Plain Politics NZ

In Parliament

Te Pāti Māori

2.6%
Party vote
95% 1.8–3.4
6
Projected seats
in the House in 100% of runs
$83,120
Campaign ads
Google + Meta
5
MPs travelling
$842,684 on travel

Where it polls

Poll tracker

The trend puts Te Pāti Māori at 2.6% of the party vote, with a 95% range of 1.83.4%. Below 5%

Projected seats

Seat projection

Across the simulations Te Pāti Māori takes 6 seats, and is in the House in 100% of runs. It sits below 5% on the party vote but holds electorate seats, so the electorate lifeboat keeps it in.

Te Pāti Māori’s positions in its own words, quoted from its published material — 8 of 8 areas. Where it does not state a position, we say so rather than infer one.

Cost of living

No whānau should be forced to choose between kai, rent, power, transport, medicine, or school costs.

Cost of living
Tax

Make sure the wealthiest pay their fair share.

Tax
Housing

Build and support more public and affordable homes.

Housing
Health

Re-build and strengthen Māori-led health authority and solutions.

Health
Education

Embed mātauranga Māori properly across learning.

Education & Training
Climate & environment

Protect whenua and moana from extractive industries (including banning seabed mining).

Climate
Law & order

Move away from mass imprisonment and toward long-term transformation.

Justice
Treaty & Māori affairs

Commit to Te Tiriti-based constitutional change.

Mana Motuhake

Quotes are 'What we'll do' commitments from each per-topic policy sub-page; treaty maps to the Mana Motuhake page.

Campaign advertising

Advertising spend
$14,200
Google
$68,920
Meta
$83,120
Total

Declared donations

Electoral Commission →

In 2025 Te Pāti Māori declared $77,500 in donations over $5,000 with the donor named — from 3 donors. Donations at or below that are real money but are disclosed only as a total, so this is a floor, not the whole.

Largest donors

  • John Tamahere$60,000
  • Blythe Cowrie$10,000
  • Te Kotahi Rau Club$7,500

This return was filed as a scanned image with no text layer, so its Part A donors were read by eye from the rendered form. They reconcile to the cent against the return's own printed Part A total.

The caucus

Expenses

The 5 Te Pāti Māori members who appear in the travel and accommodation disclosures, most to least.