Several current Green MPs have moved higher up the party’s 2026 election candidate list but some still remain at risk of not returning to Parliament if recent polling is reflected on November 7. 

The party has released its final list after a number of party representatives discussed the initial list, which was published in March. 

The initial list was formulated by Green Party delegates who met candidates and consulted with their local groups on where they should rank candidates. 

Co-leaders Marama Davidson and Chlöe Swarbrick are automatically given the top two list spots. 

In the final list out today, MP Lan Pham has moved up to sixth from being ranked number 8 on the initial list, leap-frogging fellow MPs Hūhana Lyndon and Lawrence Xu-Nan. 

MPs Teanau Tuiono, Tamatha Paul and Julie Anne Genter round out the top five after the co-leaders. 

Other MPs have risen slightly in the list; Steve Abel (12th, up from 14th), Scott Willis (15th, up from 16th) and Mike Davidson (20th, up from 22nd). 

Former Te Pāti Māori lawyer Tania Waikato has also moved two places higher to 13th on the final list. 

Bhen Goodsir, an Auckland Pride co-chair, is among those to take the biggest tumble down the list, dropping four places to 17th. 

According to Sunday’s 1News Verian poll, the Green Party would have enough support to hold 13 seats. That would allow Abel to return as well as making Waikato an MP. It would not lead to Willis remaining as an MP. 

However, Green Party polling had been variable in recent polls. This month’s Taxpayers’ Union Curia poll put the party’s support at 7.8%, giving the party just 10 seats. 

That would spell an exit from Parliament for Abel and Kahurangi Carter, who is ranked 11th. 

Final list: 

1. Marama Davidson 
2. Chlöe Swarbrick 
3. Teanau Tuiono 
4. Tamatha Paul 
5. Julie Anne Genter 
6. Lan Pham 
7. Hūhana Melanie Lyndon  
8. Lawrence Xu-Nan 
9. Ricardo Menéndez March 
10. Francisco Hernandez 
11. Kahurangi Carter 
12. Steve Abel 
13. Tania Waikato 
14. Craig Aaron Pauling 
15. Scott Willis 
16. Rohan O’Neill-Stevens 
17. Bhen Goodsir 
18. Yasmine Serhan 
19. Louise Hutt 
20. Mike Davidson 
21. Heather Hinemoa Te Au-Skipworth 
22. Shreejan Pandey 
23. Lauren Craig 
24. Zephyr Brown 
25. Josh Jacobsen 
26. Angela Dalton 
27. Alika Wells 
28. Carl Morgan 
29. Courtney White 
30. Te Whatanui Kipa Leka Taumalolo Skipwith  
31. Awhi Haenga 
32. Melody Willis 
33. Pamela Grealey 
34. Alma de Anda 
35. Chris Norton 

Initial list: 

1. Marama Davidson 
2. Chlöe Swarbrick 
3. Teanau Tuiono 
4. Tamatha Paul 
5. Julie Anne Genter 
6. Hūhana Melanie Lyndon  
7. Lawrence Xu-Nan 
8. Lan Pham 
9. Ricardo Menendez March 
10. Francisco Hernandez 
11. Kahurangi Carter 
12. Craig Aaron Pauling 
13. Bhen Goodsir 
14. Steve Abel 
15. Tania Waikato 
16. Scott Willis 
17. Rohan O’Neill-Stevens 
18. Yasmine Serhan 
19. Heather Hinemoa Te Au-Skipworth 
20. Louise Hutt 
21. Shreejan Pandey 
22. Mike Davidson 
23. Asher Wilson-Goldman 
24. Zephyr Brown 
25. Angela Dalton 
26. Josh Jacobsen 
27. Lauren Craig 
28. Carl Morgan 
29. Nathan Hoturoa Gray 
30. Te Whatanui Kipa Leka Taumalolo Skipwith  
31. Alika Wells 
32. Courtney White 
33. Awhi Haenga 
34. Pamela Grealey 
35. Alma de Anda 
36. Chris Norton 
37. Melody Willis 

Adam Pearse is the Deputy Political Editor and part of the NZ Herald’s Press Gallery team based at Parliament in Wellington. He has worked for NZME since 2018, reporting for the Northern Advocate in Whangārei and the Herald in Auckland.