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Te Tai Tokerau, one of the seven Māori electorates, covers the area from the top of the North Island to parts of north and west Auckland, and includes all of the Whangaparāoa and Kaipara ki Mahurangi general electorates.
Defending the seat is Labour MP Kelvin Davis, who took 55 per cent of the votes in 2020. Labour’s deputy leader and 2nd on the party list. Davis holds the Corrections, Children and Māori-Crown Relations portfolios in the current government.
Challenging Davis is Mariameno Kapa-Kingi of Te Pāti Māori (7th on list). Her party bio says she “specialises in iwi and hapū health and economic growth”, with decades of experience in iwi social services and governance.
Also on the ballot is Hūhana Lyndon of the Greens (10th on list), who has worked in health, education and primary industries at operational and governance levels, including serving as CEO of Ngāti Hine Forestry Trust and the Ngātiwai Trust Board.
The fourth contender is Maki Herbert, a perennial Legalise Cannabis candidate. In 2020, the Auckland-born great grandmother placed third behind Davis and Kapa-Kingi, with 8.1 per cent of the votes. A referendum alongside the general election that year saw support for legalising cannabis fail by 2.3 per cent.
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