Candidates in the 2017 New Zealand general election by electorate

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Seventy-one members of the New Zealand House of Representatives were elected from electorates in the general election on 23 September 2017.

General electorates

Auckland Central

2017 general election: Auckland Central^[1]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Frank Edwards		48	^[2]
	Conservative	Stephen Greenfield		none
	Opportunities	Mika Haka		10	^[3]
	Climate First	Leslie Jones
	National	Nikki Kaye		13	^[4]
	Green	Denise Roche	Contested electorate in 2014	13	^[5]
	ACT	Brooke van Velden		3	^[6]
	Labour	Helen White		40	^[7]

Bay of Plenty

2017 general election: Bay of Plenty^[8]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Māori Party	Raewyn Bennett
	ACT	Bruce Carley		18	^[6]
	NZ First	Lester Gray		27	^[9]
	National	Todd Muller		43	^[4]
	Labour	Angie Warren-Clark		39	^[10]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Democrats	Tracy Livingston	Announced, but not on final candidate list; contested electorate in 2014	19	^[11]

Botany

2017 general election: Botany^[12]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Māori Party	Wetex Kang		13	^[13]
	United Future	Damian Light	Contested Northcote in 2014	1	^[14]
	Labour	Tofik Mamedov	Contested electorate in 2014	67	^[15]
	National	Jami-Lee Ross		27	^[4]
	ACT	Sam Singh		34
	Green	Julie Zhu		22	^[16]

Christchurch Central

2017 general election: Christchurch Central^[17]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	United Future	Ian Gaskin		9
	Opportunities	Doug Hill		7	^[18]
	Green	Peter Richardson		52	^[19]
	NZ First	Phil Robinson		none	^[20]
	Legalise Cannabis	Janine Shufflebotham		9
	National	Nicky Wagner		22	^[4]
	Labour	Duncan Webb		43	^[15]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Green	Dora Langsbury	Withdrew candidacy due to work commitments		^[21]

Christchurch East

2017 general election: Christchurch East^[22]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Chris Brosnan	Contested Port Hills in 2014	none	^[23]
	National	Jo Hayes	Contested electorate in 2014	36	^[4]
	Legalise Cannabis	Paula Lambert		3
	NZ First	Melanie Mark-Shadbolt		19	^[20]
	ACT	Toni Severin	Contested Christchurch Central in 2014	10	^[6]
	Green	Cathy Sweet		59
	Labour	Poto Williams		25	^[15]

Clutha-Southland

2017 general election: Clutha-Southland^[24]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Ban 1080	Brian Adams		4
	Conservative	Lachlan Ashton	Contested electorate in 2014	6	^[23]
	Labour	Cherie Chapman		62	^[25]
	Green	Rachael Goldsmith	Contested electorate in 2014	39	^[26]
	NZ First	Mark Patterson		7	^[27]^[28]
	Independent	Joe Stringer
	National	Hamish Walker	Contested Dunedin South in 2014	68	^[29]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Todd Barclay	Was re-selected, but later resigned		^[30]^[31]

Coromandel

2017 general election: Coromandel^[32]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Anne-Marie Andrews		41	^[9]
	Labour	Nathaniel Blomfield		69	^[33]
	Ban 1080	Clyde Graf		1
	National	Scott Simpson		26	^[4]
	Green	Scott Summerfield		34	^[34]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Vineet Shiriwastow	Announced, but not on candidate list	37	^[6]

Dunedin North

2017 general election: Dunedin North^[35]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Niki Bould		32	^[36]
	Labour	David Clark		9	^[15]
	Independent	Adrian Graamans	Contested electorate in 2014
	Opportunities	Abe Gray	Contested electorate in 2014 for Legalise Cannabis	14
	Independent	Stan Lusby	Contested electorate in 2014
	ACT	Sam Purchas		9	^[6]
	NZ First	Warren Voight	Contested Dunedin South in 2014 for Democrats	46	^[37]
	National	Michael Woodhouse	Contested electorate in 2014 election	10	^[4]

Dunedin South

2017 general election: Dunedin South^[38]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Clare Curran		23	^[39]
	ACT	Dan Doughty		22	^[6]
	Green	Shane Gallagher	Contested electorate in 2014	33	^[40]
	National	Matt Gregory		53	^[4]
	Legalise Cannabis	Adrian McDermott		8
	NZ First	Kerry Rushton		51	^[37]
	Opportunities	Lindsay Smith		26

East Coast

2017 general election: East Coast^[41]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Kiri Allan		21	^[15]^[42]
	Green	Gareth Hughes	Contested Ōhariu in 2008 and 2011	5	^[43]
	Opportunities	Lesley Immink		17	^[44]
	Independent	Tekawe Ratu
	NZ First	Julian Tilley		42	^[9]
	National	Anne Tolley		11	^[4]^[43]
	Māori Party	Rihi Vercoe

East Coast Bays

2017 general election: East Coast Bays^[45]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Stephen Berry	Contested Upper Harbour in 2014	5	^[6]
	Labour	Naisi Chen		50	^[46]
	Green	Nicholas Mayne		49
	Opportunities	Teresa Moore	Initially announced as Green Party candidate	3	^[18]^[47]
	NZ First	Ilja Ruppeldt		49	^[2]
	National	Erica Stanford		65	^[4]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Rohan Lord	Withdrew due to low list placing	72	^[48]^[49]
	National	Murray McCully			^[4]

Epsom

2017 general election: Epsom^[50]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Leighton Baker	Contested Christchurch East in 2014	1	^[51]
	Green	Barry Coates	Contested Mount Roskill in 2014	10	^[52]
	National	Paul Goldsmith	Contested electorate in 2014	18	^[4]
	Labour	David Parker	Contested electorate in 2011	10	^[15]
	NZ First	Julian Paul		33	^[2]
	ACT	David Seymour		1	^[6]

Hamilton East

2017 general election: Hamilton East^[53]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	David Bennett		24	^[4]
	RONZ	Jack Gielen	Contested electorate in 2008
	ACT	James McDowall		13	^[6]
	NZ First	Pita Paraone	Contested Whangarei in 2014	11	^[54]
	Labour	Jamie Strange	Contested Taupō in 2014	36	^[15]
	Green	Sam Taylor		25	^[55]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Democrats	Mischele Rhodes	Announced, but not on final candidate list; contested electorate in 2014		^[11]

Hamilton West

2017 general election: Hamilton West^[56]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Tim Macindoe		25	^[4]
	Opportunities	Donna Pokere-Phillips	Contested Port Waikato for Alliance in 1999	6	^[18]
	Māori Party	Boris Samujh		none
	Labour	Gaurav Sharma		70	^[57]
	Independent	Roger Stratford
	United Future	Quentin Todd		6	^[14]
	Independent	Vin Tomar
	NZ First	Shayne Wihongi		34
	Green	Jo Wrigley		28	^[58]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Sue Moroney	Won nomination before choosing to retire.		^[59]

Helensville

2017 general election: Helensville^[60]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Alex Evans		23	^[6]
	Green	Hayley Holt		14	^[61]
	National	Chris Penk	Contested Kelston in 2014	64	^[4]
	NZ First	Helen Peterson		20	^[62]
	Labour	Kurt Taogaga		59	^[25]
	Conservative	Brendan Whyte		none	^[23]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	John Key	Retired before election.		^[63]

Hunua

2017 general election: Hunua^[64]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Andrew Bayly		39	^[4]
	Independent	Ian Cummings	Contested electorate for ACT in 2014		^[65]
	Labour	Baljit Kaur		64	^[66]
	Green	Phil McCabe		none
	NZ First	Jon Reeves	Contested electorate in 2014	16	^[2]
	ACT	Anthony Smith		35	^[6]

Hutt South

2017 general election: Hutt South^[67]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Ginny Andersen	Contested Ōhariu in 2014	28	^[15]
	Outdoors	Wilf Bearman-Reidel		4	^[68]
	National	Chris Bishop	Contested electorate in 2014	40	^[4]
	Independent	Dorothy Fox
	NZ First	Alok Gupta		52	^[69]
	Green	Virginia Horrocks			^[70]
	ACT	Andy Parkins		17	^[6]
	Opportunities	Richard Warwick		12	^[71]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Trevor Mallard	Contesting list only		^[72]
	Green	Susanne Ruthven	Withdrew citing work commitments	25	^[73]^[74]

Ilam

2017 general election: Ilam^[75]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Gerry Brownlee		5	^[4]
	Independent	Martin Francis
	Conservative	Martin Frauenstein		5	^[23]
	ACT	Paul Gilbert	Contested Selwyn in 2014	24	^[6]
	Green	David Lee		48	^[76]
	Independent	Raf Manji			^[77]
	Labour	Anthony Rimell		71	^[78]

Invercargill

2017 general election: Invercargill^[79]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Ria Bond	Contested electorate in 2014	12	^[80]
	Labour	Liz Craig	Contested Clutha-Southland in 2014	31	^[15]
	National	Sarah Dowie		41	^[4]^[80]
	Green	Rochelle Surendran		35	^[81]

Kaikōura

2017 general election: Kaikōura^[82]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Jamie Arbuckle		23	^[83]
	ACT	Richard Evans	Contested electorate in 2014	12	^[6]
	United Future	John Foster		8	^[14]
	Conservative	David Greenslade		none	^[23]
	Democrats	John McCaskey	Contested electorate in 2014	23	^[11]
	Green	Richard McCubbin		none
	National	Stuart Smith		47	^[4]
	Labour	Janette Walker	Contested electorate in 2014	45	^[15]

Kelston

2017 general election: Kelston^[84]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Bala Beeram		57	^[4]
	NZ First	Anne Degia-Pala	Contested electorate in 2014	28	^[85]
	Conservative	Warren Knott		none	^[23]
	Legalise Cannabis	Jeff Lye	Contested electorate in 2014	2
	Green	Nicola Smith		57
	Labour	Carmel Sepuloni		8	^[15]
	Māori Party	Cinnamon Whitlock		18

Mana

2017 general election: Mana^[86]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Kris Faafoi		20	^[87]
	Not A Party	Richard Goode	Contested electorate for ALCP in 2014
	Green	Jan Logie	Contested electorate in 2011 and 2014	6	^[88]
	Independent	Gordon Marshall
	National	Euon Murrell		59	^[4]
	ACT	Shan Ng		8	^[6]
	United Future New Zealand	Kelleigh Sheffield-Cranstoun		2

Māngere

2017 general election: Māngere^[89]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Communist League	Felicity Coggan	Contested Maungakiekie in 2014		^[90]
	Green	Elaine Dyett		42
	National	Agnes Loheni		49	^[4]^[91]
	Mana	James Papali'i	Contested electorate in 2014	3
	NZ First	Mataroa Paroro	Contested Hutt South in 2014	50	^[2]
	Labour	William Sio		16	^[15]
	Conservative	Kevin Stitt	Contested Papakura in 2014	4	^[23]
	Māori Party	Esther Tofilau-Tevaga		15	^[92]

Manukau East

2017 general election: Manukau East^[93]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi	Contested electorate in 2014	32	^[4]
	Māori Party	Tuilagi Saipele Esera		8	^[92]
	NZ First	William Flesher		43	^[2]
	Opportunities	Ted Faleauto Johnston		13	^[18]
	Independent	Tamatoa Richmond
	Labour	Jenny Salesa		19	^[15]
	ACT	Bhupinder Singh		4	^[6]
	Green	Raj Singh		56	^[94]

Manurewa

2017 general election: Manurewa^[95]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Katrina Bungard		56	^[91]^[4]
	NZ First	John Hall	Contested electorate in 2014	45	^[2]
	Māori Party	Tasha Hohaia		14	^[96]
	Conservative	Elliot Ikilei	Contested electorate in 2014	2	^[97]
	Green	Teanau Tuiono		16	^[98]
	Labour	Louisa Wall		26	^[15]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Sam Singh	Contesting Botany instead.	34	^[6]

Maungakiekie

2017 general election: Maungakiekie^[99]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Denise Lee	Contested electorate for United Future in 2008	63	^[4]
	Māori Party	Manase Lua		12	^[92]
	NZ First	Ken Mahon		55	^[2]
	Outdoors	Derrick Paull		3	^[100]
	Labour	Priyanca Radhakrishnan		12	^[101]
	Green	Chlöe Swarbrick		7	^[102]
	Communist League	Michael Tucker			^[90]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Sam Lotu-Iiga			^[103]

Mount Albert

2017 general election: Mount Albert^[104]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Jacinda Ardern		1	^[15]
	Green	Julie Anne Genter	Contested electorate in 2017 by-election	3	^[105]
	Conservative	Jeffrey Johnson	Contested electorate in 2014	11	^[23]
	National	Melissa Lee	Contested electorate in 2014	31	^[4]
	NZ First	Andrew Littlejohn		53	^[2]
	Independent	Bruce Stockman
	Opportunities	Dan Thurston		16	^[18]
	Human Rights Party	Anthony van den Heuvel

Mount Roskill

2017 general election: Mount Roskill^[106]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Mahesh Bindra	Contested electorate in 2014	10	^[2]
	Conservative	Kathryn Davie		7	^[23]
	Independent	Bishrul Izadeen
	Māori Party	John Kiria		9	^[92]
	Democrats	Andrew Leitch	Contested electorate in 2016 by-election	6	^[11]
	Green	Ricardo Menéndez March		21	^[107]
	National	Parmjeet Parmar	Contested electorate in 2016 by-election	34	^[4]
	Opportunities	Clint Ulyatt		15
	Labour	Michael Wood		27	^[15]

Napier

2017 general election: Napier^[108]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Laurence Day		none
	National	David Elliott		55	^[4]
	Māori Party	Maryanne Marsters		22	^[92]
	Democrats	Karl Matthys		10
	Labour	Stuart Nash		11	^[109]
	Green	Damon Rusden		54	^[110]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Democrats	Barry Pulford	Announced, but not on final candidate list	21	^[109]

Nelson

2017 general election: Nelson^[111]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Rachel Boyack		48	^[112]
	Conservative	Simon Gutschlag			^[23]
	Outdoors	David Haynes		2	^[113]
	ACT	Paul Hufflett	Contested electorate in 2014	28	^[6]
	Green	Matt Lawrey		18	^[114]
	Money Free Party	Richard Osmaston	Contested electorate in 2014
	NZ First	Susan Sara		54
	National	Nick Smith		15	^[4]

New Lynn

2017 general election: New Lynn^[115]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Peter Chan		26	^[116]
	Conservative	Paul Davie	Contested Mount Roskill in 2014	9	^[23]
	National	Paulo Garcia		50	^[4]
	United Future	John Hubscher		7	^[14]
	Democrats	Scott Macarthur		4	^[117]
	Labour	Deborah Russell	Contested Rangitīkei in 2014	30	^[118]
	Green	Leilani Tamu		17	^[119]
	ACT	Richard Wells		14	^[6]
	Māori Party	Karen Williams		23	^[92]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	David Cunliffe	Retired before election		^[120]

New Plymouth

2017 general election: New Plymouth^[121]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Stuart Bramhall		none
	ACT	Anneka Carlson		7	^[6]
	NZ First	Murray Chong		30
	Labour	Corie Haddock	Contested Helensville in 2014	75	^[122]
	Independent	Basil Lawrence
	National	Jonathan Young		35	^[4]

North Shore

2017 general election: North Shore^[123]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Maggie Barry		17	^[4]
	Logic Party	Miriam Clements
	NZ First	Joshua Hubbard		24	^[2]
	Opportunities	Matt Isbister		21
	ACT	Nick Kearney	Contested electorate in 2014	31	^[6]
	Labour	Romy Udanga		47	^[124]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Green	Kennedy Graham	Announced, but not on final candidate list		^[47]

Northcote

2017 general election: Northcote^[125]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Democrats	Tricia Cheel	Contested East Coast Bays for Ban 1080 in 2014	22
	National	Jonathan Coleman		8	^[4]
	Labour	Shanan Halbert	Contested List in 2014	51	^[126]
	Green	Rebekah Jaung		47
	NZ First	Kym Koloni		38	^[2]
	ACT	Tim Kronfeld	Contested electorate in 2014	30
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Bruce Haycock	Contested Upper Harbour instead.	29	^[6]

Northland

2017 general election: Northland^[127]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Peter Hughes		none
	National	Matt King		51	^[4]
	ACT	Craig Nelson	Contested electorate in 2014	32	^[6]
	NZ First	Winston Peters		1	^[128]
	Labour	Willow-Jean Prime	Contested electorate in 2014 & 2015 by-election	17	^[129]^[15]
	Conservative	Melanie Taylor	Contested electorate in 2014	3	^[23]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Green	David Clendon	Announced, but not on final candidate list		^[130]
	Legalise Cannabis	Maki Herbert	Announced, but not on final candidate list	1	^[128]
	Democrats	David Wilson	Announced, but not on final candidate list	17	^[11]

Ōhāriu

2017 general election: Ōhāriu^[131]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Lisa Close		22	^[69]
	Opportunities	Jessica Hammond Doube		24	^[44]
	National	Brett Hudson	Contested electorate in 2014	30	^[4]
	ACT	Andie Moore		16	^[6]
	United Future	Bale Nadakuitavuki	Previously standing in Wellington Central	4	^[132]
	Labour	Greg O'Connor		41	^[133]
	Green	Tane Woodley	Contested electorate in 2014	27	^[134]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	United Future	Peter Dunne			^[135]

Ōtaki

2017 general election: Ōtaki^[136]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Sam Ferguson		43
	ACT	Wayne Grattan		39
	National	Nathan Guy		12	^[4]
	Independent	Sam Jennings
	Labour	Rob McCann	Contested electorate in 2014	none	^[15]
	NZ First	Romuald Rudzki	Contested Rangitikei in 2014	35	^[54]
	Opportunities	Piri-Hira Tukapua		8
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	United Future	James Maxwell	Announced, but not on final candidate list

Pakuranga

2017 general election: Pakuranga^[137]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Simeon Brown	Contested Manurewa in 2014	60	^[4]
	Green	Guy Hunt		41	^[138]
	NZ First	Suzanne Kelly		29	^[2]
	Labour	Barry Kirker	Contested electorate in 2014	66	^[139]
	Māori Party	Carrie Stoddart-Smith		11	^[140]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Maurice Williamson			^[141]

Palmerston North

2017 general election: Palmerston North^[142]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Money Free Party	Andrew Scott
	NZ First	Darroch Ball	Contested electorate in 2014	5
	Labour	Iain Lees-Galloway		14	^[15]
	Green	Thomas Nash		24	^[143]
	National	Adrienne Pierce		54	^[4]

Papakura

2017 general election: Papakura^[144]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Māori Party	Raewyn Bhana	Contested Manurewa in 2014	19
	National	Judith Collins		16	^[4]
	NZ First	Toa Greening		32	^[2]
	Labour	Jesse Pabla		54	^[145]

Port Hills

2017 general election: Port Hills^[146]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Ruth Dyson		24	^[15]
	ACT	David Fox		none
	Democrats	Gary Gribben	Contested electorate in 2014	24	^[11]
	National	Nuk Korako	Contested electorate in 2014	42	^[4]
	NZ First	Denis O'Rourke	Contested electorate in 2011 and 2014	13	^[147]
	Green	Eugenie Sage	Contested electorate in 2014	4	^[148]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Conservative	Roger Larkins	Contesting Tukituki instead.	10	^[23]

Rangitata

2017 general election: Rangitata^[149]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Tom Corbett	Contested electorate in 2014	19	^[6]
	National	Andrew Falloon		61	^[4]
	Labour	Jo Luxton		29	^[15]
	Green	Mojo Mathers	Contested Christchurch East in 2014.	9	^[150]
	Opportunities	Olly Wilson		5	^[151]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Jo Goodhew			^[4]

Rangitīkei

2017 general election: Rangitīkei^[152]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Cedric Backhouse		none	^[23]
	Green	Robin McCandless		31	^[143]
	National	Ian McKelvie		37	^[4]
	NZ First	Rob Stevenson		21	^[28]
	Labour	Heather Warren		60	^[153]
	ACT	Neil Wilson	Contested electorate in 2014	37	^[6]

Rimutaka

2017 general election: Rimutaka^[154]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Stefan Grand-Meyer		30	^[73]
	Labour	Chris Hipkins		7	^[155]
	Conservative	Philip Lynch	Contested electorate in 2014	none	^[23]
	NZ First	Talani Meikle		25	^[69]^[156]
	National	Carolyn O'Fallon		58	^[4]
	ACT	Grae O'Sullivan	Contested Hutt South in 2014	11	^[6]

Rodney

2017 general election: Rodney^[157]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Harrison Burnard
	Labour	Marja Lubeck		32	^[158]
	NZ First	Tracey Martin	Contested electorate in 2014	3	^[159]
	National	Mark Mitchell		21	^[4]
	Opportunities	Brittany Owens		20
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Beth Houlbrooke	Announced, but not on final candidate list	2	^[6]

Rongotai

2017 general election: Rongotai^[160]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Teall Crossen		15	^[161]
	Labour	Paul Eagle		34	^[162]
	National	Chris Finlayson	Contested electorate in 2014	9	^[4]
	NZ First	Geoff Mills		39	^[69]
	Opportunities	Paddy Plunket		19
	Not a Party	Simon Smythe
	ACT	Chris Sole		36	^[6]
	Conservative	Bruce Welsh	Contested electorate in 2014	8	^[23]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Annette King	Initially contesting list only before deciding to retire		^[163]^[164]
	United Future	Sultan Eusoff	Announced, but not on final candidate list		^[14]

Rotorua

2017 general election: Rotorua^[165]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Māori Party	Wendy Biddle		21	^[166]
	Independent	Rachel Clark
	Green	Richard Gillies		44	^[167]
	National	Todd McClay		14	^[4]
	Conservative	Owen Patterson		none	^[23]
	Labour	Ben Sandford		58	^[168]
	NZ First	Fletcher Tabuteau	Contested electorate in 2014	4	^[9]

Selwyn

2017 general election: Selwyn^[169]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Amy Adams		7	^[4]
	Labour	Tony Condon		72	^[170]
	ACT	Brian Davidson		20	^[6]
	Green	Chrys Horn		none
	NZ First	Lindy Palmer		56	^[20]
	Opportunities	Nicky Snoyink		11	^[151]

Tāmaki

2017 general election: Tāmaki^[171]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Independent	Penny Bright	Contested Helensville in 2014
	Green	Richard Leckinger		23	^[172]
	Labour	Sam McDonald		61	^[173]
	NZ First	Jenny Marcroft		9	^[2]
	ACT	Michael Milne	Contested electorate in 2014		^[6]
	National	Simon O'Connor		38	^[4]
	Māori Party	Mele Pepa		25

Taranaki-King Country

2017 general election: Taranaki-King Country^[174]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Hilary Humphrey		55	^[175]
	National	Barbara Kuriger		28	^[4]
	Green	Robert Moore	Contested electorate in 2011 and 2014	50	^[176]
	Conservative	Allan Thomson		none

Taupō

2017 general election: Taupō^[177]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Al'a Al-Bustanji		63	^[178]
	Green	Julie Sandilands		55	^[179]
	Conservative	Denis Shuker		none	^[23]
	Outdoors	Alan Simmons	Contested electorate in 2014 for United Future	1	^[180]
	National	Louise Upston		19	^[4]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Democrats	John Pemberton	Announced, but not on final candidate list		^[11]

Tauranga

2017 general election: Tauranga^[181]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Māori Party	Joseph Borell		none
	National	Simon Bridges		6	^[182]^[4]
	Green	Emma-Leigh Hodge		45
	Democrats	Jason Jobsis	Contested Clutha-Southland in 2014	3
	Independent	Rusty Kane	Contested electorate in 2014		^[183]
	Independent	Yvette Lamare	Contested electorate in 2014
	NZ First	Clayton Mitchell	Contested electorate in 2014	6	^[182]
	ACT	Stuart Pedersen	Contested electorate in 2014	6	^[6]
	United Future New Zealand	Ben Rickard	Contested Bay of Plenty in 2014	2
	Independent	Hugh Robb
	Labour	Jan Tinetti		15	^[184]

Te Atatū

2017 general election: Te Atatū^[185]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Stephen Fletcher	Contested electorate in 2014	38
	Green	Golriz Ghahraman		8	^[186]
	Conservative	Marilyn Johnson		none	^[23]
	National	Alfred Ngaro	Contested electorate in 2014	20	^[4]
	Independent	Tua Schuster
	Labour	Phil Twyford		5	^[187]
	NZ First	David Wilson		14	^[2]

Tukituki

2017 general election: Tukituki^[188]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Joe Kairau		37
	Conservative	Roger Larkins		10
	Labour	Anna Lorck	Contested electorate in 2014	46	^[15]
	Green	Chris Perley	Contested electorate in 2014	20	^[110]
	Democrats	Dick Ryan	Contested electorate in 2014	15	^[189]
	Future Youth	Allister Tosh
	National	Lawrence Yule	Incumbent Mayor of Hastings	67	^[4]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Craig Foss			^[190]

Upper Harbour

2017 general election: Upper Harbour^[191]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Jin An		53	^[192]
	National	Paula Bennett		2	^[4]
	Green	James Goodhue		39	^[47]
	ACT	Bruce Haycock		27
	NZ First	Jane Johnston		47	^[2]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Tim Kronfeld	Contested Northcote instead.	32	^[6]

Waikato

2017 general election: Waikato^[193]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Stu Husband		17	^[28]
	Labour	Brooke Loader		57	^[194]
	Green	Philippa Stevenson		58	^[195]
	National	Tim van de Molen		66	^[4]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Lindsay Tisch			^[196]
	Democrats	Carolyn McKenzie	Announced, but not on final candidate list		^[11]

Waimakariri

2017 general election: Waimakariri^[197]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Democrats	Peter Adcock-White	Contested electorate in 2014	20	^[11]
	Green	Nikki Berry		none
	National	Matt Doocey		29	^[4]
	Opportunities	Nicola Glenjarman		9
	ACT	Stuart Hawkins		26	^[6]
	Conservative	Benjamin Price	Contested electorate in 2014	12	^[23]
	NZ First	Richard Prosser	Contested electorate in 2014	15	^[20]
	Māori Party	Aroha Reriti-Crofts	Contested electorate in 2014	none
	Labour	Dan Rosewarne		52	^[15]
	Independent	Destiny Wiringi

Wairarapa

2017 general election: Wairarapa^[198]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Roger Greenslade		25	^[6]
	Independent	James Harold
	Green	John Hart	Contested electorate in 2014	12	^[199]
	NZ First	Ron Mark	Contested electorate in 2014	2
	Labour	Kieran McAnulty	Contested electorate in 2014	38
	National	Alastair Scott		46	^[4]

Waitaki

2017 general election: Waitaki^[200]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Zelie Allan		none	^[201]
	National	Jacqui Dean		23	^[4]
	NZ First	Alexander Familton		40	^[202]
	Conservative	Raymond Lum		none	^[23]
	Opportunities	Kevin Neill		24	^[151]
	Green	Patrick Wall		38	^[203]
	Democrats	Hessel Van Wieren	Contested electorate in 2014	5	^[11]

Wellington Central

2017 general election: Wellington Central^[204]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Andy Foster		18	^[69]
	Independent	Gayaal Iddamalgoda			^[205]
	Labour	Grant Robertson		4	^[206]
	Independent	Peter Robinson	Contested electorate in 2014
	Green	James Shaw	contested electorate in 2011 and 2014	1	^[206]
	Opportunities	Geoff Simmons	Contested Mount Albert in 2017 by-election	2	^[44]
	ACT	Michael Warren		15	^[6]
	Not A Party	Bob Wessex
	National	Nicola Willis		48	^[4]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	United Future	Bale Nadakuitavuki	Moved to Ōhāriu after Peter Dunne retired		^[207]

West Coast-Tasman

2017 general election: West Coast-Tasman^[208]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Money Free Party	Liam Anderson
	Democrats	Jack Collin		11
	NZ First	Jackie Farrelly		31
	Green	Kate Fulton		26	^[209]
	GOdsownNZ	Claire Holley	Contested electorate in 2014 for Conservatives		^[210]
	ACT	Zeb Markland		none	^[211]
	Labour	Damien O'Connor		18	^[15]
	National	Maureen Pugh	Contested electorate in 2014 election	44	^[4]
	Ban 1080	Peter Salter	Contested electorate in 2014	3
	Independent	Steven Wilkinson	Contested electorate in 2014

Whanganui

2017 general election: Whanganui^[212]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Alan Davidson	Contested electorate in 2014	21
	National	Harete Hipango		62	^[4]
	Labour	Steph Lewis		42	^[213]
	Green	Nicola Patrick		51	^[214]
	NZ First	Reginald Skipworth		36
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Chester Borrows			^[215]
	ACT	Colin Anderson	Announced, but not on final candidate list	18	^[6]

Whangarei

2017 general election: Whangarei^[216]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Robin Grieve	Contested electorate in 2014	none	^[6]
	Green	Ash Holwell		29	^[217]
	NZ First	Shane Jones	Former Labour MP	8	^[218]
	Democrats	Chris Leitch	Contested electorate in 2014	2	^[219]
	Independent	Marie Minhinnick
	National	Shane Reti		45	^[4]
	Labour	Tony Savage		56	^[220]
	Conservative	Jim Taylor		none	^[23]

Wigram

2017 general election: Wigram^[221]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Tane Apanui		44	^[20]
	Economic Euthenics	Tubby Hansen	Contested electorate in 2014
	National	David Hiatt		52	^[4]
	ACT	Ruth Knights
	Independent	Geoff McTague
	Democrats	John Ring	Contested electorate in 2014	13	^[11]
	Green	Richard Wesley		40	^[222]
	Labour	Megan Woods		6	^[15]

Māori electorates

Hauraki-Waikato

2017 general election: Hauraki-Waikato^[223]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Nanaia Mahuta		none	^[224]
	Māori Party	Rahui Papa		3	^[225]

Ikaroa-Rāwhiti

2017 general election: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti^[226]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Māori Party	Marama Fox	Contested electorate in 2014	1	^[227]
	Green	Elizabeth Kerekere		19	^[228]
	Labour	Meka Whaitiri		none	^[227]

Tāmaki Makaurau

2017 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau^[229]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Marama Davidson	Contested electorate in 2014	2	^[228]
	Labour	Peeni Henare		none	^[15]
	Māori Party	Shane Taurima		4	^[230]

Te Tai Hauāuru

2017 general election: Te Tai Hauāuru^[231]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Jack McDonald	Contested electorate in 2011 and 2014	11	^[232]
	Labour	Adrian Rurawhe		none	^[233]^[234]
	Māori Party	Howie Tamati		6	^[235]
	Independent	Wikitoria Waitai-Rapana

Te Tai Tokerau

2017 general election: Te Tai Tokerau^[236]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Kelvin Davis		2	^[129]
	Mana	Hone Harawira	MP 2005–14	1	^[237]
	Legalise Cannabis	Maki Herbert	Contested electorate in 2011	1
	Green	Godfrey Rudolph		53	^[228]

Te Tai Tonga

2017 general election: Te Tai Tonga^[238]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Legalise Cannabis	Emma-Jane Mihaere Kingi	Contested electorate in 2014	5
	Māori Party	Mei Reedy-Taare		5	^[239]
	Labour	Rino Tirikatene		none	^[240]
	Green	Metiria Turei	contested Dunedin North in 2014	none	^[240]

Waiariki

2017 general election: Waiariki^[241]
Notes:		Blue background denotes an incumbent. Pink background denotes a current list MP. Yellow background denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Māori Party	Te Ururoa Flavell		2	^[242]
	Labour	Tāmati Coffey	Contested Rotorua in 2014	35	^[15]

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