Election Bench

New Zealand votes on Saturday 7 November.

Electorates

Te Tai Hauāuru

Uncertain

In our runs, ordinary polling error often hands this seat to another party.

One Curia Market Research poll for Whakaata Māori, 500 voters, 14–24 September 2026, moved the estimate towards Te Pāti Māori.

2023 winner
Te Pāti Māori
2023 runner-up
Labour
2023 margin
39.1% of the top two candidates’ votes (9,162 votes)
2023 boundaries
Old
Assumed for 2026
Te Pāti MāoriAssumed: held
Assumed winner’s share of runs
73%
Roll
Māori

Poll sampling error plus a typical election-day polling miss: this share of runs is not a forecast of the election.

Winning majority by election

4,96119966,23319998,65720025,11320057,81720083,22120111,55420141,03920171,05320209,1622023NZ FirstLabourTe Pāti MāoriLabourTPM5.0k’966.2k’998.7k’025.1k’057.8k’083.2k’111.6k’141.0k’171.1k’209.2k’23NZFLabourTe Pāti MāoriLabourTPM

If this seat changes hands

Estimated gap: 10.3 points, the 2023 margin (a share of the winner’s and runner-up’s votes) moved by the change in the polls since.

GroupingNowIf Labour wins
ACT + National + NZ First + Opportunity6767
Green + Labour + Opportunity + Te Pāti Māori6261
ACT + National + NZ First6060
Green + Labour + Te Pāti Māori5554
Parliament122121
Majority6261

Seat counts if the election were today. They say nothing about who would agree to work together.

Candidates

CandidateParty
Te Pūoho KāteneLabour
Coral RaukawaNational
Debbie Ngarewa-PackerMP for Te Tai Hauāuru · won here 2023 · runner-up here 2020Te Pāti Māori

Seat record

Held since
Te Pāti Māori since 2023
Matched the country’s top party vote
1 of 3 elections, 2017–2023
Party vote vs the country
10.9 points per party on average, 2017–2023
Winning party: candidate vs party vote
Te Pāti Māori 23.4 points higher (2023, vs Labour)

By-elections before December 2022 are not shown.

Seat history
YearWon byMajorityParty vote
2023Te Pāti Māori9,162Labour
2020Labour1,053Labour
2017Labour1,039Labour
2014Labour1,554Labour
2011Te Pāti Māori3,221Labour
2008Te Pāti Māori7,817Labour
2005Te Pāti Māori5,113Labour
2002Labour8,657Labour
1999Labour6,233Labour
1996NZ First4,961NZ First