NZ Election 2023

Te Tai Tokerau electorate

Te Tai Tokerau is a Māori electorate currently held by Labour's Kelvin Davis, who won comfortably with a margin of 8,164. In 2020, Labour won the greatest share of party votes in Te Tai Tokerau – 60% to Te Pāti Māori's 10%. The seat changes hands frequently and since its establishment in 1996 it has been held by MPs from NZ First, Labour, and Te Pāti Māori.

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Kelvin Davis

Kelvin Davis

Labour Party

Paturiri Toautu

Paturiri Toautu

Independent

Mariameno Kapa-Kingi

Mariameno Kapa-Kingi

Te Pāti Māori

Maki Herbert

Maki Herbert

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

Hūhana Lyndon

Hūhana Lyndon

Green Party

Maki Herbert

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

| Not currently in parliament

Maki Herbert

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

| Not currently in parliament

Why I'm standing

My why… I first put my hand up for the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party (ALCP) in 2010. As a mother and grandma, I felt I needed to be part of a change for cannabis law reform. Thirteen years later I'm now a great grandma still needing to be part of the change for a legal and regulated, safe market. Giving all the mokopuna freedom of choice, the truth, justice, 'legal regulated for safe personal use'.

About me

I was born in Auckland 1959. Two adult children, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Live in Mangamuka. Have worked in retail, food courts, administration in resource centre, Te Kohanga Reo in Pawarenga, qualified hairdresser. Stall holder at the Kaitaia Saturday market. Co-leader ALCP.

My priorities
  1. Embrace the hemp industry for jobs and the environment. Drugs for personal use are a health issue.
  2. Expunge personal use convictions. Employment, law and order, housing and health.
  3. Reform the Misuse of Drugs Act. Select committee, take all drugs out of the criminal courts.
Candidate list rank

1

Current role

Not currently in parliament

Before politics

Hairdresser

Residence

Okaihau

Age

64

Year entered parliament

Not previously in parliament

2020 result

3rd in Te Tai Tokerau

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Why I'm standing

My why… I first put my hand up for the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party (ALCP) in 2010. As a mother and grandma, I felt I needed to be part of a change for cannabis law reform. Thirteen years later I'm now a great grandma still needing to be part of the change for a legal and regulated, safe market. Giving all the mokopuna freedom of choice, the truth, justice, 'legal regulated for safe personal use'.

About me

I was born in Auckland 1959. Two adult children, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Live in Mangamuka. Have worked in retail, food courts, administration in resource centre, Te Kohanga Reo in Pawarenga, qualified hairdresser. Stall holder at the Kaitaia Saturday market. Co-leader ALCP.

My priorities
  1. Embrace the hemp industry for jobs and the environment. Drugs for personal use are a health issue.
  2. Expunge personal use convictions. Employment, law and order, housing and health.
  3. Reform the Misuse of Drugs Act. Select committee, take all drugs out of the criminal courts.
Candidate list rank

1

Current role

Not currently in parliament

Before politics

Hairdresser

Residence

Okaihau

Age

64

Year entered parliament

Not previously in parliament

2020 result

3rd in Te Tai Tokerau

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