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Elections / 2026 / Māngere / Michel Mulipola
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2026 general election
Standing for Māngere

Michel Mulipola

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Electorate only
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elections-wikipedia
As of
9 Jun 2026

Background

Research run #142 · 6 May 2026
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Michel Mulipola is a New Zealand public figure affiliated, according to single reputable secondary sources, with the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand [21][22].

Mulipola is described across multiple sources as a multidisciplinary artist [14] based in South Auckland, with accounts characterising him as a storyteller and activist in that community [3]. He is reported to be a self-taught comic book artist [18] and self-taught illustrator [19], and is identified more broadly as a Sāmoan comic artist [6] and artist [7].

According to single reputable secondary sources, Mulipola has worked as a comic artist for Marvel Comics [8], for World Wrestling Entertainment [9], and for the New Zealand School Journal [10]. He is also reported to have contributed to the Pasifika Heroes comic series [11] and to have worked as an illustrator and author in children's literature [12]. He is confirmed as the owner of Bloody Samoan Art [20].

Sources further describe Mulipola as having held roles as a Story Artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios [4][5] and as an illustrator for Disney [13]. In addition, according to a single reputable secondary source, he has participated in Indigenous storytelling talanoa discussions [15].

Alongside his artistic career, Mulipola is reported to have worked as a professional wrestler, known by the ring name "Bloody Samoan" [17], and to have competed for Impact Pro Wrestling [16]. These wrestling and artistic careers are noted across multiple secondary sources [1][2].

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AI-generated biography. Assembled by an LLM from public sources (Wikipedia, parliament register, Beehive, news archives). Every claim is backed by a verbatim quote in one of the cited sources below and tagged confirmed, unverified, or disputed by corroboration. Use as a starting reference, not a final source — cross-check anything load-bearing.
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Career

Party affiliation

Looked for, not found

  • Michel Mulipola's formal education credentials — no public record of specific academic qualifications found (he is described as self-taught in art/illustration).
  • Michel Mulipola's Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board candidacy details (year, outcome) — only reference found is a Facebook post snippet, not fetchable.

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.