# Explainer: How do the Maori Seats work?

An episode of [Afternoons](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/175135505), 21 Oct 2026, 13 min.

Audio: https://flex.acast.com/podcast.radionz.co.nz/aft/aft-20261021-1309-explainer_how_do_the_maori_seats_work-128.mp3

We're starting off the show today with an explainer on the Māori seats ... how do they work? why do they exist? A poll out recently gave clues of the state of the race within the seven Māori seats ... which seem to be very close. Liam Ratana is the Ātea editor at The Spinoff and chats to Jesse. \[picture id="4JGVEJ6_election_2026_ma_ori_Te_Tai_Tokerau_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"\]

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