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328:, Loheni stood as a "list only candidate" for the National Party. While campaigning, she identified the cost of living crisis, crime and poor education and health outcomes as issues of concern to Auckland families. Despite National's election victory, Loheni was not ranked highly enough to enter Parliament on the
321:, Loheni contested MÄngere a second time but was defeated by the Labour incumbent William Sio by a final margin of 19,396 votes. Due to National's landslide defeat, Loheni lost her seat in Parliament since she did not rank high enough on the party list.
184:. She is the eldest daughter of Fepulea'i Pelasio Loheni and Filomena Mata'utia Loheni (Mena Loheni). She also has three sisters named Jackie, Gina and Charlene. Agnes, her mother Mena, and her sisters ran a local Samoan fashion brand called MENA.
272:, who won by a margin of 14,597 votes. Loheni was not ranked high enough on National's party list to be allocated a seat in parliament. In February 2018 Loheni and several other "next in line" list candidates attended National's parliamentary
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