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Elections / 2026 / Henderson / Alika Wells
A
2026 general election
Standing for Henderson

Alika Wells

Green Party // List #27
Kind
Electorate & list
Source
elections-wikipedia
As of
9 Jun 2026

Background

Research run #133 · 6 May 2026
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Alika Wells is, according to a single secondary source, a Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand candidate standing for the Henderson electorate at the 2026 General Election [19][21].

Wells is understood to have attended Glenfield College from 2008 [14], before going on to study at the University of Auckland from 2013 [18] and McGill University from 2014 [16]. According to the same secondary source, Wells holds a Master's degree in green criminology [15], and is also reported to have studied at Unitec Institute of Technology from 2019 [17].

In terms of early career roles, Wells is reported to have worked as an Escalations Manager at Skinny from 2015 [4], and as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Auckland from 2017 [6]. From 2017, Wells is also said to have served as Executive Editor at Interesting Journal, with the role of Editor in Chief at the same organisation noted from 2018 [5][2]. An English Editor position at MDPI is also attributed to Wells from 2018 [3].

Wells has been associated with RainbowYOUTH in two capacities — as Auckland Support Manager [1] and, from 2025, as Operations Coordinator [8]. From 2021, Wells is reported to have worked as an Insights and Evaluation Advisor at Aktive – Auckland Sport & Recreation [7]. Wells is also described, according to a single secondary source, as an advocate, evaluator, and gig worker [9][10][11].

Within the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, Wells is reported to have served as Te Mana o Te Taiao Policy Area Sub-Committee Convenor from 2020 [13], and as Policy Co-convenor from 2023 [12]. For the 2026 General Election, Wells is listed as both the Green Party candidate for Henderson and as holding list position 27 on the party list [19][20].

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Education

Career

Political offices

  • [19]
    Held the office of Green Party candidate for Henderson 2026 (from 2026). unverified
  • [20]
    Held the office of Green Party candidate for the 2026 General Election (list position 27) (from 2026). unverified

Party affiliation

Civic roles & honours

  • [12]
    Civic role: Policy Coconvenor at Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (from 2023). unverified
  • [13]
    Civic role: Te Mana o Te Taiao Policy Area Sub-Committee Convenor at Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (from 2020). unverified

Looked for, not found

  • Unable to extract verbatim claims from Wikipedia's Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand article regarding Alika Wells's role as Party Secretary (2023–2025), despite the snippet clearly stating it. The Wikipedia page loaded but claim extraction produced zero results.
  • No public record found of Alika Wells's pre-politics employer details beyond RainbowYOUTH (Auckland Support Manager) and editor roles (Interesting Journal, MDPI) as sourced from RocketReach/LinkedIn snippets. LinkedIn itself was blocked (403).
  • ResearchGate profile and neonicotinoid thesis publication page for Alika Wells both returned zero extractable claims despite relevant content appearing in search snippets.

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.