{"id":623435,"date":"2026-10-07T15:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T15:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/623435\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T15:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T15:50:11","slug":"familiar-names-leapfrog-sitting-mps-on-nz-first-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/623435\/","title":{"rendered":"Familiar names leapfrog sitting MPs on NZ First list"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several of NZ First’s newcomer candidates have taken spots on the party’s list ahead of currently sitting MPs. <\/p>\n

Alfred Ngaro, a former National minister<\/a>, was the highest-ranked of the new group, in fifth. <\/p>\n

Behind him in sixth was Otago Regional councillor and broadcaster Michael Laws<\/a> \u2013 a former National MP and Whanganui mayor. <\/p>\n

Former National MP Harete Hipango-Brownlie<\/a>, ex-Financial Markets Authority chair Craig Stobo<\/a>, and retired All Black Taine Randell<\/a> took the seventh, eighth, and ninth spots respectively. <\/p>\n

Jenny Marcroft, Andy Foster, David Wilson and Jamie Arbuckle \u2013 all current MPs in NZ First’s caucus \u2013 took the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th spots. <\/p>\n

Leader Winston Peters ranked first, followed by Shane Jones in second. Casey Costello and Mark Patterson rounded out the top four. <\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the party described the list as a “formidable lineup of experienced, talented, and principled leaders ready to put New Zealanders first”.<\/p>\n

The results of last night’s 1News Verian poll<\/a> would give NZ First 12 seats in Parliament. <\/p>\n

Follow 1News election live updates here<\/a><\/p>\n

NZ First’s top 25: <\/p>\n

1. Rt Hon Winston Peters – List Only<\/p>\n

2. Hon Shane Jones – Northland<\/p>\n

3. Hon Casey Costello – Port Waikato<\/p>\n

4. Hon Mark Patterson – Taieri<\/p>\n

5. Hon Alfred Ngaro – Glendene<\/p>\n

6. Michael Laws – Waitaki<\/p>\n

7. Harete Hipango-Brownlie – Whanganui<\/p>\n

8. Craig Stobo – Botany<\/p>\n

9. Taine Randell – Tukituki<\/p>\n

10. Jenny Marcroft – Kaipara-ki-Mahurangi<\/p>\n

11. Andy Foster – Remutaka<\/p>\n

12. Dr David Wilson – Henderson<\/p>\n

13. Jamie Arbuckle – Kaik\u014dura<\/p>\n

14. Jaime Cleine – West Coast-Tasman<\/p>\n

15. Tracey Coxhead – Mt Maunganui<\/p>\n

16. Hon Ron Mark – Wairarapa<\/p>\n

17. Jason Herrick – Southland<\/p>\n

18. Esther Tofilau-Tevaga – Manurewa<\/p>\n

19. Penny Gaylor – Kapiti<\/p>\n

20. Elliot Ikilei – Takanini<\/p>\n

21. Vicky Hau – Mangere<\/p>\n

22. Bernadette Soares – Upper Harbour<\/p>\n

23. Robert Cookson – Waikato<\/p>\n

24. Mark Arneil – Christchurch Central<\/p>\n

25. Lee Smith – Taranaki-King Country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several of NZ First’s newcomer candidates have taken spots on the party’s list ahead of currently sitting MPs.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,137,43,139,69,135,270122],"class_list":["post-623435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand-first","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-politics","tag-vote-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}