Hauraki-Waikato Explained

Party:Te Pāti Māori
Electorate:Hauraki-Waikato
Type:Māori constituency
Map:File:Hauraki-Waikato electorate, 2014.svg
Region:Waikato RegionAuckland Region
Territorial Authority:Hauraki DistrictWaikato DistrictHamilton CityMatamata-Piako DistrictWaipā District
Character:Urban and rural
Partyvote Party 3:Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
Partyvote Votes 3:1893
Partyvote Party 4:New Zealand National Party
Partyvote Votes 4:1292
Partyvote Party 5:New Zealand First
Partyvote Votes 5:974
Party Vote Winner:New Zealand Labour Party
Member Image:File:Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (cropped half-shot).jpg
Since:14 October 2023
Formation:2008
Inaugural Holder:Nanaia Mahuta
Previous Mp:Nanaia Mahuta
Previous Mp Party:New Zealand Labour Party
Electors:39,826
Partyvote Votes Total:26252
Partyvote Party 1:New Zealand Labour Party
Partyvote Votes 1:11508
Partyvote Party 2:Te Pāti Māori
Partyvote Votes 2:8503

Hauraki-Waikato is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate first established for the . It largely replaced the electorate. Nanaia Mahuta of the Labour Party, formerly the MP for Tainui, became MP for Hauraki-Waikato in the 2008 general election and was re-elected in,, and .

Population centres

The electorate includes the following population centres:Within the Auckland Region: Papakura, Pukekohe, Waiuku, Clarks Beach, Ramarama, Bombay, Pōkeno.

Within the Waikato region: Meremere, Huntly, Whitianga, Whangamatā, Thames, Paeroa, Waihi, Hamilton, Ngāruawāhia, Morrinsville, Matamata, Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Raglan, Kawhia.

In the 2007 boundary redistribution, the Tainui electorate was reduced in size by transferring the tribal area of Ngāti Maniapoto to the Te Tai Hauāuru electorate, and in the process, the electorate was renamed as Hauraki-Waikato.[1] The electorate saw no boundary adjustment in the 2013/14 redistribution.[2]

In 2020, following the relatively higher population growth in the Hauraki-Waikato electorate than that of Tāmaki Makaurau, Hauraki-Waikato's northern boundary was contracted to east of Manurewa.[3] Following an objection raised by the Labour Party which emphasised Waiheke Island's ferry connections to Auckland, the island was moved to Tāmaki Makaurau.[4]

Tribal areas

The electorate includes the following tribal areas: Ngāi Tai, Ngāti Huia, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Paoa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Te Ata, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Porou ki Hauraki

History

The electorate was originally proposed by Elections New Zealand as "Pare Hauraki-Pare Waikato" to even out the numbers on the voting roll in Tainui and Te Tai Hauauru.[5] Labour's Nanaia Mahuta won the against Angeline Greensill of the Māori Party. In the, Mahuta defeated Greensill with a greatly increased margin of 35.5% of the candidate vote. Mahuta won the with another decisive majority.[6]

Members of Parliament

Key

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Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke

Election results

2011 election

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 33,215[7]

2008 election

Notes and References

  1. Book: Report of the Representation Commission 2007 . 978-0-477-10061-8 . Representation Commission . 1 October 2014 . 11. 14 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190123193826/https://www.elections.org.nz/sites/default/files/2007%20Representation%20Commission%20Report.pdf . 23 January 2019 . dead .
  2. Book: Report of the Representation Commission 2014 . 978-0-477-10414-2 . Representation Commission . 1 October 2014 . 11. 4 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006075102/http://www.elections.org.nz/sites/default/files/bulk-upload/documents/report_of_the_representation_commission_2014.pdf . 6 October 2014 . dead .
  3. Book: Representation Commission . Report of the Representation Commission 2020 . 2020 . 978-0-473-51728-1 . Wellington . 21 . En . 1162791915 . 28 June 2022.
  4. Web site: New Zealand Labour Party . December 2019 . New Zealand Labour Party Submission to the Representation Commission . Elections NZ.
  5. Web site: Proposed Electorate Boundaries – Pare Hauraki-Pare Waikato . Elections New Zealand . 10 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100514131834/http://www.elections.org.nz/mapping/report/pare_hauraki_pare_waikato.html . 14 May 2010.
  6. News: Nanaia Mahuta and Kelvin Davis consider what lies ahead for Māori Labour MPs . 2 October 2014 . . 21 September 2014.
  7. Web site: Enrolment statistics . Electoral Commission . 26 November 2011 . 28 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111110032655/http://www.elections.org.nz/ages/ . 10 November 2011 . dead .