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Elections / 2026 / Kaikōura / Matthew Flight
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2026 general election
Standing for Kaikōura

Matthew Flight

Labour Party
Kind
Electorate only
Source
elections-wikipedia
As of
9 Jun 2026

Background

Research run #89 · 5 May 2026
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Matthew Flight is, according to available sources, a Labour Party-affiliated candidate for the Kaikoura Electorate and a local body officeholder based in the Marlborough region of New Zealand [15][4].

Flight has worked as an appliance repair specialist at Marlborough Appliance Repair Specialist (MARS), according to a single secondary source [2]. He has also reportedly served as chairperson of the Sawmill Studios, a community arts organisation [8].

In local government, Flight is said to have stood as a candidate for Marlborough District Council in 2019 [6]. According to a single reputable secondary source, he subsequently stood for the Blenheim General Ward of the Marlborough District Council in 2022 [11], and also ran as a candidate for Mayor of Marlborough at the 8 October 2022 elections [12][7]. He is reported to have been elected as a Blenheim Ward Councillor on Marlborough District Council from October 2022 [9][10][14].

Flight first stood for Parliament as the Labour candidate for the Kaikoura Electorate at the 2020 General Election [1][3]. According to a single secondary source, he has since put himself forward again as the Labour Party candidate for the Kaikoura Electorate, representing what is described as his second run for Parliament [5][13][4].

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Career

  • [1]
    Prior career: Labour candidate for MP (Kaikoura Electorate, 2020 election) (from 2020). unverified
  • [2]
    Prior career: appliance repair specialist at Marlborough Appliance Repair Specialist (MARS). unverified
  • [3]
    Prior career: candidate for Kaikōura electorate in the 2020 General Election (from 2020). unverified
  • [4]
    Prior career: candidate for the Kaikoura Electorate seat (Labour Party) (from April 2026). unverified
  • [5]
    Prior career: parliamentary candidate (second run for Parliament) (from 2026). unverified

Political offices

  • [9]
    Held the office of Blenheim Ward Councillor, Marlborough District Council (from 2022). unverified
  • [10]
    Held the office of Blenheim ward councillor (from October 2022). unverified
  • [11]
    Held the office of Candidate for Marlborough District Council, Blenheim General Ward (from 2022). unverified
  • [12]
    Held the office of Candidate for Mayor of Marlborough District (from 8 October 2022). unverified
  • [13]
    Held the office of Labour Party candidate for the Kaikoura Electorate (from 2026). unverified
  • [14]
    Held the office of Marlborough District Councillor (Blenheim Ward). unverified

Party affiliation

Civic roles & honours

Looked for, not found

  • No public record found for Matt Flight's formal qualifications or education beyond LinkedIn reference to "New Zealand Radio Training School" (page blocked at 403). His electrician trade training institution is not confirmed from a fetchable source.
  • No direct confirmation of the years Matt Flight served as an elected Marlborough District Councillor (2019–2022 term) from a fetchable tier-1 or fully-corroborated tier-2 source — the 2019 election results page and RNZ declaration page did not yield extractable claims.

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.