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Mariameno KAPA-KINGI
Te Tai Tokerau
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Pecuniary interests
6 items
Directorships
5 declared
Recent meetings
0 logged
01 Positions
03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →
as of 2026-05-27 02:19Beneficial interests in, and trusteeships of, trusts
Te Tahawai Marae (trustee and beneficiary)
— Te Tahawai Marae
(Trustee)
Company directorships and controlling interests
Puna ki te Puna Limited – kaupapa Māori practice
— Puna ki te Puna Limited
(Director)
Debts owed by you
ANZ Bank – mortgage
— ANZ Bank
Organisations and trusts seeking Government funding
Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa – iwi provider of social, housing, and health services
— Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa
Real property
Family home – Whangārei
Family rental – Whangārei
04 Directorships Methodology →
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activeDirector
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ended 2024-01-17Director
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ended 2024-01-17Director
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ended 2026-06-05Director
06 Trusteeships & beneficial trust interests
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activeTe Tahawai Marae Komiti IncorporatedTrustee
08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →
No meetings recorded.
09 Recent Hansard speeches
- 2026-06-30
- 2026-06-24
- 2026-05-21
12 In the news Methodology →
50 articlesCoverage from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff that mentions this person. Click any source to expand. Article body markdown is captured separately and used for AI summarisation downstream.
RNZ 13
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2026-07-17The three councils have voted to merge into one region-wide local authority in a two-stage process spread over several years - and the fourth may yet be forced to join them.
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2026-07-02Can a government minister, when asked how his agency achieves its targets, use the 'not my circus, not my monkeys' tactic? Tama Potaka did; the Speaker allowed it. What are the rules?
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2026-06-30The Antisocial Road Use Legislation Amendment Bill gives police extra powers to crack down on fleeing drivers, illegal street races, burnouts, disorderly dirt bike gatherings, and siren battles.
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2026-06-23Co-leader Rāwiri Waititi said the party was "not interested in personalities" and were focussed on making sure that there is a "one term government".
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2026-06-03Local Government Minister Simon Watts has announced a law change so unelected council members won't have voting rights on committees.
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2026-05-27Te Pāti Māori is the latest to confirm its candidate in the hotly contested seat.
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2026-05-27It follows the departure of MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi who split from Te Pāti Māori to set up her own party.
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2026-05-17Te Tai Tokerau is becoming the new ground zero in a fierce battle for Māori political power.
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2026-05-12It comes after fellow MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi announced she was quitting to start a new party, named after her electorate Te Tai Tokerau.
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2026-05-12Mariameno Kapa-Kingi's Te Tai Tokerau Party may not be able to contest the election under that moniker, Chris Bishop has suggested.
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2026-05-11Kapa-Kingi told Morning Report her experience in Te Pāti Māori was "not great", but she wanted to move through that scenario to focus on her new party.
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2026-05-11Labour leader says Mariameno Kapa-Kingi faces an uphill battle, with NZ First's Jones labelling the move a 'stunt'.
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2026-05-06Te Pūoho Katene, a Fulbright scholar from Stanford's Graduate School of Business, says it's a privilege to be selected to contest Te Tai Hauāuru.
Stuff 12
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2026-07-17The three councils have voted to merge into one region-wide local authority in a two-stage process spread over several years – and the fourth may yet be forced to join them.
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2026-06-25The video was shared by Kapa-Kingi on his Instagram page on Thursday morning.
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2026-05-26It follows the departure of MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi who split from Te Pāti Māori to set up her own party, named after the electorate.
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2026-05-18The senior Labour MP says Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke’s people explored the potential of her joining the party in 2025.
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2026-05-15Former Mana leader Hone Harawira wants Te Tai Tokerau seat back, says Te Pāti Māori president.
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2026-05-13The Tāmaki Makaurau MP ducked down a hallway at Parliament as Stuff asked why she issued the conflicting statements about her future with Te Pāti Māori.
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2026-05-12New Zealand politics is full of examples of breakaway parties, usually formed by a disgruntled or unhappy MP or by a split or disagreement.
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2026-05-12Rawiri Waititi concedes MP’s office sent statement saying she was considering her political future.
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2026-05-11Mariameno Kapa-Kingi said her time with Te Pāti Māori was ‘not great’ as she branches off and establishes her own political party.
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2026-05-11The MP is leaving Te Pāti Māori to start her own party.
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2026-05-11Oriini Kaipara’s comment came after Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa Kingi said she was starting her own party.
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2026-05-08ANALYSIS: Just six months out from the election, Stuff understands rank-and-file Te Pāti Māori MPs are considering whether to break away.
1News 12
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2026-06-19Hauraki-Waikato MP ends speculation about committing to Te Pāti Māori in the upcoming election firing shots at divisions within te ao Māori.
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2026-05-26Aperahama Edwards of Ngātiwai will contest the Te Tai Tokerau seat with the incumbent Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Labour's Willow-Jean Prime and the Greens' Hūhana Lyndon.
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2026-05-23On Saturday night, Harawira ruled out standing as a candidate "after much reflection with my wife Hilda".
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2026-05-22TVNZ was recognised across the board at the 2026 New Zealand Media Awards.
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2026-05-19Kelvin Davis was deputy leader of Labour for six years under both Jacinda Ardern and Chris Hipkins before being replaced following the last election.
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2026-05-13Veteran politician signals a tilt at a return after more than a decade away from Parliament.
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2026-05-12The MP said it was "amazing what we can do with nearly nothing" when asked about how she would fund the new party.
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2026-05-11The MP is starting her own party - Te Tai Tokerau Party – named after the electorate she holds.
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2026-05-11Oriini Kaipara has confirmed her loyalty to Te Pāti Māori after conflicting statements were made by her spokesperson to different media outlets, as the party announces it will make a formal complaint.
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2026-05-11Govt reveals new fuel rationing plans; Kapa-Kingi splits from Te Pāti Māori, launches new party; Police pull pair from car in dramatic central Auckland arrests.
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2026-05-11Te Tai Tokerau Party will contest the election on "kaupapa grounded in tino rangatiratanga, local decision-making and mana mokopuna".
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2026-05-11Te Tai Tokerau Party will contest the election on "kaupapa grounded in tino rangatiratanga, local decision-making and mana mokopuna".
The Spinoff 6
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2026-07-21Enough big kids for a minute – these are the truly small parties seeking your vote. The Opportunity Party? Giants. They have no place here. Our purpose is to survey the properly small parties, the pipsqueaks and the minnows. The ones for…
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2026-06-03At a time when many Māori feel particularly aggrieved by the government, parliament and politics more broadly, can Te Pāti Māori find its purpose and recapture its momentum? When the Ngātiwai leader Aperahama Edwards was announced as a Te…
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2026-05-17Comeback bids, tactical votes and bipartisan hints: a round-up of recent Election 2026 news and analysis, in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here . National’s list problem The 2023…
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2026-05-12With Te Pāti Māori splintering, a new party in the north and the possible reappearance of a familiar face, the battle for the Māori seats is set to be one for the ages. At the end of last year, I wrote that the time was ripe for a second…
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2026-05-11With Mariameno Kapa-Kingi gone and questions swirling over the future of two more MPs, the party is set for a difficult six months ahead., writes Catherine McGregor in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each…
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NZ Herald 5
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2026-06-24Activist Eru Kapa-Kingi, son of MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, made a video of boxing training tips in which he suggests the punching bag is the Prime Minister, then punches it repeatedly. Photo / Instagram
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2026-06-10Mariameno Kapa-Kingi is the MP for Te Tai Tokerau and leader of the Te Tai Tokerau Party. Photo / Mark Mitchell
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2026-05-12Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer are wishing Kapa-Kingi well following her announcement. Photo / Mark Mitchell
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2026-05-07Speaker Gerry Brownlee (second from left) with Act Party leader David Seymour (right) during a pōwhiri at Waitangi in 2025. Photo / Dean Purcell
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Newsroom 1
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2026-05-17From The Detail: Māori politics has erupted as Mariameno Kapa-Kingi launched a rival party, Te Pāti Māori fractures deepen, and the battle for the Māori vote heats up The post The fight for the Māori vote appeared first on Newsroom .
Otago Daily Times 1
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2026-05-11Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has split from Te Pāti Māori to begin Te Tai Tokerau Party. Photo: Samuel Rillstone/RNZ By Giles Dexter of RNZ Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has announced a new political party - named after her electorate.
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