Background
Research run #205 · 10 Jun 2026
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Sange Malama is a Labour Party-affiliated candidate [18] standing for the Rangitata electorate in 2026 [15].
According to a single secondary source, Malama has worked across education and community roles in the South Canterbury region [7]. This includes roles as a family liaison and Pasifika Group Coordinator at a local primary school [8][6], and work supporting local schools with family engagement [10]. She has also been associated with Multicultural Aoraki, where she is described as a Pacific Community Connector and Pasifika Connector [5][11], and as a worker supporting the Pacific community in that organisation [9].
According to a single reputable secondary source, Malama has also served as an Attendance Whānau Ora Navigator for Kōia te Mātauraka [1], and as a member of the Business Development Team at Ara Institute of Canterbury from November 2023 [3][2].
Malama is described in a single secondary source as the Director of the Aoraki Moana Festival [12]. She stood as a candidate for Timaru Ward on the Timaru District Council in October 2025 [17][16][13].
According to a single reputable secondary source, Malama was confirmed as a Labour Party election list candidate from June 2026 [4], and is listed as the Labour candidate for the Rangitata electorate for 2026 [14][19].
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19 sourced claims
Career
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[12]
Director of Aoraki Moana Festival (Director).
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Prior career: Attendance Whānau Ora Navigator for Kōia te Mātauraka.
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Prior career: Business Development Team member at Ara Institute of Learning.
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Prior career: Business Development team member at Ara Institute of Canterbury (from 1 November 2023).
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Prior career: Labour Party election list candidate (from 8 June 2026).
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[5]
Prior career: Pacific Community Connector at Multicultural Aoraki.
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[6]
Prior career: Pasifika Group Coordinator at a local primary school.
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[7]
Prior career: education worker.
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[8]
Prior career: family liaison at a local primary school.
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[9]
Prior career: worker at Multicultural Aoraki with the Pacific community.
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[10]
Prior career: worker in education supporting local schools with family engagement.
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Political offices
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[13]
Held the office of Candidate for Timaru District Council (Timaru Ward).
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Held the office of Labour candidate for Rangitata (from 2026).
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Held the office of Labour candidate for Rangitata electorate (from 2026).
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Held the office of candidate for Timaru District Council (from 2025).
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Held the office of candidate for Timaru Ward, Timaru District Council (from 11 October 2025).
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Looked for, not found
- Full Labour list ranking number for Sange Malama in 2026 (Instagram snippet suggests #65 but not confirmed via a fetched tier-1 or tier-2 page).
- Sange Malama's formal educational qualifications and institutions attended — no public record found.
- Outcome of Sange Malama's 2025 Timaru District Council (Timaru Ward) candidacy — election results page not fully extracted.
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.
