Mount Roskill
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Nov 13, 2026
Max HarrisGUEST
There was movement through the night.
Max HarrisGUEST
There was a moment in the night when there was one vote in it in Mount Roskill.
Max HarrisGUEST
Yes.
Katie BradfordHOST
And in Hamilton East as well.
11 MINS LATER
Katie BradfordHOST
Totally.
Katie BradfordHOST
As a result that people should be happy with, right? But...
Katie BradfordHOST
Mount Roskill being on the verge, that shouldn't be the case.
Katie BradfordHOST
That should be a Labour seat.
Josh AddisonHOST
It's not going to be until November the 27th that all of the special votes are guaranteed to be counted.
Josh AddisonHOST
And because a few of the electorate seats are very close, I know Mount Roskill, the Labour candidate Michael Wood, is currently in the lead by about 200 votes.
Josh AddisonHOST
Now, special votes historically favour the left parties, and Michael is a Labour candidate, so they'll probably go his way, but there's a chance that in that electorate, at least, it could go to National, and there are a bunch of other very close ones as well that could change hands.
Josh AddisonHOST
So it's possible that when the dust settles after the special votes come in, it will only take a change of a seat or two, and suddenly the left-wing coalition has a chance of forming a government.
Tim WatkinHOST
And are you
Jo MoirHOST
including Mount Roskill in that, which is close? I am
Tim WatkinHOST
including Mount Roskill, which could still flip.
Tim WatkinHOST
OK. Yeah, 262 votes there for Michael Wood.
Tim WatkinHOST
And so, yeah, there's nothing particularly sufficient there for Labour to be able to go, yep, we rebuilt by coming back through Auckland because elections were won in Auckland.
Jesse MulliganHOST
Why don't they go for it, Lara?
Lara GreavesGUEST
Yeah, that's an interesting one, right? So actually, Mount Roskill was one place where we didn't see a green candidate.
Lara GreavesGUEST
And so we see Michael Wood has a good shot of reclaiming that electorate.
Lara GreavesGUEST
So we've seen some tactics across electorates.
Tim WatkinHOST
And are you
Jo MoyerHOST
including Mount Roskill in that, which is close? I am
Tim WatkinHOST
including Mount Roskill, which could still flip.
Tim WatkinHOST
Yeah, 262 votes there for Michael Wood.
Tim WatkinHOST
And so, yeah, there's nothing particularly sufficient there for Labour to be able to go, yep, we rebuilt by coming back through Auckland because elections were won in Auckland.
Bob McCoskrieHOST
You'll get good coverage, good social conservative coverage.
Bob McCoskrieHOST
But basically the seats to watch are Hamilton East, Wairarapa, Mount Roskill and Titaitaukarao.
Bob McCoskrieHOST
Hutt South, I don't think Chris Bishop's going to win that seat.
Bob McCoskrieHOST
But anyway, what you do is, let's say, for example, that Hamilton East is currently with National and it goes to Labour.
Bob McCoskrieHOST
Now we're in trouble.
Bob McCoskrieHOST
Okay, National will basically need Opportunity Party.
Bob McCoskrieHOST
Mount Roskill is currently by Labour.
Bob McCoskrieHOST
What happens if that goes to National? Well, there we are, the lead's increased to 11.
Sharon Brett KellyHOST
Let's talk about Labour.
Sharon Brett KellyHOST
So I was covering the Mount Roskill electorate for Newsroom on Saturday night, and it was a bit of a funny experience, actually, because Labour's Michael Wood is fighting to get his seat back, and on the other side is Carlos Chong, the incumbent National MP.
Sharon Brett KellyHOST
It
Tim MurphyGUEST
was the seat at National HQ that was followed way by far the most closely.
Evie AshtonHOST
Labour's new caucus is meeting for the first time at Parliament.
Evie AshtonHOST
Mr Wood says his focus right now was on being the MP for Mount Roskill and insisted he had ruled out a bid for the leadership.
Michael WoodSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I feel that I did.
Michael WoodSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If I've clarified now, then I'm pleased to have done so.
Richard HarmanGUEST
Well, I think, can we break that question down into two parts? I think they do have the numbers, at least David Farrar thinks they've got the numbers.
Richard HarmanGUEST
I've had a bit of a look at the specials from last time round, and in the three seats that are at risk, Wairarapa, Mount Roskill and Hamilton East, National won the specials in those seats.
Richard HarmanGUEST
Now I think what you've got to remember is that because same-day enrolment is now no longer possible, a lot of younger people won't be voting, won't be special votes.
Richard HarmanGUEST
That would tend to suggest that the votes swing more in a conservative direction.
Richard HarmanGUEST
I think it's pretty remote.
Richard HarmanGUEST
I mean, those... two of those electorate seats would have to go to labor for that to happen and it doesn't look likely that that would happen i mean why rapper butterick is only ahead by 139 at the moment uh so that's the one that you would keep an eye on but uh hamilton uh east he said i've got the numbers here somewhere Ryan Hamilton is ahead by 456.
Richard HarmanGUEST
And in Mount Roskill, Carlos Chong is ahead by 262.
Richard HarmanGUEST
But, you know, we watched that all night on Saturday night.
Lara GreavesGUEST
... to make sure that, you know, they're not competing for the vote.
Lara GreavesGUEST
So for example, in Mount Roskill there was no Green candidate.
speaker_0HOST
Mm.
Lara GreavesGUEST
And that probably allowed Michael Wood to win.
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