Web: www.act.org.nz/john.banks
Email: john.banks@act.org.nz
NATIONAL
Name: Maggie Barry
Electorate: North Shore (winner)
Place on list: 57
Claim to fame: Thirty years as a broadcaster. Most famous for Maggie's Garden Show. Stood in Botany by-election but lost to Jami Lee Ross.
Web: Through national.org.nz
Email: maggie.barry@national.org.nz
Name: Jian Yang
Electorate: Didn't stand
Place on list: 36
Claim to fame: Senior lecturer in political studies, associate Dean of Arts Faculty, director of the China Studies Centre for the NZ Asia Institute at Auckland Uni. Also chair of the Auckland Branch of the NZ Institute of International Affairs.
Web: Inactive
Email: jian.yang@parliament.govt.nz
Name: Alfred Ngaro
Electorate: Didn't stand.
Place on list: 37
Claim to fame: Pastor at the Tamaki Community Church. Youth and community worker. Stood on Citizens and Ratepayers ticket for Auckland Council representing Maungakiekie-Tamaki ward, but missed out.
Web: www.alfredngaro.co.nz
Email: alfred@alfredngaro.co.nz
Name: Simon O'Connor
Electorate: Tamaki (winner)
Place on list: 62
Claim to fame: Has four degrees (two completed while working fulltime) and trained to be a Catholic priest, but decided against it in the end. Contracts manager for Southern Cross. Stood for Waitemata Local Board last year but was unsuccessful. Replaced the late Allan Peachey in Tamaki.
Web: Through national.org.nz
Email: simon.oconnor@national.org.nz
Name: Paul Goldsmith
Electorate: Epsom (second, 37.1 per cent of vote)
Place on list: 39
Claim to fame: Lived in electorate for 10 years. MA in history from Auckland and has worked in Parliament as a speech writer and press secretary for three cabinet ministers. Senior consultant for an Auckland public affairs consultancy, but also has his own business as a business historian and biographer (wrote John Banks' biography). In 2007 was elected to Auckland City Council.
Web: www.paulgoldsmith.co.nz
Email paul.goldsmith@national.org.nz
LABOUR
No new Auckland MPs.
GREENS
Name: Denise Roche
Electorate: Auckland Central (third, 8 per cent of vote)
Place on list: 11
Claim to fame: Elected to Waiheke Local Board 2010. Auckland city councillor 2007-2010. Community waste educator, 16 years as union official.
Web: Through www.greens.org.nz
Email: denise.roche@greens.org.nz
Name: Julie Anne Genter
Electorate: Mt Roskill (third, 3.7 per cent of vote)
Place on list: 13
Claim to fame: US-born dual citizen. Has Masters of Planning Practice with first class honours from Auckland Uni, following an honours degree in the US and scholarship in France. Spent 18 months as Greens' political and media adviser while in a transport consultancy job. Previously worked in urban planning.
Web: www.julieanne.co.nz
Email: julieanne.genter@greens.org.nz
NZ FIRST
Name: Tracey Martin
Electorate: Rodney (fifth, 3.9 per cent of vote)
Place on list: 2
Claim to fame: On Rodney Local Board. Chair of Mahurangi College Board of Trustees. Heavily involved in issues affecting the Rodney community.
Web Inactive.
Email: tracey.martin@parliament.govt.nz
Name: Andrew Williams
Electorate: North Shore (sixth, 2.5 per cent of vote)
Place on list: 3
Claim to fame: Controversial term as North Shore City mayor (2007-2010). North Shore city councillor (2001-2004) and community board member (2004-2007). Faced widespread criticism when he was seen urinating against a tree, then driving home, after visiting a North Shore bar in 2010. PM John Key also accused Mr Williams of sending him obnoxious and abusive late-night text messages during the Auckland "super city" reforms.
Web: www.andrewwilliams.co.nz
Email: nzfirstnorthshore@gmail.com
Name: Asenati Taylor
Electorate: Manukau East (third, 3.7 per cent of the vote)
Place on list: 8
Claim to fame: Kiwi of Samoan heritage, educated in both places. On Pacific Island Board of Auckland City Council since 2004, Auckland District Health Board Pacific Health Advisory Committee since 2004.
Web: asenatitaylornewzealandfirst.org.nz
Email: asenatitaylor@gmail.com