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title: "Te Tai Tonga electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Tākuta Ferris (Te Pāti Māori) won Te Tai Tonga by 2,824 votes. Te Tai Tonga's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Te Tai Tonga is a Māori electorate covering 151,727 km². Only people on the Māori electoral roll vote in it; 41,912 were enrolled in 2023. It spans the Canterbury, Otago, Southland and Wellington regions."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/te-tai-tonga/
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[Electorates](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/)

# Te Tai Tonga electorate

At the 2023 election, Tākuta Ferris (Te Pāti Māori) won Te Tai Tonga by 2,824 votes. Te Tai Tonga's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Te Tai Tonga is a Māori electorate covering 151,727 km². Only people on the Māori electoral roll vote in it; 41,912 were enrolled in 2023. It spans the Canterbury, Otago, Southland and Wellington regions.

Māori electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

151,727 km²

2025 boundaries

People living in the area

1,452,271

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025; everyone, though only people on the Māori roll vote here

2023 turnout

69.3%

29,051 votes from 41,912 enrolled

## 2026 result

Results appear here from 7pm on election night, Saturday 7 November 2026.

[See Te Tai Tonga on the electorate map →](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/map/#maori-te-tai-tonga) · [Nationwide results →](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/results/)

## 2023 result

**Tākuta Ferris** (Te Pāti Māori) won by 2,824 votes, ahead of Rino Tirikatene (Labour). This is the result for the electorate of the same name on the previous boundaries, which changed in 2025.

| Party | 2023 party vote |
| --- | --- |
| __Labour | 37.0% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 22.9% |
| __Greens | 16.4% |
| __National | 8.7% |
| __NZ First | 5.5% |
| __ACT | 2.3% |
| __Opportunity | 1.9% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the regions Te Tai Tonga spans, from Stats NZ’s monthly employment indicators. The figures are for the whole region, not just this electorate.

| Region | Filled jobs | vs a year earlier | Month |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Canterbury | 322,594 | +2.1% | September 2026 |
| Otago | 120,520 | +2.2% | September 2026 |
| Southland | 49,716 | +2.4% | September 2026 |
| Wellington | 253,211 | +0.2% | September 2026 |

[National jobs and wages dashboard →](https://alliance.org.nz/data/jobs-and-wages/)

## Questions people ask
Who is the MP for Te Tai Tonga?

At the 2023 election, Tākuta Ferris (Te Pāti Māori) won Te Tai Tonga by 2,824 votes. Te Tai Tonga's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Te Tai Tonga electorate?

Te Tai Tonga is a Māori electorate covering 151,727 km². Only people on the Māori electoral roll vote in it; 41,912 were enrolled in 2023. It spans the Canterbury, Otago, Southland and Wellington regions.
What was the turnout in Te Tai Tonga?

In 2023, 29,051 of 41,912 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 69.3%.

Sources: boundaries and land area from the Representation Commission’s 2025 review via Stats NZ; residents from Stats NZ’s population grid at 30 June 2025; 2023 results and turnout from the Electoral Commission; 2026 results from the Electoral Commission’s preliminary and official results; filled jobs from Stats NZ Monthly Employment Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Purely informational and not endorsed by any party.