Election 2026: The battle for Auckland

NBR Focus

9 mins to read

Key points

What’s at stake: Winning Auckland and possibly the election.
Background: National won Auckland in a 2023 landslide, but can Labour regain its lost ground?
Main players: Former Mt Roskill MP Michael Wood, current Mt Roskill MP Dr Carlos Cheung, former Labour leader Phil Goff, Auckland Business Chamber CEO Simon Bridges, Dr Lara Greaves, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown.

Election Night 2023 at the Winstone Park Tennis Club in Mt Roskill was sombre.

Local MP Michael Wood was despondent as he watched the electoral tide rush out on his and Labour’s chances of remaining in power. “Election Night 2023 for, I think, any Labour candidate or true believer was a pretty

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Simon Shepherd Thu, 05 Mar 2026

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