Harete Hipango-Brownlie - NZFirst Candidate Whanganui

30/08/2026

Signs of something very special to me.
Standing behind me overlooking my NZFirst Party Vote sign in my home village Putiki of Whanganui, my tūrangawaewae, my standing ground, is my family urupā/burial ground - the Hipango family cemetery where my ancestors of great standing and leadership are laid to rest. And now overlook my signage. My brother, my grandfathers grand & great & great great.
I know that I make this stand with them looking over me. In support.
Now I travel to Wellington today assured & reassured that it is my values, those traditional conservative values of NZFirst are the very same values I was nurtured & raised with by my family/whanau and those who laid the pathway for me to follow in.

Authorised by HHipangoBrownlie
NZFirst candidate Whanganui
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27/08/2026

NZ history has fine examples of respected Māori leaders who made a REAL difference and helped shape our values and our country…so this is my karanga my call…
Now! Is the time to reclaim the power of our traditional conservative Māori voice & values
Party Vote NZFirst

Authorised by HHipangoBrownlie
NZFirst candidate Whanganui
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25/08/2026

For almost 3 decades I represented NZ children and young people. I was a Family Court lawyer striving to ensure kids were protected from harm, neglect & abuse. Where their families were unable to care for and protect them the state was responsible to do so. The NZ Labour government used & abused a generation of kiwi kids (12-17 yo 311257kids) with a double dose COViD vax knowing the risks and adverse consequences, withholding that information from the NZ public. The Labour govt holding itself out to be ‘the only source of truth’ withholding that truth from those kiwi kids, their guardians and NZers.
NZ First leader Winston Peters is the ONLY NZ political leader speaking up for those kids, their families, NZers and the future of NZ.
You have a critical decision to make this Election 2026. The Labour Party (its leader & former Health ministers with their mob) cannot be trusted. Let’s hold them to account by holding and keeping them out from government.
Party Vote NZ First to put and do right.

Authorised by HHipangoBrownlie
NZFirst candidate Whanganui
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24/08/2026

Eyes wide open to
the old & the new NZ colony
Te Pāti Māori & Te Pāti Modhi
Party Vote NZFirst
putting NZers & NZ first.

Authorised by HHipangoBrownlie
NZFirst candidate Whanganui
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22/08/2026

Te Pāti Māori increasingly presents itself as the face & voice of all Māori. It is not!

Let’s stop dwelling on our past &
recognise the potential of our future

Authorised by HHipangoBrownlie
NZFirst candidate Whanganui
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22/08/2026

Our Whanganui NZFirst team
on the ground at the local River market campaigning - looking, listening & learning about the local issues on the ground for the locals. A magnificent mix of people wanting to mix it up with us 🙂 with a great deal of support & interest in NZFirst
Putting NZ & NZers first!

21/08/2026

I am a NZ woman with Māori, Irish & Scottish ancestry. I have lived in NZ all my life, born & nurtured in Whanganui infused with Māori & NZ culture & values. My mother, Pakeha - NZ Irish Scottish heritage, my father NZ Māori Scottish heritage. I am a proud NZer.

"Let’s stop dwelling on our past and recognise the potential of our future." - Harete Hipango-Brownlie - NZFirst Candidate Whanganui

Read Harete's full Op-Ed here: https://www.nzfirst.nz/harete_hipango-brownlie_why_the_conservative_maori_should_come_out_from_the_shadows