Tāmaki Makaurau

Tāmaki Makaurau electorate boundaries used since the 2008 election

Tāmaki Makaurau is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate returning one Member of Parliament to the House of Representatives of New Zealand. It was first formed for the 2002 election. The electorate covers the Auckland area and was first held by Labour's John Tamihere before going to Dr Pita Sharples of the Māori Party for three terms from 2005 to 2014. After Sharples' retirement, the electorate was won by Peeni Henare of the Labour Party in the 2014 election.

Population centres

In its current boundaries, Tāmaki Makaurau contains the Western Beaches of Waitakere City, all of West Auckland south of Te Atatu, the entire Auckland Isthmus, and the South Auckland suburbs of Mangere, Ōtara, Pakuranga and Manurewa. It does not contain Great Barrier or Rangitoto islands, as they are in Te Tai Tokerau; both Papakura and Waiheke Island are in Hauraki-Waikato.^[1]

In the review of boundaries in 2007, the southern part of Manurewa shifted from Tāmaki Makaurau to the Hauraki-Waikato electorate.^[2] The 2013/14 redistribution did not further alter the boundaries of the electorate.^[3]

Tribal areas

The main iwi of Tāmaki Makaurau are Ngāti Whātua, Kawerau a Maki, Tainui, Ngāti Pāoa and Ngāti Rehua,^[4] though a pan-Māori organisation called Ngāti Akarana exists for urbanised Māori with no knowledge of their actual iwi; and, through a population trend whereby many rural Māori moved to the cities, the largest iwi affiliation in the seat are Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto, all iwi local to other areas of New Zealand.^[5]

History

Tāmaki Makaurau derives its name from the Māori name for Auckland; it is often translated as "Tāmaki of a thousand lovers" (Makau, often translated as lovers, also translates as favourite and spouse, implying a highly sought target of admiration), a reference to the fertile volcanic soil of Auckland and the positioning between two resource-rich coasts.^[6]

Tāmaki Makaurau was formed for the 2002 election from the northern part of the Hauraki electorate. John Tamihere of the Labour Party was the representative for Hauraki, and he also won the first election in the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate in 2002. Tamihere spent his six-year parliamentary career dogged by controversy that often overshadowed his work as a minister and, at the 2005 election came ten percent behind Māori Party co-leader Pita Sharples. Because Tamihere had chosen not to seek a list placing, his parliamentary career was terminated. Sharples remained the current representative for the electorate until his retirement,^[7] when the Labour's Peeni Henare won the seat.^[8]

Members of Parliament for Tāmaki Makaurau

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election.

Key

  Labour     Māori     Green  

List MPs from Tāmaki Makaurau

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

Election results

2011 election

General election 2011: Tāmaki Makaurau[9]
Notes: Green 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Māori	Y Pita Sharples		7,120	40.40	-25.58	2,694	14.45	-14.16
	Labour	Shane Jones		6,184	35.09	+7.75	7,739	41.50	-8.23
	Mana	Kereama Pene		2,827	16.04	+16.04	2,551	13.68	+13.68
	Green	Mikaere Curtis		1,491	8.46	+3.69	1,810	9.71	+5.67
	NZ First						1,948	10.45	+4.56
	National						1,569	8.41	+1.00
	Legalise Cannabis						197	1.06	-0.08
	Conservative						94	0.50	+0.50
	ACT						28	0.15	-0.53
	United Future						10	0.05	-0.08
	Libertarianz						4	0.02	+0.01
	Alliance						2	0.01	-0.01
	Democrats						2	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				717			327
Total Valid votes				17,622			18,648
	Māori hold		Majority	936	5.31	-33.33

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 35,347^[10]

2008 election

General election 2008: Tāmaki Makaurau[5][11]
Notes: Green 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Māori	Y Pita Sharples		12,876	65.98	+13.63	5,801	28.61	+1.13
	Labour	Louisa Wall		5,336	27.34	-13.90	10,084	49.73	-5.41
	Green	Mikaere Curtis		931	4.77		819	4.04	-2.55
	Kiwi	Vapi Kupenga		129	0.66		28	0.14
style="background-color: style="background:#DDDDDD; width:{{{2}}}px"|	Independent	Kane Te Waaka		122	0.63
style="background-color: style="background:#DDDDDD; width:{{{2}}}px"|	Independent	Marama Nathan		120	0.61
	National						1,504	7.42	+3.39
	NZ First						1,193	5.88	+0.56
	Family Party						284	1.40
	Legalise Cannabis						230	1.13	+0.42
	ACT						137	0.68	+0.47
	Bill and Ben						71	0.35
	Progressive						38	0.19	-0.15
	Pacific						36	0.18
	United Future						27	0.13	-0.31
	RAM						10	0.05
	Workers Party						10	0.05
	Alliance						5	0.02	-0.05
	Libertarianz						2	0.01	-0.01
	Democrats						0	0.00	-0.01
	RONZ						0	0.00	-0.01
Informal votes				480			247
Total Valid votes				19,514			20,279
Turnout				20,823	58.48	-3.57
	Māori hold		Majority	7,540	38.64	+27.53

2005 election

General election 2005: Tamaki Makaurau[12]
Notes: Green 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Māori	Pita Sharples		10,024	52.35		5457	27.48
	Labour	N John Tamihere		7,897	41.24	-32.11	10,951	55.14
	Destiny	Tauwehi Hemahema-Tāmati		675	3.53		520	2.62
	NZ First						1,057	5.32
	National						801	4.03
	Green						652	3.28
	Legalise Cannabis						141	0.71
	United Future						87	0.44
	Progressive						67	0.34
	ACT						42	0.21
	Family Rights						20	0.10
	Direct Democracy						18	0.09
	Christian Heritage						14	0.07
	Alliance						13	0.07
	99 MP						9	0.05
	One NZ						5	0.03
	Libertarianz						3	0.02
	Democrats						1	0.01
	RONZ						1	0.01
Informal votes				363			199
Total Valid votes				19,147			19,859
Turnout				20,440	62.05	+7.83
	Māori gain from Labour		Majority	2127	11.11

2002 election

References

Coordinates: 36°50′25″S 174°44′24″E / 36.8404°S 174.7399°E / -36.8404; 174.7399