See how much candidates spent on advertising and got in donations and loans for the 2023 Port Waikato by-election.
All electorate candidates must file a return of their expenses, donations and loans, even if they didn't have any expenses, donations or loans. These returns were due on 26 March 2024.
Candidate returns include donations, anonymous donations, and overseas donations, election expenses for advertising, and any loans.
The spending limit for the Port Waikato by-election was $65,200 (including GST) for a candidate’s election advertising expenses published during the regulated period.
Rules for campaigning, expenses, donations and loans
Candidate returns
| NAME | PARTY | TOTAL DONATIONS |
TOTAL EXPENSES |
TOTAL LOANS |
| BAYLY, Andrew [PDF, 399KB] |
National Party | $34,513.15 | $28,841.36 | NIL |
| BRIGHT, Scotty [PDF, 1.6MB] |
DemocracyNZ | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| COSTELLO, Casey [PDF, 4.9MB] |
New Zealand First Party | $18,500.00 | $7,758.91 | NIL |
| DICKSON, Gordon John [PDF, 592KB] |
Independent | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| NGARO, Alf Metuakore [PDF, 7MB] |
NewZeal | NIL | $7,273.24 | NIL |
| OVENS, Jill Annette [PDF, 341KB] |
Women's Rights Party | NIL | $1,201.17 | NIL |
| RIPPON, Anna Joy [PDF, 552KB] |
Animal Justice Party | NIL | $500.00 | NIL |
| SUDHAMALLA, Vijay [PDF, 422KB] |
Vision New Zealand | NIL | $838.35 | NIL |
| TURNER, Kim [PDF, 284KB] |
New Zealand Loyal | NIL | NIL | NIL |