The Green Party announces 14 Māori candidates in the Delegate List for the 2026 General Election, which will now inform the membership voting process.
Co-Leader Marama Davidson says, "our diverse Māori candidates are supported by whānau, hapū and iwi, further strengthening Māori voice in the Green Party and across the motu. I am proud that our list reflects the importance of our staunch Māori candidates to our Party."
The Māori candidates on the list with their ranking number are:
1. Marama Davidson
3. Teanau Tuiono
4. Tamatha Paul
6. Hūhana Melanie Lyndon
11. Kahurangi Carter
12. Craig Aaron Pauling
15. Tania Waikato
17. Rohan O'Neill-Stevens
19. Heather Hinemoa Te Au-Skipworth
22. Mike Davidson
24. Zephyr Brown
29. Nathan Hoturoa Gray
30. Te Whatanui Kipa Leka Taumalolo Skipwith
33. Awhi Haenga
This list includes three wāhine māori running in three Māori Electorates. Hūhana Lyndon in Te Tai Tokerau, Heather Te Au Skipworth in Ikaroa - Rawhiti, and Tania Waikato in Waiariki.
"It's really exciting to see and celebrate candidates stepping forward who reflect the diversity and richness of communities across Aotearo.
"Bold Māori voices will ensure that we can build a government that upholds te Tiriti o Waitangi and honours the Crown's responsibility to guarantee tino rangatiratanga of tangata whenua over their whenua, kāinga and taonga katoa.
"Māori leadership strengthens the Green Party and the work we do for people and planet. Protecting our whenua, supporting whānau into warm homes and healthy kai, and drawing on mātauranga Māori to help lead solutions to the climate crisis" says Marama Davidson.
