The Labour Party has chosen list MP Carmel Sepuloni as its candidate for Waitakere at the next general election.
Ms Sepuloni, the party's spokesperson for civil defence, won the nomination today from community advocate Ann Pala, university lecturer Hamish McCracken and fellow list MP Phil Twyford.
Ms Sepuloni is Labour's spokesperson for Civil Defence and is a first term list MP.
She said she was privileged to be chosen as the Labour candidate and was looking forward to showing the people of Waitakere how different she was from National MP Paula Bennett.
"We have similar backgrounds but below the surface I am nothing like the Minister of Social Development who has set about disadvantaging the very people she claimed to speak for.
"I'm proud to be part of a Party that supports the most vulnerable members of our society and I will be fighting hard for all those who are being left behind by this National Government."
Party president Andrew Little said he was confident she could win back Waitakere, which Labour's Lynne Pillay lost by 632 votes to National's Paula Bennett in the 2008 election.
- NZPA
Sepuloni to contest Waitakere seat for Labour
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