3 Nov 2023

Te Pati Maori snatch two electorate seats from Labour

From Checkpoint, 5:35 pm on 3 November 2023

It's almost a clean sweep for Te Pati Maori, snatching another two Maori electorate seats from Labour on the special vote count.

On election night it was buzzing to secure four of the seven. But now its also taken Tamaki Makaurau by a whisker, just a four vote majority.

It also turned Te Tai Tokerau, ousting Labour's Deputy leader Kelvin Davis.

Prior to the election he'd said he would resign if he didnt hold his seat.

Ko taku manuhiri inaianei ko John Tamihere, Te Pati Maori President speaks to Lisa Owen.