NZ Election 2023

Maungakiekie electorate

Maungakiekie covers the suburbs of Royal Oak, Ellerslie, Mount Wellington and Onehunga and part of Greenlane. It is currently held by Labour's Priyanca Radhakrishnan, who won by a narrow margin of 635 – one of the smallest margins in the country. In 2020, Labour won the greatest share of party votes in Maungakiekie – 50% to National's 26%. Since its creation in 1996, the seat has been held by successive National and Labour MPs.

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Margo Onishchenko

Margo Onishchenko

ACT Party

Phillip Bridge

Phillip Bridge

Independent

Sapna Samant

Sapna Samant

Green Party

Andrew Hogg

Andrew Hogg

NZ First

Eric Chuah

Eric Chuah

Rock the Vote NZ

Greg Fleming

Greg Fleming

National Party

Priyanca Radhakrishnan

Priyanca Radhakrishnan

Labour Party

Margo Onishchenko

ACT Party

| Not currently in parliament

Margo Onishchenko

ACT Party

| Not currently in parliament

Why I'm standing

I see being a candidate as my civic duty. After six years of divisive and poor management under Labour, I believe the country is going in the wrong direction. The borrowing, taxes, spending and crime are through the roof, and every Kiwi is worse off. ACT is the only party offering New Zealand real change in these areas. It will stop racial division, economic mismanagement, and will get tougher and smarter on crime.

My priorities
  1. Restore law and order by holding criminals accountable and recognising the rights of victims.
  2. Cut the cost of living by cutting wasteful government spending, cutting tax and cutting red tape
  3. Unite Kiwis behind a treaty which recognises their common humanity and stop dividing NZ by race.
Candidate list rank

58

Current role

Not currently in parliament

Before politics

Structural engineer

Residence

Auckland Central

Age

28

Year entered parliament

Not previously in parliament

2020 result

Did not stand

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Why I'm standing

I see being a candidate as my civic duty. After six years of divisive and poor management under Labour, I believe the country is going in the wrong direction. The borrowing, taxes, spending and crime are through the roof, and every Kiwi is worse off. ACT is the only party offering New Zealand real change in these areas. It will stop racial division, economic mismanagement, and will get tougher and smarter on crime.

My priorities
  1. Restore law and order by holding criminals accountable and recognising the rights of victims.
  2. Cut the cost of living by cutting wasteful government spending, cutting tax and cutting red tape
  3. Unite Kiwis behind a treaty which recognises their common humanity and stop dividing NZ by race.
Candidate list rank

58

Current role

Not currently in parliament

Before politics

Structural engineer

Residence

Auckland Central

Age

28

Year entered parliament

Not previously in parliament

2020 result

Did not stand

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