The Maori Party has released its party list. It's much shorter than last time, with only 19 candidates, but this makes a lot of sense. Quite apart from the fact that they're electorate-focused (and heading for an overhang on current polling), they're a small party and even in their wildest dreams not expecting to get more than 10% of the vote. So why bother listing candidates (and dealing with the whole issue of inflated and/or bruised egos) as if they expect to get 50%? For a small party, a short list saves a lot of hassle, and I'm surprised more small parties aren't doing it.
As with the other parties, I've done a table showing the candidates and their relative placements with last time. As with the other small parties, there's a large amount of churn, though nowhere near as much as ACT.
| 2008 Rank | Name | 2005 Rank | Difference |
| 1 | Hon Tariana Turia | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Dr Pita Sharples | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Hone Harawira | -- | -- |
| 4 | Te Ururoa Flavell | 10 | +6 |
| 5 | Angeline Greensill | 9 | +4 |
| 6 | Derek Fox | -- | -- |
| 7 | Rahui Katene | -- | -- |
| 8 | Naida Glavish | -- | -- |
| 9 | Iritana Tawhiwhirangi | -- | -- |
| 10 | Hector Matthews | -- | -- |
| 11 | Te Orohi Paul | 13 | +2 |
| 12 | Amokura Panoho | -- | -- |
| 13 | Grant Hawke | -- | -- |
| 14 | Bronwyn Yates | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | Josie Peita | 21 | +6 |
| 16 | Richard Orzecki | 32 | +16 |
| 17 | Mereana Pitman | -- | -- |
| 18 | Te Awanuiarangi Black | -- | -- |
| 19 | Georgina Haremate-Crawford | 40 | +21 |
As mentioned earlier, the Maori Party are primarily electorate-based, and headed for an overhang on current polling, so the list will only really come into play if they lift their party vote to ~6%.
