16	[3]

Hutt South

2023 general election: Hutt South
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Ginny Andersen		17	[80] [9]
	National	Chris Bishop	MP for Hutt South 2017–2020	3	[81] [6]
	NZ Loyal	Jordan Blake			[82]
	NZ First	Lee Donoghue		12	[83]
	Green	Neelu Jennings		28	[84] [11]
	ACT	Andy Parkins	Contested electorate in 2020	24	[24]
	Vision NZ	Max Rangitutia		32	[39]
	Opportunities	Ben Wylie-van Eerd	Contested electorate in 2020	11	[85] [13]

Ilam

2023 general election: Ilam
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Legalise Cannabis	Irinka Britnell		10	[41]
	National	Hamish Campbell	Contested Wigram in 2020	63	[86] [6]
	Green	Mike Davidson		19	[87] [11]
	Opportunities	Raf Manji	Contested electorate as an independent in 2017	1	[88] [13]
	New Conservative	Chris O'Brien		5	[36]
	DemocracyNZ	Juanita O'Connell		6	[18]
	Labour	Sarah Pallett		51	[89] [9]

Invercargill

2023 general election: Invercargill
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Liz Craig	Contested electorate in 2020	44	[90] [9]
	ACT	Scott Donaldson		43	[24]
	NZ Loyal	David Kowalewski			[34]
	Legalise Cannabis	Kevin O'Connell		7	[41]
	National	Penny Simmonds		16	[37] [6]
	Vision NZ	Judith Terrill	Contested Southland for ONE in 2020		[39]

Kaikōura

2023 general election: Kaikōura
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Jamie Arbuckle	Contested electorate in 2020	6	[91]
	Money Free Party NZ	Shaun Brown			[92]
	DemocracyNZ	Sandra Campbell		11	[93]
	NZ Loyal	Natalie Colello			[92]
	Labour	Emma Dewhirst		67	[94] [9]
	New Conservative	David Greenslade	Contested electorate in 2020		[36]
	ACT	Keith Griffiths		29	[24]
	Independent	Ted Howard	Contested electorate in 2020		[92]
	Independent	John McCaskey	Contested electorate for Social Credit in 2020		[92]
	Green	Richard McCubbin	Contested electorate in 2020	39	[95]
	National	Stuart Smith		56	[91] [6]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Green	Alec McNeil			[96] [97]

Kaipara ki Mahurangi

2023 general election: Kaipara ki Mahurangi
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Brent Bailey		58	[7]
	DemocracyNZ	Sarah Brewer		10	[93]
	Green	Zephyr Brown	Contested electorate in 2020		[28]
	NZ First	Jenny Marcroft	MP 2017–2020; contested Auckland Central in 2020		[20]
	National	Chris Penk		18	[37] [6]
	Labour	Guy Wishart		71	[98] [9]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Anto Coates			[24] [99]
	NZ Loyal	Brenton Faithfull	Withdrew to act as justice of the peace		[34] [100]

Kelston

2023 general election: Kelston
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Jake Curran		42	[24]
	NZ First	Anne Degia-Pala	Contested electorate in 2020	15	[20]
	Green	Golriz Ghahraman	Contested Mount Roskill in 2020	7	[11]
	Te Pāti Māori	Jacqui Harema		24	[101]
	New Conservative	Alister Hood		6	[36]
	National	Ruby Manukia Schaumkel		42	[102] [6]
	Labour	Carmel Sepuloni		3	[44] [9]
	DemocracyNZ	Leao Tildsley	Contested electorate for New Conservative in 2020	3	[18]

Mana

2023 general election: Mana
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Protect & Prosper New Zealand	Kush Bhargava			[103]
	ACT	Lily Brown		22	[24]
	Green	Gina Dao-McLay		23	[104] [11]
	Labour	Barbara Edmonds		18	[105] [9]
	NZ First	Andy Foster	Contested Wellington Central in 2017	7	[106]
	Not A Party	Richard Goode	Contested electorate in 2020		[107]
	National	Frances Hughes		33	[108] [6]
	NZ Loyal	Lisa Temperton			[107]

Māngere

2023 general election: Māngere
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Vision NZ	Fuiavailili Ala'ilima	Contested electorate for New Conservative in 2020	20	[39]
	National	Rosemary Bourke		32	[109] [6]
	ACT	Pothen Joseph		46	[24]
	Independent	Brooke Pao Stanley			[110]
	Te Pāti Māori	Hilda Peters		11	[111]
	Labour	Lemauga Lydia Sosene		53	[44] [9]
	Green	Peter Sykes	Contested electorate in 2020	48	[28]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	William Sio			[49]

Manurewa

2023 general election: Manurewa
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Siva Kilari		30	[112] [6]
	Te Pāti Māori	Rangi McLean	Contested Tāmaki Makaurau in 2014	28	[113]
	Vision NZ	Caine Warren		9	[39]
	Labour	Arena Williams		48	[44] [9]

Maungakiekie

2023 general election: Maungakiekie
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Independent	Phillip Bridge			[114]
	Rock The Vote NZ	Eric Chuah	Contested Owairaka for Advance NZ in 1996	14	[115]
	National	Greg Fleming		65	[116] [6]
	NZ First	Andrew Hogg		34	[20]
	ACT	Margo Onishchenko		59	[7]
	Labour	Priyanca Radhakrishnan		15	[117] [9]
	Green	Sapna Samant		30	[28] [11]

Mount Albert

2023 general election: Mount Albert
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Melissa Lee		13	[118] [6]
	Green	Ricardo Menéndez March	Contested Maungakiekie in 2020	8	[119] [11]
	ACT	Ollie Murphy		28	[24]
	Independent	Tesi Naufahu			[120]
	Opportunities	Ciara Swords	Contested Whangārei in 2020	7	[12] [13]
	Human Rights Party	Anthony van den Heuvel	Contested electorate in 2020		[120]
	Labour	Helen White	Contested Auckland Central in 2020	47	[121] [9]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Jacinda Ardern			[122]

Mount Roskill

2023 general election: Mount Roskill
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Carlos Cheung		48	[123] [6]
	ACT	Rahul Chopra		26	[24]
	Green	Suveen Sanis Walgampola		21	[28] [11]
	Labour	Michael Wood		45	[44] [9]

Napier

2023 general election: Napier
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Julienne Dickey			[28]
	Labour	Mark Hutchinson		60	[124] [9]
	DemocracyNZ	Martin Langford		4	[18]
	ACT	Pawel Milewski		34	[24]
	National	Katie Nimon	Contested electorate in 2020	22	[125] [6]
	Independent	John Smith	Contested electorate in 2020		[126]
	NZ First	Laurie Turnbull		18	[127]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Stuart Nash	Was re-selected, but later chose to retire		[128] [129]

Nelson

2023 general election: Nelson
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Chris Baillie	Contested electorate in 2020	17	[24]
	Labour	Rachel Boyack		42	[130] [9]
	National	Blair Cameron		35	[131] [6]
	Progressive Aotearoa	Bruce Dyer	Contested electorate in 2020		[132]
	Green	Jace Hobbs			[133]
	NZ Loyal	Peter Vaughan			[132]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Green	Teall Crossen	Contested Rongotai in 2020		[134] [135]
	NZ Loyal	Anne Fitzsimon	Contested West Coast-Tasman for Advance NZ in 2020		[136]
	New Nation	Dean McNamara	Announced, but not on final list of candidates		[54] [132]

New Lynn

2023 general election: New Lynn
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Steve Abel	Contested electorate in 2020	9	[137] [11]
	ACT	Juan Alvarez de Lugo		33	[24]
	National	Paulo Garcia	MP 2019–2020	34	[138] [6]
	Vision NZ	Phineas Mann			[39]
	NZ Loyal	Steve Oliver			[34]
	Labour	Deborah Russell		22	[44] [9]

New Plymouth

2023 general election: New Plymouth
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Glen Bennett		29	[139] [9]
	National	David MacLeod		67	[140] [6]
	ACT	Bruce McGechan		62	[7]
	New Nation	Greg Robinson		3	[141]
	Animal Justice	Hamish Watkins		6	[19]
	NZ Loyal	Warren Willetts			[141]

North Shore

2023 general election: North Shore
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Pat Baskett			[28]
	Opportunities	Abe Gray	Contested Wellington Central in 2020	10	[73] [13]
	Labour	George Hampton		41	[142] [9]
	National	Simon Watts		17	[37] [6]
	ACT	Anna Yallop		21	[24]

Northcote

2023 general election: Northcote
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Dan Bidois	MP for Northcote 2018–2020	60	[143] [6]
	Vision NZ	Mark Donaldson			[39]
	ACT	Leo Foley		20	[24]
	Labour	Shanan Halbert		28	[44] [9]
	Green	Andrew Shaw			[144]
	NZ First	Michelle Warren			[20]

Northland

2023 general election: Northland
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Mark Cameron	Contested electorate in 2020	7	[24]
	NZ Loyal	Michael Feyen	Selected to contest Ōtaki for Public Party in 2020 but withdrew		[145]
	Northland Party	Mike Finlayson			[146]
	NZ First	Shane Jones	MP 2005–2014, 2017–2020; contested electorate in 2020		[147]
	DemocracyNZ	Matt King	MP for Northland 2017–2020	1	[18]
	Legalise Cannabis	Jeffrey Lye	Contested Kelston in 2020		[41]
	National	Grant McCallum		68	[148] [6]
	Green	Reina Penney		24	[149] [11]
	Labour	Willow-Jean Prime		9	[44] [9]

Ōhāriu

2023 general election: Ōhāriu
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Paul Day		61	[7]
	Opportunities	Jessica Hammond	Contested electorate in 2020	6	[12] [13]
	Protect & Prosper New Zealand	Martin Jenkins			[103]
	Vision NZ	Patrick Lim			[39]
	Labour	Greg O'Connor		none	[150] [9]
	Green	Stephanie Rodgers		20	[151] [11]
	National	Nicola Willis	Contested Wellington Central in 2020	2	[152] [6]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	DemocracyNZ	Matt Shelton			[18] [67]

Ōtaki

2023 general election: Ōtaki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Tim Costley	Contested electorate in 2020	64	[153] [6]
	Green	Ali Muhammad		40	[28]
	Labour	Terisa Ngobi		46	[154] [9]
	ACT	Sean Rush		51	[24]
	NZ Loyal	Bryan Ten-Have			[155]
	Not A Party	Bob Wessex	Contested Coromandel in 2020		[155]

Pakuranga

2023 general election: Pakuranga
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Rock The Vote NZ	John Alcock		10	[156]
	National	Simeon Brown		9	[157] [6]
	Animal Justice	Nicholas Hancock		4	[19]
	Labour	Nerissa Henry	Contested electorate in 2020	61	[44] [9]
	ACT	Parmjeet Parmar	National List MP 2014–2020; contested Mount Roskill for National in 2020	9	[158] [24]
	NZ Loyal	Phil Scothern			[159]

Palmerston North

2023 general election: Palmerston North
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Ankit Bansal		52	[160] [6]
	Animal Justice	Douglas Begg		12	[19]
	NZ Loyal	Dean Grant			[161] [162]
	ACT	Mike Harnett		45	[24]
	Labour	Tangi Utikere		25	[163] [9]
	Green	Teanau Tuiono	Contested electorate in 2020	5	[164] [11]

Panmure-Ōtāhuhu

2023 general election: Panmure-Ōtāhuhu
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Efeso Collins		11	[11]
	ACT	Antonia Modkova		12	[24]
	Vision NZ	Karl Mokaraka		23	[39]
	National	Navtej Singh Randhawa		46	[109] [6]
	Workers Now	James Robb			[165]
	Labour	Jenny Salesa		24	[44] [9]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	NZ First	Mahesh Bindra	List MP 2014–2017; contested Hutt South in 2020; announced, but not on final list of candidates		[20] [166]

Papakura

2023 general election: Papakura
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Judith Collins		10	[37] [6]
	Vision NZ	Kathy Harvey		24	[39]
	Labour	Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki	Contested electorate in 2020	34	[44] [9]
	Independent	Karin Kerr			[167]
	NZ Loyal	Donna Kouka			[168]
	ACT	Mike McCormick	Contested Takanini in 2020	23	[24]
	NZ First	Robert Monds	Contested electorate in 2020	25	[20]

Port Waikato

2023 general election: Port Waikato
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Andrew Bayly		15	[37] [6]
	DemocracyNZ	Scotty Bright		5	[18]
	Green	Karla Buchanan			[144]
	ACT	Neil Christensen†	Died during election, triggering a by-election	35	[24] [169]
	NZ First	Casey Costello	Contested Māngere for ACT in 2011		[170]
	Labour	Gwendoline Keel		65	[44] [9]
	Animal Justice	Anna Rippon		2	[3]
	Vision NZ	Vijay Sudhamalla	Originally selected as DemocracyNZ candidate		[171] [39]
	NZ Loyal	Kim Turner			[34]

Rangitata

2023 general election: Rangitata
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Robert Ballantyne		16	[20]
	Rock The Vote NZ	Michael Clarkson		18	[172]
	Green	Barbara Gilchrist		34	[173]
	Labour	Jo Luxton		19	[44] [9]
	National	James Meager		69	[174] [6]
	NZ Loyal	Wayne Shearer			[175]
	New Conservative	Karl Thomas		3	[36]
	New Nation	Dolf van Amersfoort		4	[54]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Elaine Naidu Franz	Withdrew after a social media controversy		[176]

Rangitīkei

2023 general election: Rangitīkei
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Zulfiqar Butt		68	[177] [9]
	Green	Bernard Long			[28]
	ACT	Andrew Hoggard		5	[178] [24]
	National	Suze Redmayne		21	[179] [6]
	NZ First	Helma Vermeulen			[20]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Ian McKelvie			[180]
	Green	John Cockrem			[164]

Remutaka

2023 general election: Remutaka
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Emma Chatterton		27	[181] [6]
	Labour	Chris Hipkins		1	[44] [9]
	ACT	Michael Hurle		60	[7]
	Green	Chris Norton	Contested electorate in 2020		[144]
	NewZeal	Tony Pitiroi			[22]
	Vision NZ	Heker Robertson			[39]

Rongotai

2023 general election: Rongotai
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Animal Justice	Atom Emet		3	[3]
	Labour	Fleur Fitzsimons		56	[182] [9]
	Green	Julie Anne Genter	Contested Mount Albert in 2017	4	[183] [11]
	Independent	Don McDonald	Contested electorate in 2020		[184]
	ACT	Nicole McKee	Contested electorate in 2020	3	[24]
	NZ First	Geoff Mills	Contested electorate in 2017	28	[20]
	National	Karuna Muthu	Contested electorate for United Future in 2008	51	[185] [6]
	Vision NZ	Merania Roa		25	[39]
	New Conservative	Bruce Welsh	Contested electorate in 2020		[36]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Paul Eagle			[49]

Rotorua

2023 general election: Rotorua
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NewZeal	Kariana Black-Vercoe	Contested electorate in 2020	3	[22]
	National	Todd McClay		12	[186] [6]
	Independent	Jonn Naera			[187]
	Te Pāti Māori	Merepeka Raukawa-Tait		8	[188] [189]
	ACT	Marten Rozeboom		50	[24]
	Labour	Ben Sandford	Contested electorate in 2017	69	[190] [9]

Selwyn

2023 general election: Selwyn
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	New Conservative	Abe Coulter		9	[36]
	NZ Loyal	Logan Courtney			[191]
	National	Nicola Grigg		19	[37] [6]
	ACT	Ben Harvey		15	[24]
	Labour	Luke Jones		74	[44] [9]

Southland

2023 general election: Southland
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ Loyal	Logan Evans			[34]
	Legalise Cannabis	Anntwinette Grumball		11	[41]
	Green	Dave Kennedy	Contested electorate in 2020	22	[11]
	Vision NZ	Naomi Maclean		19	[39]
	Labour	Simon McCallum		70	[44] [9]
	National	Joseph Mooney		53	[37] [6]
	ACT	Todd Stephenson		4	[24]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	New Conservative	Paul Deacon	Announced, but not on final list of candidates	4	[36] [192]

Taieri

2023 general election: Taieri
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Independent	Changrong Dong			[193]
	National	Matthew French		49	[194] [6]
	Independent	Mac Gardner			[193]
	Labour	Ingrid Leary		52	[195] [9]
	ACT	Berty Meffan		49	[24]
	NZ First	Mark Patterson	List MP 2017–2020; contested electorate in 2020	4	[20]
	NZ Loyal	Fred Roberts	Contested electorate for Advance NZ in 2020		[34]
	Independent	David Webber	Contested electorate in 2020		[193]
	Green	Scott Willis	Contested electorate in 2020	12	[196] [11]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Stephen Jack	Withdrew due to social media controversy		[197] [198]

Takanini

2023 general election: Takanini
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Rae Ah Chee		30	[24]
	Labour	Neru Leavasa		38	[44] [9]
	National	Rima Nakhle	Contested electorate in 2020	41	[199] [6]
	Animal Justice	Lynley Tulloch		17	[200]

Tāmaki

2023 general election: Tāmaki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Simon O'Connor		54	[201] [6]
	NZ Loyal	Anne Perratt			[202]
	Labour	Fesaitu Solomone		59	[203] [9]
	ACT	Brooke van Velden	Contested Wellington Central in 2020	2	[70] [24]

Taranaki-King Country

2023 general election: Taranaki-King Country
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Independent	William Bruce Burr			[204]
	National	Barbara Kuriger		36	[205] [6]
	Vision NZ	Daryl Raison			[39]
	Labour	Angela Roberts	Contested electorate in 2020	35	[206] [9]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Brent Miles		56	[7] [207]
	DemocracyNZ	Lee Smith			[208] [67]

Taupō

2023 general election: Taupō
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Ala' Al-Bustanji	Contested electorate in 2020	64	[44] [9]
	ACT	Zane Cozens		19	[24]
	Green	George Patena		44	[209]
	NZ First	Tira Pehi		21	[20]
	National	Louise Upston		6	[37] [6]
	NZ Loyal	Gordon Wilson			[210]

Tauranga

2023 general election: Tauranga
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Independent	Larry Baldock	United Future MP 2002–2005; contested electorate for Conservatives in 2011		[211]
	Green	Justin Crooks		32	[28]
	NZ First	Erika Harvey	Contested electorate in 2020	10	[50]
	New Conservative	Jonathan Langridge		8	[36]
	Vision NZ	Leon Samuels		27	[39]
	Animal Justice	Chelsea Stokman		13	[19]
	Te Pāti Māori	Mikaere Sydney		29	[212]
	Labour	Jan Tinetti	Contested electorate in 2020 and 2022	6	[44] [9]
	National	Sam Uffindell		57	[37] [6]
	ACT	Christine Young		18	[24]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	DemocracyNZ	Kirsten Murfitt	Contesting the Bay of Plenty electorate for New Zealand First		[213] [67]

Te Atatū

2023 general election: Te Atatū
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Simon Court	Contested electorate in 2020	8	[24]
	Green	Zooey Neumann		41	[144]
	National	Angee Nicholas		39	[214] [6]
	Independent	Melanie Phillips			[215]
	Te Pāti Māori	John Tamihere	Contested Tāmaki Makaurau in 2020	26	[215]
	Labour	Phil Twyford		49	[44] [9]

Tukituki

2023 general election: Tukituki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Rob Douglas		16	[24]
	NZ Loyal	Rob Hulman			[216]
	Labour	Anna Lorck		40	[44] [9]
	Legalise Cannabis	Romana Manning	Contested electorate in 2020	8	[41]
	Vision NZ	Michael Ngahuka		16	[217]
	Independent	Melanie Petrowski	Contested electorate for ONE in 2020		[216]
	Independent	Michael Ponk			[216]
	Green	Nick Ratcliffe		25	[11]
	Future Youth	Allister Tosh	Contested electorate in 2020		[216]
	National	Catherine Wedd		23	[218] [6]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Te Pāti Māori	Heather Te Au-Skipworth	Initially selected for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti		[219] [220]

Upper Harbour

2023 general election: Upper Harbour
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Cameron Brewer		62	[221] [6]
	ACT	Karen Chhour	Contested electorate in 2020	6	[24]
	New Zealand Sovereignty Party	Tony Corbett	Contested Tauranga in 2022		[222]
	Green	Thea Doyle		33	[28]
	Opportunities	Shai Navot	Contested North Shore in 2020	5	[12] [13]
	NZ Loyal	Chris Newman			[223]
	Vision NZ	Bernadette Soares	Contested electorate for New Conservative in 2020		[39]
	Labour	Vanushi Walters		30	[44] [9]
	NZ First	David Wilson	Contested Whangārei in 2020	9	[20]

Waikato

2023 general election: Waikato
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Vision NZ	Lois Dornan			[39]
	NZ First	Stu Husband	Contested Hamilton East in 2020		[20]
	Opportunities	Megan Owen		13	[73] [13]
	Labour	Jamie Toko		73	[44] [9]
	National	Tim van de Molen		58	[37] [6]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	DemocracyNZ	Steve Cranston			[224] [67]
	ACT	Darren Gilchrist			[15]

Waimakariri

2023 general election: Waimakariri
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Leighton Baker Party	Leighton Baker	Contested electorate for New Conservative in 2020	1	[225]
	ACT	Ross Campbell		40	[24]
	National	Matt Doocey		8	[226] [6]
	DemocracyNZ	Gordon Malcolm		2	[18]
	Labour	Dan Rosewarne	Contested electorate in 2020	32	[44] [9]

Wairarapa

2023 general election: Wairarapa
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ Loyal	Pete Arnott			[227]
	National	Mike Butterick	Contested electorate in 2020	61	[228] [6]
	ACT	Simon Casey		41	[24]
	Independent	Jared Gardner			[227]
	Labour	Kieran McAnulty		16	[229] [9]
	Green	Celia Wade-Brown	Contested electorate in 2020	15	[230] [11]
	Te Pāti Māori	Te Whakapono Waikare		31	[227]

Waitaki

2023 general election: Waitaki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Miles Anderson		59	[231] [6]
	NZ Loyal	Ray Bailey			[34]
	ACT	Sean Beamish		38	[24]
	Green	Pleasance Hansen		36	[28]
	NZ First	Anthony Odering	Contested electorate in 2020	29	[63]
	Labour	Ethan Reille		76	[232] [9]
	Independent	Daniel Shand	Contested electorate in 2020		[233]
	DemocracyNZ	Roger Small		7	[18]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Jacqui Dean			[234]

Wellington Central

2023 general election: Wellington Central
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Opportunities	Natalia Albert		2	[85] [13]
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Appleby	Contested electorate in 2020	1	[235]
	NZ First	Taylor Arneil		19	[20]
	Independent	Pete Bains			[236]
	Workers Now	Don Franks			[237]
	Independent	Karl Geiringer			[236]
	Animal Justice	Christopher Gordon		11	[19]
	Vision NZ	Meg Lim		30	[39]
	Labour	Ibrahim Omer		37	[238] [9]
	Green	Tamatha Paul		none	[239]
	National	Scott Sheeran		45	[240] [6]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Grant Robertson	Contesting list only		[241]

West Coast-Tasman

2023 general election: West Coast-Tasman
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Jackie Farrelly		27	[20]
	Outdoors	Sue Grey	Contested Nelson in 2020; contested Tauranga in 2022	2	[52]
	ACT	Kelly Lilley		47	[24]
	NZ Loyal	Sebastian Marinkovich			[242]
	Labour	Damien O'Connor		10	[44] [9]
	Money Free Party	Richard Osmaston	Contested electorate in 2020; contested Hamilton West in 2022		[243]
	Independent	Patrick Phelps			[244]
	National	Maureen Pugh	Contested electorate in 2020	26	[37] [6]
	Green	Steve Richards	Contested electorate in 2020	45	[133]

Whanganui

2023 general election: Whanganui
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	William Arnold			[20]
	National	Carl Bates		47	[245] [6]
	ACT	Craig Dredge		52	[7]
	Animal Justice	Sandra Kyle		9	[3]
	Labour	Steph Lewis		50	[246] [9]
	Green	Marion Sanson			[247]

Whangaparāoa

2023 general election: Whangaparāoa
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Simon Angelo		37	[24]
	DemocracyNZ	Craig Laybourn		13	[93]
	National	Mark Mitchell		11	[37] [6]
	Labour	Estefania Muller-Pallares		55	[248] [9]
	Green	Lorraine Newman		42	[144]
	NZ Loyal	Jeanette Wilson	Selected to contest Mount Albert for New Zealand Public Party in 2020 but withdrew		[34]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	DemocracyNZ	Bill Dyet			[18] [67]
	NZ First	Janina Massee	Announced, but not on final list of candidates		[20] [249]

Whangārei

2023 general election: Whangārei
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ Loyal	Janita Andrews			[250]
	Green	Rick Bazeley		30	[28]
	NZ First	Gavin Benney		14	[251] [252]
	ACT	Susy Bretherton		39	[24]
	DemocracyNZ	Diana Burgess		8	[18]
	Legalise Cannabis	Jeni de Jong	Contested electorate in 2020	6	[41]
	Independent	Fiona Green			[253]
	National	Shane Reti	MP for Whangārei 2014–2020	4	[254] [6]
	Labour	Angie Warren-Clark	Contested Bay of Plenty in 2020	43	[255] [9]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Emily Henderson			[256]

Wigram

2023 general election: Wigram
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Legalise Cannabis	Blair Anderson		10	[257]
	Leighton Baker Party	Debra Cullimore		3	[257]
	Economic Euthenics	Tubby Hansen	Contested electorate in 2020		[257]
	ACT	Ankita Lynn		57	[7]
	Independent	Geoff McTague	Contested electorate in 2020		[257]
	National	Tracy Summerfield		37	[258] [6]
	Independent	Wiremu Thomson			[257]
	NZ Loyal	Christine Van Duivenboden			[257]
	Green	Richard Wesley	Contested electorate in 2020	27	[11]
	Labour	Megan Woods		5	[44] [9]

Māori electorates

Hauraki-Waikato

2023 general election: Hauraki-Waikato
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Nanaia Mahuta		none	[259]
	Te Pāti Māori	Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke		4	[260] [189]
	Outdoors	Donna Pokere-Phillips	Contested electorate for Te Pāti Māori in 2020; contested Hamilton West in 2022		[261]

Ikaroa-Rāwhiti

2023 general election: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Cushla Tangaere-Manuel		none	[262] [9]
	Vision NZ	Ata Tuhakaraina			[39]
	Te Pāti Māori	Meka Whaitiri	Labour MP from 2013–2023	3	[263] [189]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Te Pāti Māori	Heather Te Au-Skipworth	Withdrew upon Whaitiri's defection to Te Pāti Māori; later selected for Tukituki, subsequently withdrew altogether		[264] [263]

Tāmaki Makaurau

2023 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Peeni Henare		14	[33] [9]
	Te Pāti Māori	Takutai Tarsh Kemp		6	[265] [189]
	Vision NZ	Hannah Tamaki	Contested Waiariki in 2020		[261]
	Green	Darleen Tana	Contested Northland in 2020	13	[266] [11]
	National	Hinurewa te Hau	Contested Upper Harbour for Te Pāti Māori in 2014	38	[267] [6]

Te Tai Hauāuru

2023 general election: Te Tai Hauāuru
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Harete Hipango	MP for Whanganui 2017–2020	31	[268] [6]
	Te Pāti Māori	Debbie Ngarewa-Packer	Contested electorate in 2020	1	[269] [189]
	Labour	Soraya Peke-Mason	Contested electorate in 2011; contested Rangitīkei in 2020	none	[270] [9]
	Vision NZ	Paris Winiata	Contested Hutt South in 2020		[39]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Adrian Rurawhe	Contesting list only		[271]

Te Tai Tokerau

2023 general election: Te Tai Tokerau
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Kelvin Davis		2	[44] [9]
	Legalise Cannabis	Maki Herbert	Contested electorate in 2020	2	[235]
	Te Pāti Māori	Mariameno Kapa-Kingi	Contested electorate in 2020	7	[272] [273] [189]
	Green	Hūhana Lyndon		10	[274] [273] [11]
	Independent	Paturiri Toautu	Contested electorate in 2020 under the name Moemoea Mohoawhenua		[275] [276]

Te Tai Tonga

2023 general election: Te Tai Tonga
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Te Pāti Māori	Tākuta Ferris	Contested electorate in 2020	5	[277] [189]
	Independent	Geoffrey Karena Fuimaono Puhi			[278]
	Legalise Cannabis	Rebecca Rae Robin			[41]
	Labour	Rino Tirikatene		21	[44] [9]

Waiariki

2023 general election: Waiariki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Toni Boynton		39	[279] [9]
	Vision NZ	Charles Hunia			[39]
	Te Pāti Māori	Rawiri Waititi		2	[280] [189]

References

1. "In the Media". Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
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