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Elections / 2023 / Te Tai Tokerau / Hūhana Lyndon
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2023 general election Sitting MP
Standing for Te Tai Tokerau

Hūhana Lyndon

Kind
Electorate & list
Source
elections-wikipedia
As of
4 May 2026

Background

Research run #153 · 6 May 2026
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Hūhana Lyndon is a Member of Parliament for the Green Party, entering Parliament in 2023 [24][25].

According to a single reputable secondary source, Lyndon attended Massey University, the University of Auckland, and Victoria University of Wellington [14][15][16]. She is also described, in the same source, as having a career portfolio spanning health, education, and primary industries at both operational and governance levels [8].

Before entering Parliament, Lyndon held chief executive roles in the iwi and Māori authority sector. She served as CEO of the Ngātiwai Trust Board [2][4], a position also described as chief executive officer of that board from around 2021 [7]. She also held the role of CEO of the Ngāti Hine Forestry Trust [1][3][6]. According to a single reputable secondary source, she additionally acted as an advocate for the advancement of He Whakaputanga me Te Tiriti o Waitangi with the Crown, local government, and communities on behalf of hapū and iwi [5]. A single reputable secondary source also describes her as having been a vocal critic of the Ngātiwai Trust Board at one point in her career [9].

Lyndon pursued local government roles prior to entering national politics. According to a single reputable secondary source, she stood as a candidate in the Whangārei District Council Denby Ward by-election in 2017 [11] and is reported to have stood twice in local government elections overall [12][13]. She was also a candidate for the Te Tai Tokerau electorate in 2023, according to a single reputable secondary source [10].

As a Green Party MP, Lyndon holds several spokesperson and associate spokesperson roles, according to a single reputable secondary source. These include Green Party spokesperson for Māori Development [21], Māori Education [22], Whānau Ora [23], Forestry [18], Health [19], and Media and Communications [20], as well as Associate spokesperson for Oceans and Fisheries (Māori Fisheries) [17].

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Education

Career

Political offices

  • [17]
    Held the office of Green Party Associate spokesperson for Oceans & Fisheries (Māori Fisheries). unverified
  • [18]
    Held the office of Green Party spokesperson for Forestry. unverified
  • [19]
    Held the office of Green Party spokesperson for Health. unverified
  • [20]
    Held the office of Green Party spokesperson for Media and Communications. unverified
  • [21]
    Held the office of Green Party spokesperson for Māori Development. unverified
  • [22]
    Held the office of Green Party spokesperson for Māori Education. unverified
  • [23]
    Held the office of Green Party spokesperson for Whānau Ora. unverified
  • [24]
    Held the office of Member of Parliament (Green MP) (from 2023). unverified

Party affiliation

Civic roles & honours

  • [10]
    Civic role: candidate for Te Tai Tokerau electorate (from 2023). unverified
  • [11]
    Civic role: candidate for the Whangārei District Council in the Denby Ward byelections in 2017 (from 2017). unverified
  • [12]
    Civic role: candidate in Local Government Elections. unverified
  • [13]
    Civic role: candidate in local government elections (stood twice). unverified

Looked for, not found

  • LinkedIn profile for Hūhana Lyndon blocked (403 error) - unable to extract detailed career/education chronology from LinkedIn directly.

The agent checked these topics across the allowed public sources but could not find verbatim-quotable evidence. Absence doesn't rule the fact out — it just means no journalist-accessible source covered it at run time.

Pecuniary interests

2025 register · as of 27 May 2026

As a sitting MP, this candidate files an annual Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests. Items below are the most recent declarations from the Register.

Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts
Lyndon Family Trust Lyndon Family Trust (trustee)
Organisations and trusts seeking Government funding
Te Pouahi o Te Tai Tokerau Te Pouahi o Te Tai Tokerau – Māori housing
Whangaroa Ngaiotonga Trust Whangaroa Ngaiotonga Trust – whenua Māori
Payment for activities
Te Pouahi o Te Tai Tokerau Trustee fee – Te Pouahi o Te Tai Tokerau
Real property
Family home – Tikipunga, Whangārei
Retirement schemes
Pathfinder KiwiSaver Pathfinder KiwiSaver

Companies Office links

as of 27 May 2026

Directorships, shareholdings, and trusteeships filed against this person in the Companies Office register.

Trusteeships

Recent press

17 articles across 6 outlets
RNZ 6
1News 4
Stuff 3
The Spinoff 2
Newsroom 1
Otago Daily Times 1