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Hauraki-Waikato

Hauraki-Waikato
Single-member Māori constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of Hauraki-Waikatowithin Auckland and Waikato
Region	Auckland and Waikato
Current constituency
Created	2008
Current MP	Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke
Party	Te Pāti Māori

Hauraki-Waikato is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate first established for the 2008 election. It largely replaced the Tainui 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 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2020.

Population centres[edit]

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.^[3][4]

Tribal areas[edit]

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[edit]

The electorate was originally proposed by Elections New Zealand as "Pare Hauraki-Pare Waikato"^[a] to even out the numbers on the voting roll in Tainui and Te Tai Hauauru.^[6] Labour's Nanaia Mahuta won the 2008 election against Angeline Greensill of the Māori Party.^[7] In the 2011 election, Mahuta defeated Greensill with a greatly increased margin of 35.5% of the candidate vote.^[8] Mahuta won the 2014 election with another decisive majority.^[9]

Members of Parliament[edit]

Key

  Labour   Te Pāti Māori

Election results[edit]

2023 election[edit]

2023 general election: Hauraki-Waikato[10]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. AYorN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Te Pāti Māori	Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke		12,939	51.63	+26.06	8,503	32.38	+20.38
	Labour	N Nanaia Mahuta		10,028	40.01	–25.24	11,508	43.83	–19.55
	Outdoors	Donna Pokere-Phillips		1,220	4.86	–
	Green						1,893	7.21	+1.00
	National						1,292	4.92	+1.27
	NZ First						974	3.71	+0.13
	Freedoms NZ						323	1.23	–
	New Zealand Loyal						310	1.10	–
	ACT						294	1.11	–0.17
	Legalise Cannabis						254	0.96	–0.98
	Opportunities						186	0.70	–0.30
	NewZeal						128	0.48	+0.20
	DemocracyNZ						23	0.08	–
	Women's Rights						19	0.07	–
	New Conservatives						15	0.05	–0.35
	Animal Justice						14	0.05	–
	Leighton Baker Party						11	0.04	–
	New Nation						8	0.03	–
Informal votes				873			497
Total valid votes				25,060			26,252
	Te Pāti Māori gain from Labour		Majority	2,911	11.61	–28.08

2020 election[edit]

2020 general election: Hauraki-Waikato[11]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. AYorN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Nanaia Mahuta		15,885	65.26	-3.59	15,884	63.38	+1.88
	Māori Party	Donna Pokere-Phillips		6,225	25.57	-1.79	1,986	12.00	+0.70
	Advance NZ	Phillip Stephen Lambert		592	3.37	—	685	2.50	—
	New Conservative	Richard Hill		324	1.75	—	100	0.40	+0.33
	Green						1,557	6.21	+1.26
	National						671	3.65	-3.22
	NZ First						648	3.58	-4.76
	Legalise Cannabis						486	1.94	+0.91
	ACT						322	1.28	+1.28
	Vision NZ						301	1.20	—
	Opportunities						250	1.00	-1.51
	ONE						69	0.28	—
	Outdoors						28	0.11	+0.05
	Heartland						21	0.08	—
	Sustainable NZ						9	0.04	—
	Social Credit						3	0.01	+0.00
	TEA						1	0.00	—
Informal votes				985			525
Total valid votes				24,341			25,062
	Labour hold		Majority	9,660	39.69	-1.80

2017 election[edit]

2017 general election: Hauraki-Waikato[12]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. AYorN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Nanaia Mahuta		15,306	68.85	+7.29	14,279	61.5	+15
	Māori Party	Stanley Rahui Papa		6,083	27.36	4.66	2,635	11.3	-0.67
	NZ First						1,936	8.34	-5.03
	National						1,594	6.87	-0.7
	Green						1,193	5.14	-4.63
	Opportunities						582	2.51	+2.51
	Legalise Cannabis						240	1.03	-0.43
	Mana						230	0.99	-7.09[b]
	People's Party						31	0.13	+0.13
	Ban 1080						29	0.12	-0.04
	ACT						20	0.09	-0.12
	Conservative						18	0.08	-0.68
	Outdoors						13	0.06	+0.06
	United Future						6	0.03	-0.04
	Democrats						4	0.02	+0
	Internet						4	0.02	-8.06[c]
Informal votes				843			402
Total valid votes				22,232			23,216
	Labour hold		Majority	9,223	41.49	+5.96

2014 election[edit]

2014 general election: Hauraki-Waikato[13]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. AYorN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Nanaia Mahuta		12,191	61.56	+3.19	9,724	46.50	+0.39
	Māori Party	Susan Cullen		4,496	22.70	+5.35	2,504	11.97	-1.09
	Mana	Angeline Greensill		3,116	15.73	-7.11
	NZ First						2,796	13.37	+3.54
	Green						2,043	9.77	+0.64
	Internet Mana						1,689	8.08	-3.14[d]
	National						1,583	7.57	-0.76
	Legalise Cannabis						306	1.46	+0.02
	Conservative						159	0.76	+0.34
	ACT						43	0.21	+0.00
	Ban 1080						34	0.16	+0.16
	United Future						14	0.07	-0.11
	Focus						10	0.05	+0.05
	Democrats						5	0.02	+0.01
	Civilian						3	0.01	+0.01
	Independent Coalition						1	0.005	+0.005
Informal votes				742			302
Total valid votes				20,545			21,216
	Labour hold		Majority	7,695	38.86	+3.33

2011 election[edit]

2011 general election: Hauraki-Waikato[8]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. AYorN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Nanaia Mahuta		9,751	58.38	+5.88	8,250	46.11	-6.45
	Mana	Angeline Greensill		3,816	22.84	+22.84	2,007	11.22	+11.22
	Māori Party	Tau Bruce Mataki		2,899	17.36	-30.15	2,337	13.06	-14.62
	Nga Iwi	Te Ariki Karamaene		238	1.42	+1.42
	NZ First						1,758	9.83	+4.36
	Green						1,634	9.13	+5.90
	National						1,491	8.33	+1.12
	Legalise Cannabis						258	1.44	+0.18
	Conservative						76	0.42	+0.42
	ACT						37	0.21	-0.40
	United Future						33	0.18	+0.01
	Libertarianz						8	0.04	+0.01
	Alliance						2	0.01	±0.00
	Democrats						2	0.01	±0.00
Informal votes				1,078			436
Total valid votes				16,704			17,893
	Labour hold		Majority	5,935	35.53	+30.54

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 33,215^[14]

2008 election[edit]

2008 general election: Hauraki-Waikato[7]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. AYorN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Nanaia Mahuta		9,349	52.49		9,819	52.55
	Māori Party	Angeline Greensill		8,461	47.51		5,172	27.68
	National						1,347	7.21
	NZ First						1,022	5.47
	Green						603	3.23
	Legalise Cannabis						236	1.26
	Family Party						138	0.74
	ACT						113	0.60
	Bill and Ben						98	0.52
	Progressive						41	0.22
	Kiwi						33	0.18
	United Future						33	0.18
	Libertarianz						7	0.04
	Workers Party						6	0.03
	Pacific						5	0.03
	RONZ						4	0.02
	RAM						3	0.02
	Alliance						2	0.01
	Democrats						2	0.01
Informal votes				697			358
Total valid votes				17,810			18,684
Turnout				19,454	60.89
	Labour win new seat		Majority	888	4.99

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