Wellington Bays candidates make historic trip to Chatham Islands for NZ’s most remote election debate

Ethan ManeraWellington Reporter·NZ Herald·1 Oct, 2026 11:00 PM7 mins to read‌The people of the remote Chatham Islands were granted the vote about 100 years ago. Photo / Cornell TukiriThe people of the remote Chatham Islands were granted the vote about 100 years ago. Photo / Cornell TukiriJust over a century after Chatham Islanders were first granted the right to vote, their political candidates finally made the journey to see them in a historic campaign first. On Thursday night, about 40 of New Zealand’s most isolated voters packed into a hall in the country’s most remote community