Raf Alfred Manji[1] (born 1966)[2] is a former New Zealand politician, with a background in governance, finance[3] and social enterprise.

[7] Manji was elected to the Christchurch City Council for the Fendalton-Waimairi ward in 2013[8] after being encouraged to run by mayor Lianne Dalziel.

Manji contested the electorate of Ilam, which had been a safe seat for the National Party, as an independent at the 2017 New Zealand general election.

[15][16] Following the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings Manji suggested that inequality resulting from financial deregulation had helped radicalise alt-right terrorism.

[18][19] Following the approach used after the Grenfell Tower fire he established a "listening project" and spent months meeting with victims and hearing their stories.