Safe battleground

Tukituki

General electorate

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days to election day

What it takes to flip this seat

Catherine Wedd won by 10,118 votes in 2023 — 5,059 voters switching to a challenger would have flipped Tukituki.

In the news

Coverage naming Tukituki or Catherine, from our tracked feeds.

No coverage naming Tukituki or its MP yet in our tracked feeds — this fills in automatically as outlets report on the race.

The roster

The defender's record, and who's confirmed to challenge them in 2026.

Won Tukituki by a majority of 10,118 in 2023 — a safe seat.

Catherine Jane Wedd is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament for the National Party. Wedd currently serves as the chairperson of the Environment Select Committee. She is also Chair of the New Zealand Population and Development Committee which is a cross-party group focused on championing sexual and reproductive health and rights of women. She is a Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister Mark Mitchell for Cyclone Recovery and was formerly the Deputy Chair of the Finance and Expenditure Committee and a member of the Primary Production Committee.

Full MP profile

What Catherine has prioritised this term

Official roles, sourced from parliament.nz.

Select committees

Environment

Legislative activity this term

From Parliament's official bills record, as at 24 June 2026.

No government bill in charge, members' bill passed, or members' bill currently in the ballot for Catherine this term — checked against the official record, not a gap in our data.

Battlegrounds map 2026 election

2023 result and margin: Electoral Commission. 2026 candidates are added only once officially confirmed — never assumed.