16 Oct 2023

Northland swept up in blue wave, slender red lead in Maori seat

From Checkpoint, 6:10 pm on 16 October 2023

Northland's general electorates have been swept up in the blue wave engulfing New Zealand.

Although, in the Maori electorate Te Tai Tokerau, Labour's Kelvin Davis holds a slender lead.

In a region where there's a huge gap between the haves and have-nots, there's been a major swing away from Labour.

Reporter Jimmy Ellingham and producer Matthew Theunissen have the story.

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