Te Puku O Te Whenua or "the belly of the land" was one of the five new New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorates created in 1996 for MMP. It was replaced in the 1999 election.
The electorate included the following population centres:
The electorate included the following rohe:
Te Puku O Te Whenua, or the belly of the land, was one of the five new Māori electorates created for the 1996 election with the introduction of mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation, and which were all won by the Tight Five of the New Zealand First from Labour. The 1996 election was won by Rana Waitai.[1]
In the 1999 election it was substantially replaced by Ikaroa-Rāwhiti.
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| width=100 | Election | width=175 colspan=2 | Winner |
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| width=5 bgcolor= | Rana Waitai | ||
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| width=100 | Election | width=175 colspan=2 | Winner |
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| Donna Awatere Huata |