Opportunity’s big backer, AJ Wilderland, on the party’s coalition negotiation strategy and why working with the left could be easier

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Jenée Tibshraeny

Wellington Business Editor·NZ Herald·

29 Oct, 2026 04:00 PM6 mins to read

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Opportunity donor AJ Wilderland (left) with fellow Serato co-founder Steve West.

AJ Wilderland says he isn’t interested in politics. Yet the co-founder of Serato, a $175 million DJ software company, has bankrolled Opportunity and helped shape its strategy, as the party hopes to become kingmaker after the election.

The Herald spoke to Wilderland about how Opportunity could negotiate with multiple