Election 2026: Carl Bates leads early in Whanganui, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer in Te Tai Hauāuru

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Incumbent Whanganui MP Carl Bates has an early lead over Labour’s Angela Roberts as election results begin to filter in. With 20% of the vote counted, the National Party MP leads…

Carl Bates with family and supporters at the Laird Park Bowling Club. Photo / Mike Tweed

Carl Bates is on track to be the first MP to be re-elected in Whanganui since 2014.

With 47.7% of the vote counted, the National Party MP leads by 3563 votes over Labour’s Angela Roberts.

NZ First’s Harete Hipango-Brownline is third but as it stands, the former Whanganui MP would make a return to Parliament as a List MP at number seven on her party’s list.

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