See how much candidates spent on advertising and got in donations for the 2022 Hamilton West by-election.
Candidates must file returns
All electorate candidates must file a return of their expenses and donations, even if they didn’t have any expenses or donations. These returns were due on 12 April 2023.
Candidate returns include donations, anonymous donations, and overseas donations, and election expenses for advertising.
Candidate returns
| NAME | PARTY | DATE RECEIVED |
TOTAL DONATIONS |
TOTAL EXPENSES |
| DANSEY, Georgie [PDF, 3.5MB] |
Labour Party | 12/04/2023 | NIL | $46,481.66 |
| DICKSON, Gordon John [PDF, 3.6MB] |
Independent | 11/04/2023 | $3,500.00 | $3,500.00 |
| DU PLOOY, Rudi [PDF, 7.1MB] |
New Conservative + One Party | 11/04/2023 | $3,252.43 | $3,252.43 |
| FU, Frank [PDF, 516KB] |
Independent | 11/04/2023 | NIL | NIL |
| McDOWALL, James [PDF, 2.1MB] |
ACT New Zealand | 16/03/2023 | $4,412.00 | $33,025.50 |
| OSMASTON, Richard [PDF, 982KB] |
Money Free Party | 31/01/2023 | NIL | NIL |
| POCOCK, Naomi [PDF, 4.9MB] |
The Opportunities Party (TOP) | 15/03/2023 | $3,000.00 | $5,523.53 |
| POKERE-PHILLIPS, Donna [PDF, 1.5MB] |
NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party | 11/04/2023 | $2,400.00 | $3,308.45 |
| POTAKA, Tama [PDF, 429KB] |
National Party | 11/04/2023 | $148,956.91 | $54,175.64 |
| SHARMA, Gaurav [PDF, 485KB] |
New Zealand Momentum Party | 12/04/2023 | $2,500.00 | $44,857.31 |
| TAIT, Jade [PDF, 435KB] |
Vision New Zealand | 6/04/2023 | $3,877.10 | $3,877.10 |
| WAKEMAN, Peter [PDF, 16.2MB] |
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party | 6/01/2023 | NIL | NIL |