Tauranga electorate

Tauranga is currently held by National's Sam Uffindell, who won comfortably with a margin of 6,354 in a 2022 by-election following the resignation of Simon Bridges. In 2020, Labour won the greatest share of party votes in Tauranga – 42% to National's 32%. Tauranga has been held by Natonal since 1938 with one exception: Winston Peters won the seat for National in 1984, but held the seat for NZ First from 1993 until 2005.

Jono Langridge

New Conservatives

| Not currently in parliament

Jono Langridge

New Conservatives

| Not currently in parliament

Why I'm standing

New Zealanders are increasingly depressed and disillusioned with their representation. The increasing struggle to get started, or ahead, compounds this. Therefore, I want to restore their voice to parliament through binding referendums – reviving their freedom of speech and common sense. By building a listening-working relationship with them and our coalition partners, I can create a neutral ground for all ideas and perspectives to be reasonably discussed, leading to finding the best solutions to issues.

About me

Most of my multi-vocational working life has revolved around building and maintaining working relationships and interacting with different people. Having worked diligently through the experiences of, being a job seeker beneficiary, being self-employed, getting a BA and PGD in social policy, almost six years of marriage, and overcoming the hurdles towards homeownership, I am committed to strengthening families and improving job and social mobility in a country that values life, freedom and local community.

My priorities
  1. Assist in restoring local democracy while ensuring the necessary expertise to move forward is retained.
  2. Assist the process of getting the support to reconstruct H29 to begin reviving the local economy.
  3. Advocate to free up land and quicken the consent process to increase the housing supply.
Candidate list rank

8

Current role

Not currently in parliament

Before politics

Data Entry/Seedsman

Residence

Welcome Bay, Tauranga

Age

35

Year entered parliament

Not previously in parliament

2020 result

Did not stand

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Why I'm standing

New Zealanders are increasingly depressed and disillusioned with their representation. The increasing struggle to get started, or ahead, compounds this. Therefore, I want to restore their voice to parliament through binding referendums – reviving their freedom of speech and common sense. By building a listening-working relationship with them and our coalition partners, I can create a neutral ground for all ideas and perspectives to be reasonably discussed, leading to finding the best solutions to issues.

About me

Most of my multi-vocational working life has revolved around building and maintaining working relationships and interacting with different people. Having worked diligently through the experiences of, being a job seeker beneficiary, being self-employed, getting a BA and PGD in social policy, almost six years of marriage, and overcoming the hurdles towards homeownership, I am committed to strengthening families and improving job and social mobility in a country that values life, freedom and local community.

My priorities
  1. Assist in restoring local democracy while ensuring the necessary expertise to move forward is retained.
  2. Assist the process of getting the support to reconstruct H29 to begin reviving the local economy.
  3. Advocate to free up land and quicken the consent process to increase the housing supply.
Candidate list rank

8

Current role

Not currently in parliament

Before politics

Data Entry/Seedsman

Residence

Welcome Bay, Tauranga

Age

35

Year entered parliament

Not previously in parliament

2020 result

Did not stand

Connect via

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