Te Pāti Māori

It is led by co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, and won 3.08% of the party vote and six Māori electorate seats in 2023. It is named in the market on which party wins most seats in the 2026 New Zealand general election.

History

Turia resigned from Labour over the 2004 foreshore and seabed legislation and founded the party with Sharples. It won four Māori seats in 2005 and five in 2008, then supported National governments in 2008-2017 and lost all seats in 2017. It returned with one seat in 2020 and six in 2023 on 3.08%. Its constitution requires a male and a female co-leader. In November 2025 its national council expelled MPs Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris, and in May 2026 Kapa-Kingi announced a new party, Te Tai Tokerau Party.

Positions

Wikipedia describes the party as left-wing and progressive, built on tino rangatiratanga (Māori self-determination) and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Its stated policies include removing GST from food, a NZ$25 minimum wage, opposition to deep-sea drilling, a Māori health authority, transfer of Crown land to iwi, a Te Tiriti Commission and abolishing prisons by 2040. It opposed the Treaty Principles Bill sponsored by ACT.

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