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Kaipara ki Mahurangi

Kaipara ki Mahurangi is an electorate to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was created for the 2020 election.

Population centres[edit]

The electorate consists of a large northern section of the Auckland Region. It stretches from the border with Northland to the northwestern end of Waitematā Harbour, and consists mostly of various satellite towns north of Auckland. Population centres within the electorate include:^[1]

• Wellsford
• Warkworth
• Snells Beach
• Helensville
• Waimauku
• Huapai
• Kumeū
• Riverhead
• Muriwai

History[edit]

The electorate was created after rapid population growth in the former Rodney electorate caused the northern section to be carved off and incorporated into Helensville, which in turn lost the Waitakere RangestoNew Lynn and an area around Coatesville and Dairy FlattoWhangaparāoa.^[2][3] Initially, it was proposed to keep the name Helensville, but after opposition from residents in the Kowhai Coast area, that name was scrapped and it was named Kaipara ki Mahurangi instead.^[2][4] The electorate draws its name from two areas of geographic importance, the Kaipara Harbour, in the west of the electorate, and the Mahurangi River, which is located on the eastern end of the constituency. Translated, the name essentially means Kaipara to Mahurangi, or Kaipara-Mahurangi.

Members of Parliament[edit]

Key   National

List MPs[edit]

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.

Key   Labour   NZ First

Election results[edit]

2023 election[edit]

2023 general election: Kaipara ki Mahurangi[5]
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	%	±%
	National	Y Chris Penk		28,281	57.60	-12.81	23,725	47.63	+13.80
	Labour	Guy Wishart		8,822	17.96		8,450	16.96	-23.19
	Green	Zephyr Brown		4,739	9.65	+3.27	4,767	9.57	+3.29
	ACT	Brent Bailey		2,970	6.04		6,011	12.06	+0.84
	NZ First	Jenny Marcroft		2,531	5.15		3,311	6.64	+4.07
	DemocracyNZ	Sarah Brewer		1,292	2.63		300	0.60
	Opportunities						914	1.83	+0.54
	New Zealand Loyal						874	1.75
	NewZeal						365	0.73
	Te Pāti Māori						338	0.67	+0.40
	Legalise Cannabis						186	0.37	+0.05
	Freedoms NZ						126	0.25
	Animal Justice						113	0.22
	New Conservatives						75	0.15	-1.33
	Women's Rights						44	0.08
	New Nation						31	0.06
	Leighton Baker Party						24	0.04
Informal votes				460			148
Total valid votes				49,095			49,802
	National hold		Majority	19,459	39.63	+29.89

2020 election[edit]

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