McAnulty v Butterick: Wairarapa election result in the balance
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The Wairarapa electorate result appears set to be a tight one after early votes were counted. Kieran McAnulty is leading Mike Butterick by a margin of 652, with 11.8% of votes…
Labour's Kieran McAnulty, left, and National's Mike Butterick at Hawke's Bay Today's Wairarapa electorate evening at Central Hawke's Bay College. Photo / Jack Riddell
The Wairarapa electorate result appears set to be a tight one after early votes were counted.
Kieran McAnulty is leading Mike Butterick by a margin of 652, with 11.8% of votes counted.
The 2026 contest was a National–Labour rematch between National incumbent Butterick, a sheep-and-beef farmer and Associate Minister of Agriculture, and Kieran McAnulty, Labour’s 2026 election campaign chair.
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