Election 2026: Results from Rotorua, Waiariki and Taupō electorates

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Polls have closed in the 2026 General Election with preliminary results due in progressively from 7pm. The Rotorua Daily Post team is bringing you coverage primarily from the…

National Party’s Todd McClay has claimed victory in the Rotorua electorate with 80% of the votes counted and a majority of more than 4000 votes.

Labour candidate Fisher Wang called McClay at 10.30pm and conceded victory.

McClay told about 60 supporters at his election party that National has taken the Rotorua electorate for a record seventh time.

At the end of this next term, it would be a National stronghold for 21 years, he said.

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