Hauraki-Waikato

Hauraki-Waikato electorate boundaries used since the 2008 election

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 and 2014.

Population centres

The electorate includes the following population centres:

Downtown Hamilton

Within Auckland Region
Waiheke Island, Papakura, Pukekohe, Waiuku, Clarks Beach, Ramarama, Bombay, Pokeno

Within Waikato Region
Meremere, Huntly, Whitianga, Whangamata, Thames, Paeroa, Waihi, Hamilton, Ngaruawahia, 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] There was no further boundary adjustment undertaken in the 2013/14 redistribution.^[2]

Tribal areas

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

History

The electorate was originally proposed by Elections New Zealand as "Pare Hauraki-Pare Waikato"¹ to even out the numbers on the voting roll in Tainui and Te Tai Hauauru.^[3] Labour's Nanaia Mahuta won the 2008 election against Angeline Greensill of the Māori Party.^[4] In the 2011 election, Mahuta defeated Greensill with a greatly increased margin of 35.5% of the candidate vote.^[5] Mahuta won the 2014 election with another decisive majority.^[6]

¹Translation:^[7] Tainui tribes of Hauraki - Tainui tribes of Waikato

Members of Parliament

Key

  Labour  

Election results

2011 election

General election 2011: Hauraki-Waikato[5]
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	%	±%
	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	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^[8]

2008 election

General election 2008: Hauraki-Waikato[4]
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	%	±%
	Labour	Y Nanaia Mahuta		9,349	52.49		9,819	52.55
	Māori	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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