'Over the moon': Oriini Kaipara wins Auckland byelection for Te Pāti Māori

What a landslide victory in Tāmaki Makaurau means for Te Pāti Māori (and Labour)

It wasn’t just a personal triumph — it exposed Labour’s increasingly fragile relationship with Māori voters and the momentum behind Te Pāti Māori.

Labour's Peeni Henare concedes Tāmaki Makaurau by-election to Te Pāti Māori rival Oriini Kaipara

Labour candidate Peeni Henare conceded defeat to his rival, when the vote count hit 80 percent.

'Over the moon': Oriini Kaipara wins Auckland byelection for Te Pāti Māori

Former broadcaster Oriini Kaipara has won the Auckland Māori seat of Tāmaki Makaurau for Te Pāti Māori after beating Labour’s Peeni Henare. Kaipara becomes...

Preliminary results released for Tāmaki Makaurau by-election - Daily Telegraph NZ

The Electoral Commission has released preliminary results for the 6 September 2025 Tāmaki Makaurau parliamentary by-election. Oriini Kaipara (Te Pāti Māori) received 6,031 votes, Peeni Henare (Labour) 3,093, Hannah Tamaki (Vision New Zealand) 146, Sherry Lee Matene (Independent) 31, and Kelvyn Alp (New Zealand Loyal) 23. There were 53 informal votes, making a total of 9,377 counted on election night. An estimated 2,621 special votes remain to be…

Tamaki Makaurau by-election bombshell result

What an emphatic victory – and vindication – for Te Pati Maori and what a humiliating thrashing for Labour. The results at the end of last night (06/09/2025) for the Tamaki Makaurau electorate by-election confirmed as final, but not yet officially declared, give Oriini Kaipara a thumping 2,938 majority over Peeni Henare. Never would I have thought Te Pati Maori could go from barely winning in 2023 to such a resounding victory two years later wit…

Local and by-election turnouts

I was asked "Do you think that the Tamaki Makaurau by-election will be a signal of whether the TMP almost clean sweep of the Maori electorate seats will continue?". My response was that the characteristic of by-elections was that results were defined by people not voting. It is also what is going to happen in local body elections later this year. That is a problem. Post updated