Maureen Pugh, the current MP for West Coast-Tasman has announced she is retiring, and Damien O’Connor the former MP has said he will not seek to stand again (but may be a Labour List candidate). Maureen is a former Westland District Mayor and entered Parliament in 2016 as a List MP. She has been a tireless advocate for the West Coast, and I doubt anyone but her could have beaten O’Connor. Labour held Buller from 1919 to 1972 (home to Harry Holland and Bill Rowling) and Westland from 1928 to 1972. So there have been three one term National MPs, but otherwise a safe Labour seat.