Missing candidate profiles in Maori Wards w /the Public Service Associations PSA’s Marcia Puru: 17 September, 2025

The profiles of candidates standing in several Māori ward elections were missing from booklets given to enrolled voters intended to inform their votes.

In response to the missing candidate profiles, Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi The Public Service Association (PSA) — representing public servants — has called on the government to move the responsibility for running these elections out of the hands of private companies and back to the Electoral Commission. 

Wednesday Wire Producer Emmanuel spoke to the PSA’s acting Kaihautū Māori, Marcia Puru, to discuss the PSA's view on the missing candidate information and its implications.