Metiria Turei

Metiria Leanne Agnes Stanton Turei (born 1970) is a former New Zealand politician. She was a Member of Parliament from 2002 to 2017 and the female co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand from 2009 to 2017. Turei resigned from the co-leader position on 9 August 2017 amid a political controversy arising from her admission to lying to the Ministry of Social Development to receive higher payments when she was on the Domestic Purposes Benefit and later, to being enrolled to vote in an electorate where she was not eligible when she was 23.

She was the Green Party spokesperson on Inequality, Justice, and Building and Housing. She resigned as co-leader of the green party and a list candidate immediately prior to the 2017 general election and retired from politics.

Metiria Turei grew up in a working-class Māori family in Palmerston North in the North Island.She failed her high school examinations and in 1987 she worked her first job as a kitchen-hand at the Hard Rock Café in Palmerston North working the late shift. Between 1989 and 1991, Turei was the Tumuaki ("Head") of Te Iwi Maori Rawakore o Aotearoa and involved with Te Roopu Rawakore o Aotearoa. Turei was a founding member of the Random Trollops performance art troupe. She studied law at the University of Auckland and later worked as a commercial lawyer at Simpson Grierson.

She was a candidate for the McGillicuddy Serious Party in the 1993 election, for the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party in the 1996 election and for McGillicuddy Serious again in the 1999 election. In 2001 she stood as the Green Party candidate for Mayor of Auckland, finishing a distant fifth with 2.05% of the vote.

Member of Parliament

In the 2002 general election, the Green Party received 7.00% of the vote, which allowed them 9 seats in Parliament. Turei, standing in Tāmaki Makaurau, was ranked 8th on the Green Party's party list, and so entered Parliament as a list MP. When she was elected, Turei left her job as a corporate lawyer for Simpson Grierson to become a Member of Parliament.

She retained her place in Parliament ranked 6th on the Greens' list in the 2005 election when she stood in Te Tai Tonga.

2005–2008

In 2009, Turei's Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Bill was drawn from the member's ballot.The bill received a conscience vote at its first reading, but was defeated 84–34.Later that year, her Liquor Advertising (Television and Radio) Bill was also drawn, but it too was defeated.

In 2008 she was ranked 4th on the Green Party's list and stood in the Dunedin North electorate. She lost the election in Dunedin North to Labour's Pete Hodgson, finishing third with 11.09% of the vote. However she was returned to parliament due to her high ranking on the Green Party list.

2008–2011

On 30 May 2009 Turei was elected as the fourth co-leader (and second female co-leader) of the Green Party. In line with Green Party policy, there must be both a male and a female co-leader. She was elected ahead of veteran MP Sue Bradford, who had had three private member's bills passed by then.

In July 2009 Turei's Marine Animals Protection Law Reform Bill, intended to strengthen protection for dolphins and other marine mammals, was drawn from the member's ballot. The bill was defeated at its first reading later that month.

In September 2009 Turei led the Green campaign opposing the government's plans to allow mining in New Zealand's national parks. Her Crown Minerals (Protection of Public Conservation Land Listed in the Fourth Schedule) Amendment Bill, which aimed to strengthen the protection for national parks, was drawn from the member's ballot in April 2010.

2011–2014

In October 2012 her Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 (Application to Casinos) Amendment bill was drawn from the ballot. Before its first reading however, National, ACT and United Future said they would not be voting for it.

Turei, along with the rest of the Green Party, voted in support of Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013, allowing same-sex couples to legally marry in New Zealand.

2017 general election

During the 2017 election campaign, Turei publicly stated during an interview on TVNZ's Q+A Show that the New Zealand First leader Winston Peters "was on a roll partly because of a very racist approach to immigration." Her comments triggered fierce criticism from Peters and NZ First Deputy Leader Tracey Martin, who rejected Turei's claims and warned that there would be consequences for the Greens in any post-election talks with NZ First. Turei refused to apologise and reiterated that the Greens were still committed to negotiating a coalition deal with NZ First following the election.

On 16 July 2017, during the launch of the Green Party's 2017 election campaign, Turei admitted to benefit fraud over a period of three years in the early 1990s, stating that she had not disclosed to Work and Income New Zealand that she was accepting rent from flatmates. Turei justified her action on the grounds that she and her young daughter depended on the Domestic Purposes Benefit to survive. During the campaign, Turei advocated raising the domestic purposes benefit for solo parents and low-income families. Turei's disclosure attracted polarising responses from other politicians, the New Zealand media, and blogosphere, and criticism from Social Development Minister Anne Tolley, Labour Party leader Andrew Little, and media commentators Barry Soper and Patrick Gower. The left-wing journalist Chris Trotter and blogger Martyn Bradbury spoke out in support of her, faulting what they considered Work and Income's "punitive" treatment of beneficiaries. When the next Colmar Brunton poll came out covering the period 22 to 27 July, the Green vote had surged to 15%, with some of the support coming from Labour which had fallen to 24%. The low ratings caused Little to resign the Labour Party leadership on 1 August.

The right-wing pressure group New Zealand Taxpayers' Union announced it would invoice her $57,000 in damages but she said it was a political stunt and she would not respond. Some beneficiaries and anti-poverty advocacy groups spoke in support of Turei and she said she had spoken with other beneficiaries who had been withholding information about their benefit status from Work and Income. Turei also advocated an amnesty on beneficiaries, while acknowledging that she had not been aware of an amnesty instituted during the 1990s. On 26 July 2017, Turei announced that she would be meeting with the Ministry of Social Development's investigative unit to calculate how much she would pay back in compensation. It was then revealed that in 1993 Turei had been enrolled to vote at the same address as her child's father. Turei denied living with the father, which would have disqualified her eligibility for the domestic purposes benefit. She stated that she had enrolled at that address in order to vote for a friend; such conduct constitutes an offence under the Electoral Act.

On 7 August 2017, Green Party MPs David Clendon and Kennedy Graham announced that they were planning to resign as Green Party candidates for the 2017 election, due to the fraud revelations and Turei's handling of the resulting situation. Both Clendon and Graham resigned from the party caucus the following day, after the party made moves to remove them.

Turei resigned as co-leader of the Green Party and as a list candidate for the 2017 election on 9 August 2017, saying that the "scrutiny on [her] family has become unbearable." She stated that her intention was to not return to Parliament after the election. Not being on the list meant that, if she failed to win the electorate of Te Tai Tonga where she was standing, she would not return to Parliament after the election. During August, the Green party fell in opinion polls to around the 5% threshold, below which there wouldn't be representation in Parliament, and Labour's new leader, Jacinda Ardern, generated such a turnaround that by the end of the month, Labour overtook National in the ratings. In its 26 August edition, the New Zealand Listener summarised the situation as follows:

The media outcry over the case and extensive coverage given to the benefit fraud by the mainstream media in New Zealand has led to claims of political agendas being promoted by the media. Specifically the case has been contrasted with that of Bill English (and the relative lack of media and public "outrage"), and to a lesser extent, that of John Key.

During the 2017 election, Turei contested the Te Tai Tonga Māori electorate (which covers Wellington and the entire South Island). She was defeated by Labour's candidate Rino Tirikatene and retired from politics.

2017 general election: Te Tai Tonga
List 1993 general election: New Lynn Party Candidate Votes % ± Labour Jonathan Hunt 6,974 38.85 -3.09 Alliance Cliff Robinson 5,376 29.95 National Roger Seavill 3,642 20.29 NZ First Dawn Mullins 1,474 8.21 Christian Heritage Charles Hinds 360 2.00 McGillicuddy Serious Metiria Turei 121 0.67 Majority 1,598 8.90 +2.80 Turnout 17,947 83.95 +4.41 Registered electors 21,378 2001 Auckland City mayoral election Party Candidate Votes % ± Independent John Banks 47,059 43.60 Independent Christine Fletcher 31,699 29.37 -10.92 Alliance Matt McCarten 15,785 14.62 Independent Tony Gibson 5,714 5.29 Green Metiria Turei 2,213 2.05 Independent Sue Henry 1,761 1.63 +0.86 Christians Against Abortion Phil O'Connor 1,258 1.16 +0.24 One NZ Walter Christie 1,189 1.10 Communist League Felicity Coggan 610 0.56 +0.30 Independent Fran Van Helmond 437 0.40 Informal votes 203 0.18 Majority 15,397 14.26 Turnout 107,928 42.73 -8.47 2002 general election: Tamaki Makaurau Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±% Labour John Tamihere 11,445 73.35 9,052 55.97 Green Metiria Turei 2,001 12.82 1,659 10.26 National George Rongokino Ngatai 785 5.03 516 3.19 Alliance Janice Smith 550 3.52 470 2.91 Christian Heritage Tuhimareikura Vaha'akolo 472 3.02 240 1.48 Progressive Sue Wharewhaka-Topia Watts 351 2.25 228 1.41 NZ First   2,430 15.03 Mana Māori   464 2.87 Legalise Cannabis   423 2.62 United Future   411 2.54 ACT   223 1.38 ORNZ   51 0.32 One NZ   4 0.02 NMP   2 0.01 Informal votes 380 122 Total Valid votes 15,604 16,173 Turnout 16,688 54.22 Labour win new seat Majority 9,444 60.52 2005 general election: Te Tai Tonga Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±% Labour Y Mahara Okeroa 9,015 47.23 -15.94 11,485 57.89 Māori Monte Ohia 6,512 34.12 +34.12 3,481 17.55 Green Metiria Turei 2,296 12.03 1,283 6.47 Progressive Russell Caldwell 705 3.69 169 0.85 Destiny Maru Samuel 559 2.93 235 1.18 National   1,462 7.37 NZ First   1,240 6.25 United Future   211 1.06 Legalise Cannabis   159 0.80 ACT   58 0.29 Alliance   14 0.07 Christian Heritage   9 0.05 Democrats   8 0.04 Family Rights   7 0.04 Libertarianz   4 0.02 One NZ   4 0.02 99 MP   3 0.02 Direct Democracy   3 0.02 RONZ   3 0.02 Informal votes 655 322 Total Valid votes 19,087 19,838 Labour hold Majority 2,503 13.11 -38.99 2008 general election: Dunedin North Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±% Labour Y Pete Hodgson 17,127 52.62 −2.46 14,608 44.24 −10.58 National Michael Woodhouse 9,972 30.64 −0.79 9,692 29.35 +4.21 Green Metiria Turei 3,611 11.09 +3.64 5,221 15.81 +4.99 ACT Hilary Calvert 573 1.76 +1.15 749 2.27 +1.28 Legalise Cannabis Julian Crawford 483 1.48 −0.06 143 0.43 +0.14 Alliance Victor Billot 448 1.38 +0.54 106 0.32 +0.12 United Future Mary Edwards 228 0.70 −1.32 312 0.94 −1.82 Democrats Olive McRae 105 0.32 +0.32 36 0.11 +0.05 NZ First   1,132 3.43 +0.58 Progressive   310 0.94 −1.38 Bill and Ben   252 0.76 +0.76 Māori   230 0.70 +0.41 Kiwi   125 0.38 +0.38 Family Party   57 0.17 +0.17 Workers Party   18 0.05 +0.05 Pacific   14 0.04 +0.04 Libertarianz   9 0.03 −0.01 RAM   4 0.01 +0.01 RONZ   2 0.01 −0.01 Informal votes 234 89 Total Valid votes 32,547 33,020 Labour hold Majority 7,155 21.98 −1.67 2011 general election: Dunedin North Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±% Labour David Clark 12,976 44.25 −8.37 10,127 33.80 −10.44 National Michael Woodhouse 9,487 32.35 +1.71 9,707 32.39 +3.04 Green Metiria Turei 5,721 19.51 +8.42 7,010 23.39 +7.58 Legalise Cannabis Julian Crawford 398 1.36 −0.13 172 0.57 +0.14 Alliance Victor Billot 210 0.72 −0.66 50 0.17 −0.15 Democrats Jeremy Noble 196 0.67 +0.35 62 0.21 +0.10 United Future Peter George 176 0.60 −0.10 183 0.61 −0.33 ACT Guy McCallum 159 0.54 −1.22 218 0.73 −1.54 NZ First   1,706 5.69 +2.27 Conservative   405 1.35 +1.35 Mana   181 0.60 +0.60 Māori   126 0.42 −0.28 Libertarianz   18 0.06 +0.03 Informal votes 448 190 Total Valid votes 29,323 29,965 Labour hold Majority 3,489 11.90 −10.09 2014 general election: Dunedin North Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±% Labour Y David Clark 16,315 47.40 +3.15 11,147 31.82 −1.98 National Michael Woodhouse 10,398 30.21 −2.14 11,302 32.26 −0.13 Green Metiria Turei 5,978 17.37 −2.14 8,035 22.94 −0.45 Conservative Jonathan Daley 621 1.80 +1.80 956 2.73 +1.38 Legalise Cannabis Abe Gray 580 1.69 +0.33 172 0.49 −0.08 Internet Rob Stewart 255 0.74 +0.74 Independent Adrian Daegal Graamans 106 0.31 +0.31 Democrats Miriam Mowat 159 0.31 −0.36 37 0.11 −0.10 Independent Stan Lusby 62 0.18 +0.18 NZ First   2,364 6.75 +1.06 Internet Mana   603 1.72 +1.12 Māori   124 0.35 −0.07 ACT   111 0.32 −0.41 United Future   86 0.25 −0.29 Ban 1080   60 0.17 +0.17 Civilian   27 0.08 +0.08 Independent Coalition   7 0.02 +0.02 Focus   1 0.00 +0.00 Informal votes 216 99 Total Valid votes 34,636 35,131 Turnout 35,230 79.88 +11.50 Labour hold Majority 5,917 17.19 +5.29 2017 general election: Te Tai Tonga Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±% Labour Y Rino Tirikatene 10,416 44.44 +2.67 13,484 55.80 +19.1 Green Metiria Turei 5,740 24.50 +8.81 1,963 8.12 -8.29 Māori Mei Reedy-Taare 4,915 20.97 -3.22 2,030 8.40 -2.79 Legalise Cannabis Emma-Jane Mihaere Kingi 1,625 6.93 +1.96 280 1.16 -15.25 National   3,014 12.47 -2.45 NZ First   1,926 7.80 -5.02 Opportunities   944 3.91 Mana   123 0.51 Ban 1080   58 0.24 -0.24 ACT   48 0.20 +0.03 People's Party   20 0.82 Conservative   18 0.075 -0.68 Outdoors   11 0.046 United Future   10 0.041 -0.049 Internet   6 0.025 Democrats   5 0.021 -0.5 Informal votes 738 226 Total Valid votes 24,166 23,434 Labour hold Majority 4,676 19.95 +2.37
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jonathan Hunt	6,974	38.85	-3.09
	Alliance	Cliff Robinson	5,376	29.95
	National	Roger Seavill	3,642	20.29
	NZ First	Dawn Mullins	1,474	8.21
	Christian Heritage	Charles Hinds	360	2.00
	McGillicuddy Serious	Metiria Turei	121	0.67
Majority			1,598	8.90	+2.80
Turnout			17,947	83.95	+4.41
Registered electors			21,378
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	John Banks	47,059	43.60
	Independent	Christine Fletcher	31,699	29.37	-10.92
	Alliance	Matt McCarten	15,785	14.62
	Independent	Tony Gibson	5,714	5.29
	Green	Metiria Turei	2,213	2.05
	Independent	Sue Henry	1,761	1.63	+0.86
	Christians Against Abortion	Phil O'Connor	1,258	1.16	+0.24
	One NZ	Walter Christie	1,189	1.10
	Communist League	Felicity Coggan	610	0.56	+0.30
	Independent	Fran Van Helmond	437	0.40
Informal votes			203	0.18
Majority			15,397	14.26
Turnout			107,928	42.73	-8.47
2002 general election: Tamaki Makaurau
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Tamihere		11,445	73.35		9,052	55.97
	Green	Metiria Turei		2,001	12.82		1,659	10.26
	National	George Rongokino Ngatai		785	5.03		516	3.19
	Alliance	Janice Smith		550	3.52		470	2.91
	Christian Heritage	Tuhimareikura Vaha'akolo		472	3.02		240	1.48
	Progressive	Sue Wharewhaka-Topia Watts		351	2.25		228	1.41
	NZ First						2,430	15.03
	Mana Māori						464	2.87
	Legalise Cannabis						423	2.62
	United Future						411	2.54
	ACT						223	1.38
	ORNZ						51	0.32
	One NZ						4	0.02
	NMP						2	0.01
Informal votes				380			122
Total Valid votes				15,604			16,173
Turnout				16,688	54.22
	Labour win new seat		Majority	9,444	60.52
2005 general election: Te Tai Tonga
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Mahara Okeroa		9,015	47.23	-15.94	11,485	57.89
	Māori	Monte Ohia		6,512	34.12	+34.12	3,481	17.55
	Green	Metiria Turei		2,296	12.03		1,283	6.47
	Progressive	Russell Caldwell		705	3.69		169	0.85
	Destiny	Maru Samuel		559	2.93		235	1.18
	National						1,462	7.37
	NZ First						1,240	6.25
	United Future						211	1.06
	Legalise Cannabis						159	0.80
	ACT						58	0.29
	Alliance						14	0.07
	Christian Heritage						9	0.05
	Democrats						8	0.04
	Family Rights						7	0.04
	Libertarianz						4	0.02
	One NZ						4	0.02
	99 MP						3	0.02
	Direct Democracy						3	0.02
	RONZ						3	0.02
Informal votes				655			322
Total Valid votes				19,087			19,838
	Labour hold		Majority	2,503	13.11	-38.99
2008 general election: Dunedin North
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Pete Hodgson		17,127	52.62	−2.46	14,608	44.24	−10.58
	National	Michael Woodhouse		9,972	30.64	−0.79	9,692	29.35	+4.21
	Green	Metiria Turei		3,611	11.09	+3.64	5,221	15.81	+4.99
	ACT	Hilary Calvert		573	1.76	+1.15	749	2.27	+1.28
	Legalise Cannabis	Julian Crawford		483	1.48	−0.06	143	0.43	+0.14
	Alliance	Victor Billot		448	1.38	+0.54	106	0.32	+0.12
	United Future	Mary Edwards		228	0.70	−1.32	312	0.94	−1.82
	Democrats	Olive McRae		105	0.32	+0.32	36	0.11	+0.05
	NZ First						1,132	3.43	+0.58
	Progressive						310	0.94	−1.38
	Bill and Ben						252	0.76	+0.76
	Māori						230	0.70	+0.41
	Kiwi						125	0.38	+0.38
	Family Party						57	0.17	+0.17
	Workers Party						18	0.05	+0.05
	Pacific						14	0.04	+0.04
	Libertarianz						9	0.03	−0.01
	RAM						4	0.01	+0.01
	RONZ						2	0.01	−0.01
Informal votes				234			89
Total Valid votes				32,547			33,020
	Labour hold		Majority	7,155	21.98	−1.67
2011 general election: Dunedin North
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Clark		12,976	44.25	−8.37	10,127	33.80	−10.44
	National	Michael Woodhouse		9,487	32.35	+1.71	9,707	32.39	+3.04
	Green	Metiria Turei		5,721	19.51	+8.42	7,010	23.39	+7.58
	Legalise Cannabis	Julian Crawford		398	1.36	−0.13	172	0.57	+0.14
	Alliance	Victor Billot		210	0.72	−0.66	50	0.17	−0.15
	Democrats	Jeremy Noble		196	0.67	+0.35	62	0.21	+0.10
	United Future	Peter George		176	0.60	−0.10	183	0.61	−0.33
	ACT	Guy McCallum		159	0.54	−1.22	218	0.73	−1.54
	NZ First						1,706	5.69	+2.27
	Conservative						405	1.35	+1.35
	Mana						181	0.60	+0.60
	Māori						126	0.42	−0.28
	Libertarianz						18	0.06	+0.03
Informal votes				448			190
Total Valid votes				29,323			29,965
	Labour hold		Majority	3,489	11.90	−10.09
2014 general election: Dunedin North
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y David Clark		16,315	47.40	+3.15	11,147	31.82	−1.98
	National	Michael Woodhouse		10,398	30.21	−2.14	11,302	32.26	−0.13
	Green	Metiria Turei		5,978	17.37	−2.14	8,035	22.94	−0.45
	Conservative	Jonathan Daley		621	1.80	+1.80	956	2.73	+1.38
	Legalise Cannabis	Abe Gray		580	1.69	+0.33	172	0.49	−0.08
	Internet	Rob Stewart		255	0.74	+0.74
	Independent	Adrian Daegal Graamans		106	0.31	+0.31
	Democrats	Miriam Mowat		159	0.31	−0.36	37	0.11	−0.10
	Independent	Stan Lusby		62	0.18	+0.18
	NZ First						2,364	6.75	+1.06
	Internet Mana						603	1.72	+1.12
	Māori						124	0.35	−0.07
	ACT						111	0.32	−0.41
	United Future						86	0.25	−0.29
	Ban 1080						60	0.17	+0.17
	Civilian						27	0.08	+0.08
	Independent Coalition						7	0.02	+0.02
	Focus						1	0.00	+0.00
Informal votes				216			99
Total Valid votes				34,636			35,131
Turnout				35,230	79.88	+11.50
	Labour hold		Majority	5,917	17.19	+5.29
2017 general election: Te Tai Tonga
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Rino Tirikatene		10,416	44.44	+2.67	13,484	55.80	+19.1
	Green	Metiria Turei		5,740	24.50	+8.81	1,963	8.12	-8.29
	Māori	Mei Reedy-Taare		4,915	20.97	-3.22	2,030	8.40	-2.79
	Legalise Cannabis	Emma-Jane Mihaere Kingi		1,625	6.93	+1.96	280	1.16	-15.25
	National						3,014	12.47	-2.45
	NZ First						1,926	7.80	-5.02
	Opportunities						944	3.91
	Mana						123	0.51
	Ban 1080						58	0.24	-0.24
	ACT						48	0.20	+0.03
	People's Party						20	0.82
	Conservative						18	0.075	-0.68
	Outdoors						11	0.046
	United Future						10	0.041	-0.049
	Internet						6	0.025
	Democrats						5	0.021	-0.5
Informal votes				738			226
Total Valid votes				24,166			23,434
	Labour hold		Majority	4,676	19.95	+2.37
	Labour	Jonathan Hunt	6,974	38.85	-3.09
	Alliance	Cliff Robinson	5,376	29.95
	National	Roger Seavill	3,642	20.29
	NZ First	Dawn Mullins	1,474	8.21
	Christian Heritage	Charles Hinds	360	2.00
	McGillicuddy Serious	Metiria Turei	121	0.67
Majority			1,598	8.90	+2.80
Turnout			17,947	83.95	+4.41
Registered electors			21,378
	Independent	John Banks	47,059	43.60
	Independent	Christine Fletcher	31,699	29.37	-10.92
	Alliance	Matt McCarten	15,785	14.62
	Independent	Tony Gibson	5,714	5.29
	Green	Metiria Turei	2,213	2.05
	Independent	Sue Henry	1,761	1.63	+0.86
	Christians Against Abortion	Phil O'Connor	1,258	1.16	+0.24
	One NZ	Walter Christie	1,189	1.10
	Communist League	Felicity Coggan	610	0.56	+0.30
	Independent	Fran Van Helmond	437	0.40
Informal votes			203	0.18
Majority			15,397	14.26
Turnout			107,928	42.73	-8.47
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Tamihere		11,445	73.35		9,052	55.97
	Green	Metiria Turei		2,001	12.82		1,659	10.26
	National	George Rongokino Ngatai		785	5.03		516	3.19
	Alliance	Janice Smith		550	3.52		470	2.91
	Christian Heritage	Tuhimareikura Vaha'akolo		472	3.02		240	1.48
	Progressive	Sue Wharewhaka-Topia Watts		351	2.25		228	1.41
	NZ First						2,430	15.03
	Mana Māori						464	2.87
	Legalise Cannabis						423	2.62
	United Future						411	2.54
	ACT						223	1.38
	ORNZ						51	0.32
	One NZ						4	0.02
	NMP						2	0.01
Informal votes				380			122
Total Valid votes				15,604			16,173
Turnout				16,688	54.22
	Labour win new seat		Majority	9,444	60.52
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Mahara Okeroa		9,015	47.23	-15.94	11,485	57.89
	Māori	Monte Ohia		6,512	34.12	+34.12	3,481	17.55
	Green	Metiria Turei		2,296	12.03		1,283	6.47
	Progressive	Russell Caldwell		705	3.69		169	0.85
	Destiny	Maru Samuel		559	2.93		235	1.18
	National						1,462	7.37
	NZ First						1,240	6.25
	United Future						211	1.06
	Legalise Cannabis						159	0.80
	ACT						58	0.29
	Alliance						14	0.07
	Christian Heritage						9	0.05
	Democrats						8	0.04
	Family Rights						7	0.04
	Libertarianz						4	0.02
	One NZ						4	0.02
	99 MP						3	0.02
	Direct Democracy						3	0.02
	RONZ						3	0.02
Informal votes				655			322
Total Valid votes				19,087			19,838
	Labour hold		Majority	2,503	13.11	-38.99
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Pete Hodgson		17,127	52.62	−2.46	14,608	44.24	−10.58
	National	Michael Woodhouse		9,972	30.64	−0.79	9,692	29.35	+4.21
	Green	Metiria Turei		3,611	11.09	+3.64	5,221	15.81	+4.99
	ACT	Hilary Calvert		573	1.76	+1.15	749	2.27	+1.28
	Legalise Cannabis	Julian Crawford		483	1.48	−0.06	143	0.43	+0.14
	Alliance	Victor Billot		448	1.38	+0.54	106	0.32	+0.12
	United Future	Mary Edwards		228	0.70	−1.32	312	0.94	−1.82
	Democrats	Olive McRae		105	0.32	+0.32	36	0.11	+0.05
	NZ First						1,132	3.43	+0.58
	Progressive						310	0.94	−1.38
	Bill and Ben						252	0.76	+0.76
	Māori						230	0.70	+0.41
	Kiwi						125	0.38	+0.38
	Family Party						57	0.17	+0.17
	Workers Party						18	0.05	+0.05
	Pacific						14	0.04	+0.04
	Libertarianz						9	0.03	−0.01
	RAM						4	0.01	+0.01
	RONZ						2	0.01	−0.01
Informal votes				234			89
Total Valid votes				32,547			33,020
	Labour hold		Majority	7,155	21.98	−1.67
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Clark		12,976	44.25	−8.37	10,127	33.80	−10.44
	National	Michael Woodhouse		9,487	32.35	+1.71	9,707	32.39	+3.04
	Green	Metiria Turei		5,721	19.51	+8.42	7,010	23.39	+7.58
	Legalise Cannabis	Julian Crawford		398	1.36	−0.13	172	0.57	+0.14
	Alliance	Victor Billot		210	0.72	−0.66	50	0.17	−0.15
	Democrats	Jeremy Noble		196	0.67	+0.35	62	0.21	+0.10
	United Future	Peter George		176	0.60	−0.10	183	0.61	−0.33
	ACT	Guy McCallum		159	0.54	−1.22	218	0.73	−1.54
	NZ First						1,706	5.69	+2.27
	Conservative						405	1.35	+1.35
	Mana						181	0.60	+0.60
	Māori						126	0.42	−0.28
	Libertarianz						18	0.06	+0.03
Informal votes				448			190
Total Valid votes				29,323			29,965
	Labour hold		Majority	3,489	11.90	−10.09
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y David Clark		16,315	47.40	+3.15	11,147	31.82	−1.98
	National	Michael Woodhouse		10,398	30.21	−2.14	11,302	32.26	−0.13
	Green	Metiria Turei		5,978	17.37	−2.14	8,035	22.94	−0.45
	Conservative	Jonathan Daley		621	1.80	+1.80	956	2.73	+1.38
	Legalise Cannabis	Abe Gray		580	1.69	+0.33	172	0.49	−0.08
	Internet	Rob Stewart		255	0.74	+0.74
	Independent	Adrian Daegal Graamans		106	0.31	+0.31
	Democrats	Miriam Mowat		159	0.31	−0.36	37	0.11	−0.10
	Independent	Stan Lusby		62	0.18	+0.18
	NZ First						2,364	6.75	+1.06
	Internet Mana						603	1.72	+1.12
	Māori						124	0.35	−0.07
	ACT						111	0.32	−0.41
	United Future						86	0.25	−0.29
	Ban 1080						60	0.17	+0.17
	Civilian						27	0.08	+0.08
	Independent Coalition						7	0.02	+0.02
	Focus						1	0.00	+0.00
Informal votes				216			99
Total Valid votes				34,636			35,131
Turnout				35,230	79.88	+11.50
	Labour hold		Majority	5,917	17.19	+5.29
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Rino Tirikatene		10,416	44.44	+2.67	13,484	55.80	+19.1
	Green	Metiria Turei		5,740	24.50	+8.81	1,963	8.12	-8.29
	Māori	Mei Reedy-Taare		4,915	20.97	-3.22	2,030	8.40	-2.79
	Legalise Cannabis	Emma-Jane Mihaere Kingi		1,625	6.93	+1.96	280	1.16	-15.25
	National						3,014	12.47	-2.45
	NZ First						1,926	7.80	-5.02
	Opportunities						944	3.91
	Mana						123	0.51
	Ban 1080						58	0.24	-0.24
	ACT						48	0.20	+0.03
	People's Party						20	0.82
	Conservative						18	0.075	-0.68
	Outdoors						11	0.046
	United Future						10	0.041	-0.049
	Internet						6	0.025
	Democrats						5	0.021	-0.5
Informal votes				738			226
Total Valid votes				24,166			23,434
	Labour hold		Majority	4,676	19.95	+2.37

In October 2018, Metiria Turei gave her first interview since leaving politics. During the interview, she revealed that she is studying art at the Dunedin School of Art, and has work entered in a group show "wā o mua" at the Blue Oyster Art Project Space in Dunedin.

Metiria Turei has a daughter, Piupiu Turei, and is married to Warwick Stanton. In February 2014, Turei and her husband were living in Blueskin Bay, a coastal estuary to the north of Dunedin in the South Island. She is also a performing arts enthusiast and participated in a performing group called Random Trollops and medieval reenactments at her Blueskin Bay home. Turei also wore Adrienne Winkelmann jackets, which elicited criticism from several National Party MPs including Judith Collins.