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Electorate seat

Wellington Bays

New electorate — first contested in 2026. No sitting member yet.

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.

Questions that led Karuna Muthu to walk out of Wellington Bays debate revealed
nzherald · 18 Oct 2026 Wellington Bays
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Wellington Bays National Candidate throws tantrum + why Green voters should candidate vote Craig Renney
daily-blog · 17 Oct 2026 Wellington Bays
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Election 2026: National Party candidate Karuna Muthu storms out of Wellington Bays candidates meeting
nzherald · 16 Oct 2026 Wellington Bays
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Heavy hitters vie for the left-leaning vote in Wellington Bays
newsroom-opinion · 8 Oct 2026 Wellington Bays
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On the Chatham Islands, Wellington Bays candidates encounter a vastly different electorate
spinoff · 2 Oct 2026 Wellington Bays
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Wellington Bays candidates make historic trip to Chatham Islands for NZ’s most remote election debate
nzherald · 1 Oct 2026 Wellington Bays
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Can Labour reclaim a lost heartland in Wellington's newest seat, Wellington Bays
rnz · 27 Sep 2026 Wellington Bays
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Election 2026: Wellington Bays candidates scrap over the cost of living in debate
nzherald · 15 Sep 2026 Wellington Bays
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Early poll reveals Greens and Labour in dead heat in Wellington Bays
newsroom-opinion · 15 Sep 2026 Wellington Bays
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It’s neck and neck in Wellington Bays
kiwiblog · 15 Sep 2026 Wellington Bays
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Can Craig Renney tame the ‘big Green elephant’ and turn Wellington Bays red?
spinoff · 6 Sep 2026 Wellington Bays
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Labour selects ctu economist craig renney as wellington bays candidate
rnz · 23 Nov 2025 Wellington Bays
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Dolphins and orcas sighted across wellington bays
rnz · 16 Mar 2025 Wellington Bays
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Microplastics detected in every sponge sample from three wellington bays
rnz · 24 Mar 2023 Wellington Bays
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NZ First announces party list for the 2026 General Election
nz-first-party · 6 Oct 2026 Wellington Bays
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Julie Anne Genter says Rongotai electorate name could return after next review
nzherald · 4 Oct 2026 Wellington Bays
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Greens say change won’t come from reheating the same political nachos
newsroom-opinion · 27 Sep 2026 Wellington Bays
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Hipkins defends Labour’s ambition – even on tax – to Wellington supporters
newsroom · 22 Sep 2026 Wellington Bays
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Taxpayer Update: Willis shuts the door on asset sales 🚪 | Bureaucracy’s $52k goodbye 💸 | Blakeley under pressure 🚨
taxpayers-union · 18 Sep 2026 Wellington Bays
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Taxpayer Update: Election debates return 🗳️ | Who costed CommieMart? 📚 | ACT takes aim at the carbon tax 🏭
taxpayers-union · 12 Sep 2026 Wellington Bays
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A 21-year-old who turned her parents onto Opportunity but loves Jacinda Ardern
spinoff · 10 Sep 2026 Wellington Bays
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One Candidate, One Pint: Qiulae Wong on learning the political art of restraint
spinoff · 14 Aug 2026 Wellington Bays
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An 81-year-old voter on being pissed off with the pay equity changes
spinoff · 13 Aug 2026 Wellington Bays
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Who’s up, down and in the danger zone as National releases its election party list
spinoff · 8 Aug 2026 Wellington Bays
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The ups and downs of Labour’s list announcement
spinoff · 8 Jun 2026 Wellington Bays
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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”.