10 Nov 2023

Electoral Commission investigating Manurewa Marae over complaints of vote "treating"

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 10 November 2023

The Electoral Commission is investigating concerns raised over a voting place at Manurewa Marae, where Te Pāti Māori's Tāmaki Makaurau candidate Takutai Tarsh Kemp also serves as chief executive.

Kemp won the electorate by just four votes over the incumbent Labour MP Peeni Henare, in what has ended up as the tightest race in the country.

A recount is underway 

And there have been complaints that food given to voters at the Manurewa Marae may constitute "treating", an offence under the electoral law. 

Electoral law expert Graeme Edgeler spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.