Waiariki
Māori electorate · 2026 election, preliminary results
Rawiri Waititi (Te Pāti Māori) won Waiariki with 13,080 votes (45.2%), a majority of 2,274 over Tania Waikato (Green). Labour won the party vote with 46.7%. Turnout was 60.9%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Rawiri Waititi | Te Pāti Māori | 13,080 | 45.2% | +38.3 pts |
| Tania Waikato | Green | 10,806 | 37.4% | −0.6 pts |
| Toni Boynton | Labour | 4,130 | 14.3% | −32.4 pts |
| Pāpā Wharewera | Opportunity | 911 | 3.1% | +1.4 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| Labour | 13,647 | 46.7% | 29.4% |
| Green | 11,097 | 38.0% | 13.3% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 2,011 | 6.9% | 0.6% |
| NZ First | 908 | 3.1% | 9.8% |
| Opportunity | 519 | 1.8% | 6.0% |
| National | 504 | 1.7% | 29.2% |
| ACT | 152 | 0.5% | 10.9% |
| Vision NZ | 129 | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 93 | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| Free Palestine | 42 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Did you know?
- The Greens' highest party vote of the Māori electorates: 38.0%.
- Te Pāti Māori's highest party vote of the Māori electorates: 6.9%.
- A split result: Labour won the party vote here (46.7%), but Te Pāti Māori's Rawiri Waititi won the seat.
- Rawiri Waititi won 45.2% of the electorate vote, while Te Pāti Māori won 6.9% of the party vote here: a gap of 38.3 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- Te Pāti Māori held the seat it won in 2023.
29,641 votes cast from an estimated 48,672 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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