Find your MP in New Zealand
Who is my MP in New Zealand?
Your electorate MP is the member elected for the electorate covering your address, sitting in the House of Representatives in Wellington. Choose your electorate below to see the sitting MP, their party, and how to write to them in your own words.
Electorate MPs and list MPs
New Zealand's mixed-member proportional system gives you two kinds of MP. One is elected for your electorate — general or Māori — and is the person to write to about anything touching where you live. The rest enter Parliament from party lists and represent the whole country, which makes them a legitimate route when your own MP will not engage or when a list MP holds the portfolio you care about.
Postcodes do not follow electorate boundaries here, and boundaries are redrawn after each census, so choosing the electorate is more reliable than guessing from an address.
- One electorate MP per general and Māori electorate.
- List MPs have no electorate and may be written to by anyone.
- Councils handle rates, water, roads and consents; Parliament does not.
What an MP can do
An MP votes on legislation, makes submissions and questions ministers, and can take a case to a ministry or agency — Immigration New Zealand, Work and Income, ACC, Kāinga Ora or Inland Revenue. Electorate MPs also hold clinics, which is often the quickest way to get a stalled case looked at.
They cannot overturn a court decision, direct a council, or intervene in a live legal proceeding.
Making the letter land
Say who you are and where you live, name one issue, and state the action you want — a vote, a written question, a select committee submission, or a letter to the minister. Then stop.
We send it from our own domain with your name and reply-to attached, ask you later whether you got a reply, and delete the letter text after five weeks.
Common questions
- How do I find my MP in New Zealand?
- Choose your electorate from the list. Postcodes cross electorate boundaries, so the electorate is what determines your MP.
- Can I write to a list MP?
- Yes. List MPs represent the whole country, so any of them may be written to — pick one whose portfolio or select committee matches your issue.
- What about a Māori electorate?
- If you are on the Māori roll, your Māori electorate MP is your electorate MP. Both rolls are covered in the list.
- How long does a reply take?
- Usually two to three weeks for a substantive reply. If a month passes, write again referring to the date of your first letter.
Last updated 2026-08-25.