Keshaan Te Waaka elected to Tararua District Council Māori ward

Saturday 18 October 2025 · 3 outlets · 2 reports · updated Mon 20 Oct 2025, 9:29am

In this story Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hine, Tararua District Council

Twenty-one-year-old Keshaan Te Waaka has won the Tamaki nui-a-rua Māori ward seat at the Tararua District Council. Te Waaka unseated incumbent Naioma Chase in a close election and will serve for the next three years. The council has voted to scrap the Māori ward after this term ends.

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