Te Tai Hauāuru
Te Tai Hauāuru is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives, that was first formed for the 1996 election. The electorate was represented by Tariana Turia from 2002 to 2014, first for the Labour Party and then for the Māori Party. Turia retired and was succeeded in 2014 by Labour's Adrian Rurawhe who again retained the seat in 2017.
Population centres
Te Tai Hauāuru was created ahead of the first MMP election in 1996. Te Tai Hauāuru covers the western North Island, starting in the South Waikato before heading south through the King Country towns of Te Kuiti and Taumarunui to include all of the Taranaki region and all towns in the Manawatū-Whanganui region west of the Manawatu Gorge. Its southern terminus is in Wellington at Tawa. The main population centres are Tokoroa, New Plymouth, Whanganui, Palmerston North and Porirua. It is also home of the politically influential Rātana movement.
In the 2007 boundary redistribution, the area covered by the Ngāti Maniapoto tribe was transferred from the Tainui electorate to Te Tai Hauāuru.[1] The boundaries were not further altered in the 2013/14 redistribution.[2]
History
The seat includes the Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Maru (Taranaki), Te Āti Awa, Taranaki, Ngā Ruahine, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Hauiti, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Kauwhata, Rangitāne, Muaūpoko, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Huia tribal areas (rohe).[3]
Te Tai Hauāuru was first used at the 1996 election and contained all area from South Auckland to just south of Te Kuiti. It was the growth of the Māori population leading to the creation first of Tāmaki Makaurau in 1999 and Tainui in 2002 that has pulled Ta Tai Hauāuru so far south that the only remaining part of the 1996 seat is its name.
Te Tai Hauāuru was won by New Zealand First candidate Tuku Morgan in its first contest, in what would be a clean sweep by New Zealand First of the five Māori seats that year. Discontent with New Zealand First's behaviour in government lead to a reconciliation between Māori voters and the Labour Party, albeit briefly; the introduction of the Seabed and Foreshore bill to Parliament by the ruling Labour Party lead to a schism between the party and a significant section of its Māori voter base, including the MP for Te Tai Hauāuru, Tariana Turia. Turia resigned her seat to re-contest the seat in a 2004 by-election as the leader of the new Māori Party. She won 92.7 percent of the vote in a contest that Labour refused to participate in. In 2005, Turia was re-elected with nearly double the votes of her Labour rival, Errol Mason. In common with most of the Māori seats, Labour took a majority of the party vote. The results in 2008 were similar. Turia confirmed in November 2013 that she would retire at the 2014 election.[4] She was succeeded by Adrian Rurawhe of the Labour Party, who defeated Chris McKenzie of the Māori Party.[5]
Members of Parliament
Key
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Tuku Morgan | |
1999 election | Nanaia Mahuta | |
2002 election | Tariana Turia | |
2004 by-election | ||
2005 election | ||
2008 election | ||
2011 election | ||
2014 election | Adrian Rurawhe | |
2017 election |
List MPs
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Te Tai Hauāuru electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Nanaia Mahuta |
Election results
2017 election
2017 general election: Te Tai Hauauru[6] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | 9,791 | 43.86 | +2.52 | 13,475 | 58.47 | +16.24 | |||
Māori | Howie Tamati | 8,752 | 39.21 | +5.81 | 3,448 | 14.96 | −2.68 | ||
Green | Jack McDonald | 2,798 | 12.53 | −2.82 | 1,507 | 6.53 | −5.40 | ||
Independent | Wikitoria Waitai-Rapana | 410 | 1.83 | — | |||||
NZ First | 1,675 | 7.26 | −4.53 | ||||||
National | 1,509 | 6.54 | −0.57 | ||||||
Opportunities | 658 | 2.85 | — | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 221 | 0.95 | −0.42 | ||||||
Mana | 160 | 0.69 | −6.13 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 52 | 0.22 | +0.01 | ||||||
ACT | 20 | 0.08 | −0.05 | ||||||
People's Party | 20 | 0.08 | — | ||||||
New Conservative | 17 | 0.07 | −0.50 | ||||||
Outdoors | 8 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Internet | 6 | 0.02 | −6.80 | ||||||
United Future | 6 | 0.02 | −0.05 | ||||||
Democrats | 2 | 0.008 | −0.002 | ||||||
Informal votes | 568 | 260 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 22,319 | 23,044 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 1,039 | 4.66 | -3.28 |
2014 election
2014 general election: Te Tai Hauāuru[7] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Adrian Rurawhe | 8,089 | 41.34 | +11.49 | 8,642 | 42.23 | +0.20 | ||
Māori | Chris McKenzie | 6,535 | 33.40 | -14.90 | 3,611 | 17.64 | -3.41 | ||
Green | Jack Tautokai McDonald | 3,004 | 15.35 | +3.86 | 2,442 | 11.93 | +0.76 | ||
Mana | Jordan Winiata | 1,940 | 9.91 | +1.24 | |||||
NZ First | 2,412 | 11.79 | +3.85 | ||||||
National | 1,456 | 7.11 | -0.70 | ||||||
Internet Mana | 1,395 | 6.82 | -1.42[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 281 | 1.37 | +0.30 | ||||||
New Conservative | 116 | 0.57 | +0.20 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 43 | 0.21 | +0.21 | ||||||
ACT | 27 | 0.13 | 0.00 | ||||||
United Future | 15 | 0.07 | -0.07 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 15 | 0.07 | +0.07 | ||||||
Civilian | 6 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Democrats | 3 | 0.01 | -0.01 | ||||||
Focus | 1 | 0.001 | +0.001 | ||||||
Informal votes | 542 | 234 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 20,110 | 20,699 | |||||||
Labour gain from Māori | Majority | 1,554 | 7.94 |
2011 election
2011 general election: Te Tai Hauāuru[8] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Māori | 8,433 | 48.30 | -22.28 | 3,829 | 21.05 | -9.71 | |||
Labour | Soraya Waiata Peke-Mason | 5,212 | 29.85 | +0.43 | 7,645 | 42.03 | -8.62 | ||
Green | Jack Tautokai McDonald | 2,007 | 11.49 | +11.49 | 2,031 | 11.17 | +7.64 | ||
Mana | Frederick Timutimu | 1,513 | 8.67 | +8.67 | 1,499 | 8.24 | +8.24 | ||
Nga Iwi | Jennifer Waitai-Rapana | 178 | 1.02 | +1.02 | |||||
Sovereignty Party | Robert Piriniha Wilson | 118 | 0.68 | +0.68 | |||||
NZ First | 1,445 | 7.94 | +2.73 | ||||||
National | 1,421 | 7.81 | +2.73 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 195 | 1.07 | -0.15 | ||||||
New Conservative | 67 | 0.37 | +0.37 | ||||||
United Future | 25 | 0.14 | +0.02 | ||||||
ACT | 23 | 0.13 | -0.27 | ||||||
Democrats | 4 | 0.02 | -0.003 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 3 | 0.02 | +0.01 | ||||||
Alliance | 1 | 0.01 | -0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 754 | 452 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 17,461 | 18,188 | |||||||
Māori hold | Majority | 3,221 | 18.45 | -22.71 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 32,617[9]
2008 election
2008 general election: Te Tai Hauāuru[10] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Māori | 13,406 | 70.58 | 6,076 | 30.76 | |||||
Labour | Errol Mason | 5,589 | 29.42 | 10,005 | 50.66 | ||||
National | 1,298 | 6.57 | |||||||
NZ First | 1,029 | 5.21 | |||||||
Green | 697 | 3.53 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 242 | 1.23 | |||||||
Bill and Ben | 120 | 0.61 | |||||||
Family Party | 95 | 0.48 | |||||||
ACT | 79 | 0.40 | |||||||
Progressive | 36 | 0.18 | |||||||
United Future | 24 | 0.12 | |||||||
Kiwi | 22 | 0.11 | |||||||
Pacific | 9 | 0.05 | |||||||
Workers Party | 6 | 0.03 | |||||||
Democrats | 5 | 0.03 | |||||||
RONZ | 4 | 0.02 | |||||||
Alliance | 3 | 0.02 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 1 | 0.01 | |||||||
RAM | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 676 | 359 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 18,995 | 19,751 | |||||||
Māori hold | Majority | 7,817 | 41.15 |
2005 election
2005 general election: Te Tai Hauāuru[11] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Māori | 10,922 | 62.98 | 5,739 | 31.68 | |||||
Labour | Errol Mason | 5,809 | 33.49 | 9,619 | 53.10 | ||||
Destiny | Hemi Te Wano | 612 | 3.53 | 322 | 1.78 | ||||
NZ First | 872 | 4.81 | |||||||
National | 648 | 3.58 | |||||||
Green | 572 | 3.16 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 134 | 0.74 | |||||||
United Future | 100 | 0.55 | |||||||
Progressive | 38 | 0.21 | |||||||
ACT | 27 | 0.15 | |||||||
Family Rights | 12 | 0.07 | |||||||
Christian Heritage | 8 | 0.04 | |||||||
99 MP | 7 | 0.04 | |||||||
Direct Democracy | 7 | 0.04 | |||||||
Alliance | 6 | 0.03 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 3 | 0.02 | |||||||
One NZ | 1 | 0.01 | |||||||
Democrats | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
RONZ | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 586 | 232 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 17,343 | 18,115 | |||||||
Māori hold | Majority | 5,113 | 29.48 |
2004 by-election
The following table shows the final results of the by-election:[12]
2004 Te Tai Hauauru by-election | |||||
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Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election. | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Māori | 7,256 | 92.74 | |||
Legalise Cannabis | Dun Mihaka | 197 | 2.52 | ||
Independent | Tahu Nepia | 183 | 2.24 | ||
Independent | Peter Wakeman | 80 | 1.02 | ||
Independent | David Bolton | 70 | 0.89 | ||
Independent | Rusty Kane | 38 | 0.49 | ||
Majority | 7,059 | 24.9 | |||
Turnout | 7,861a | 27.85 | |||
Māori gain from Labour | Swing |
a Includes 37 informal votes but does not include any disallowed special votes.
2002 election
2002 general election: Te Tai Hauauru[13] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Tariana Turia | 10,002 | 71.36 | 8,113 | 56.08 | ||||
Mana Māori | Ken Mair | 1,345 | 9.60 | 590 | 4.08 | ||||
National | Greg White | 991 | 7.07 | 596 | 4.12 | ||||
United Future | James Hippolite | 705 | 5.03 | 377 | 2.61 | ||||
Alliance | Manuel Kamaka | 594 | 4.24 | 290 | 2.00 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Jeannette Shramka | 380 | 2.71 | 245 | 1.69 | ||||
NZ First | 1,832 | 12.66 | |||||||
Green | 1,602 | 11.07 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 454 | 3.14 | |||||||
Progressive | 165 | 1.14 | |||||||
ACT | 94 | 0.65 | |||||||
ORNZ | 92 | 0.64 | |||||||
One NZ | 13 | 0.09 | |||||||
NMP | 4 | 0.03 | |||||||
Informal votes | 421 | 136 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 14,017 | 14,467 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 8,657 | 61.76 |
1999 election
1999 general election: Te Tai Hauāuru[14][15] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Nanaia Mahuta | 8,162 | 52.15 | 8,755 | 55.45 | ||||
NZ First | Lorraine Anderson | 1,929 | 12.33 | 1,976 | 12.51 | ||||
Mauri Pacific | 1,635 | 10.45 | 766 | 4.85 | |||||
Mana Māori | Ken Mair | 1,407 | 8.99 | 966 | 6.12 | ||||
Alliance | Joe Puketapu | 1,068 | 6.82 | 983 | 6.23 | ||||
National | Dennis Patuwairua | 555 | 3.55 | 698 | 4.42 | ||||
Piri Wiri Tua | Dalvanius Prime | 224 | 1.43 | ||||||
Future NZ | Lee Edmonds | 177 | 1.13 | 127 | 0.80 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Jeannette Shramka | 165 | 1.05 | 138 | 0.87 | ||||
Freedom Movement | Lei Graham | 138 | 0.88 | 52 | 0.33 | ||||
Mana Wahine | Antoine Brown | 117 | 0.75 | ||||||
People's Choice | Doug Wilson | 74 | 0.47 | 11 | 0.07 | ||||
Green | 654 | 4.14 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 495 | 3.14 | |||||||
ACT | 106 | 0.67 | |||||||
Animals First | 16 | 0.10 | |||||||
United NZ | 9 | 0.06 | |||||||
McGillicuddy Serious | 7 | 0.04 | |||||||
Natural Law | 7 | 0.04 | |||||||
One NZ | 7 | 0.04 | |||||||
NMP | 5 | 0.03 | |||||||
Republican | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
South Island | 1 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 561 | 423 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 15,651 | 15,789 | |||||||
Labour gain from NZ First | Majority | 6,233 | 39.82 |
Notes
- 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.
References
- Report of the Representation Commission 2007 (PDF). Representation Commission. 14 September 2007. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- Te Puni Kōkiri - In Your Region - Te Tai Hauāuru
- Small, Vernon (5 November 2013). "Tariana Turia set to go". Stuff. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- Ihaka, James (22 September 2014). "Election 2014: Rurawhe has big shoes to fill". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- "Official Count Results -- Te Tai Hauauru". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- 2014 election results
- 2011 election results
- "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- 2008 election results
- 2005 election results
- "By-Election Results -- Te Tai Hauauru". Chief Electoral Office. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- 2002 election results
- "Candidate vote details - Te Tai Hauāuru 1999". October 2005.
- "Votes for registered parties by electorate, 1999". October 2005.
External links
- Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library