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Botany

Represented by Rt Hon Christopher Luxon · New Zealand National Party
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Local topics

Themes from coverage mentioning this electorate’s area, by number of stories. The same discourse topics as the main lens, scoped to this seat — click through for the full national view.

In the news

Recent stories from our news & commentary corpus that mention this electorate’s area, newest first. A coverage signal — not a measure of local opinion.

Science teachers (really?) troubled that our kiddies might struggle with learning about “The Father of Botany”
point-of-order · 6 May 2026 Botany
Botany downs secondary school in auckland evacuated due to threat
rnz · 14 Mar 2024 Botany
Luxon offered to intervene over longstanding leaky roof at school in botany
rnz · 9 Sep 2023 Botany
Motorists advised to expect delays after fatal crash in botany
rnz · 1 Jun 2023 Botany
New auckland busway extension to connect papakura and botany
rnz · 3 Apr 2023 Botany
Fog cannon sends botany ram raiders fleeing
rnz · 22 Feb 2023 Botany
Election 2020 jami lee ross not contesting botany seat
rnz · 22 Feb 2023 Botany
Ex air new zealand boss wins national s botany candidacy
rnz · 22 Feb 2023 Botany
Botany candidacy race heats up it s a free world
rnz · 22 Feb 2023 Botany
Former air nz boss christopher luxon to throw hat in ring to stand in botany electorate
rnz · 22 Feb 2023 Botany
Botany by election it s not as if there is a cult of jami lee
rnz · 22 Feb 2023 Botany
Covid 19 coronavirus three new community cases linked to papatoetoe high school cases 31 kmart botany staff now close contacts
nzherald · 23 Feb 2021 Botany
Election live september 15 jami lee ross no longer contesting botany seat
spinoff · 15 Sep 2020 Botany
Melissa Lee and Jenny Salesa used taxpayer-funded entitlements to buy and stay in own homes
spinoff · 5 Jun 2026 Botany
Police probe suspicious fire at Christopher Luxon’s Auckland office
nzherald · 2 Jun 2026 Botany
‘Massive boom’: One person dead after motorcycle and car collide in East Auckland
stuff · 26 May 2026 Botany
Securing New Zealand’s future in a more volatile world
beehive · 13 May 2026 Botany
The movie theatres of Auckland, ranked and reviewed
spinoff · 30 Apr 2026 Botany
Auckland transport reforms pass third reading
beehive · 30 Apr 2026 Botany

Standing in 2026

Candidates contesting Botany this cycle. Sitting MPs link to their briefing; other candidates to their candidate context page.

Full 2026 slate ›

Rosters are sourced from public candidate lists and may be incomplete for some cycles — a missing name means “not yet recorded”, not “did not stand”.