Māori electorates
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In New Zealand politics, Māori electorates, also known as the Māori seats, are a special category of electorate that until 1967 gave reserved positions to representatives of Māori in the New Zealand Parliament.
Every area in New Zealand is covered by both a general and a Māori electorate; as of 2020, there are seven Māori electorates.[1][2]
List
[change | change source]Current
[change | change source]Below is a list of the current seven Māori electorates. The each electorate's MP in the 54th Parliament of New Zealand, along with each MP's party, is also included in the table below.
Electorate | Region | Namesake/translation | MP | Party | |
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Te Tai Tokerau | Northland and Auckland | "northern district" | Mariameno Kapa-Kingi | Māori | |
Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland | Auckland (Māori name) | Takutai Moana Kemp | Māori | |
Hauraki-Waikato | Auckland and Waikato | Hauraki Gulf and Waikato River | Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke | Māori | |
Waiariki | Bay of Plenty and Waikato | "chiefly waters" | Rawiri Waititi | Māori | |
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti | Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, Manawatū-Whanganui and Wellington | long (roa) eastern (rāwhiti) electorate of the North Island/Te Ika-a-Māui | Cushla Tangaere-Manuel | Labour | |
Te Tai Hauāuru | Taranaki, Waikato, Manawatū-Whanganui and Wellington | "western district" | Debbie Ngarewa-Packer | Māori | |
Te Tai Tonga | The South Island, Wellington and the Chatham Islands | "southern district" | Tākuta Ferris | Māori |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Change in the 20th century". Māori and the vote. New Zealand History. p. 3.
- ↑ "Number of Electorates and Electoral Populations: 2013 Census". Stats NZ. 7 October 2013. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2019.