Ikaroa-Rāwhiti

Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate boundaries used since the 2014 election

Hastings

Ikaroa-Rāwhiti is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate. It was formed for the 1999 election and held by Parekura Horomia of the Labour Party until his death in 2013. A by-election to replace him was held on 29 June 2013 and was won by Labour's Meka Whaitiri, who remains the incumbent after the 2014 election.

Population centres

Gisborne

As the electorate's name suggests (ika "fish", roa "long", rāwhiti "east"), Ikaroa-Rāwhiti is a long electorate covering the eastern North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui).

The electorate includes the following population centres (from north to south):

• Gisborne
• Wairoa
• Napier
• Hastings
• Central Hawke's Bay
• Tararua District
• Masterton and the Wairarapa district
• Upper Hutt
• Lower Hutt—northern suburbs (north of Fairway Drive and Daysh Street), western hills (excluding Korokoro), and Wainuiomata

In the 2013/14 redistribution, a minor boundary adjustment was undertaken. A small area, including the village of Tuia, was transferred to the Waiariki electorate.^[1]

Tribal areas

The electorate includes the following tribal areas:

• Ngāti Porou - Potikirua ki Te Toka-a-Taiau (Gisborne)
• Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki - Gisborne and Poverty Bay
• Rongowhakaata - Poverty Bay
• Ngāi Tāmanuhiri - Poverty Bay
• Ngāti Kahungunu - Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, Hastings, Napier and Wairarapa
• Ngāti Toa - Hutt Valley, and northern Lower Hutt

History

The electorate was formed for the 1999 election, which was won by Parekura Horomia of the Labour Party.^[2] Horomia's death on 29 April 2013 triggered a by-election,^[3] which was held on 29 June and won by Labour's Meka Whaitiri.^[4] The Māori Party had nominated tribal leader Na Rongowhakaata Raihania.^[5][6] and the Mana Party had selected television presenter Te Hamua Nikora as its candidate.^[7][8] The Green Party had selected environmentalist and human rights advocate Marama Davidson.^[9][10][11] Further candidates had been Michael Appleby for the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party^[9][12][13] plus two independent candidates.^[9] Based on preliminary results, Whaitiri more than tripled her 2014 election night majority over Mana's Nikora. Also based on preliminary results, Marama Fox of the Māori Party was elected to Parliament as a list MP.^[14]

Members of Parliament

Key

  Labour     Māori  

List MPs

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

Election results

2013 by-election

The following table shows the final results of the by-election:^[4]

2011 election

General election 2011: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti[15]
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 Parekura Horomia		10,558	60.71	+9.22	9,054	49.58	-7.62
	Māori	Na Raihania		4,017	23.10	-19.86	2,736	14.98	-11.91
	Mana	Tawhai McClutchie		2,484	14.28	+14.28	1,754	9.60	+9.60
	Independent	Maurice Wairau		332	1.91	+1.91
	Green						1,710	9.36	+6.21
	NZ First						1,516	8.30	+2.93
	National						1,091	5.97	+1.12
	Legalise Cannabis						267	1.46	+0.47
	Conservative						73	0.40	+0.40
	ACT						36	0.20	-0.04
	United Future						14	0.08	-0.01
	Libertarianz						7	0.04	+0.02
	Alliance						2	0.01	-0.004
	Democrats						2	0.01	-0.004
Informal votes				928			470
Total Valid votes				17,391			18,262
	Labour hold		Majority	6,541	37.61	+29.08

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 32,951^[16]

2008 election

General election 2008: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti[17]
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 Parekura Horomia		9,927	51.49		11,328	57.20
	Māori	Derek Fox		8,282	42.96		5,326	26.89
	Green	Bevan Tipene		1,070	5.55		625	3.16
	NZ First						1,064	5.37
	National						962	4.86
	Legalise Cannabis						196	0.99
	Family Party						77	0.39
	Bill and Ben						68	0.34
	ACT						47	0.24
	Progressive						35	0.18
	Kiwi						25	0.13
	United Future						17	0.09
	Workers Party						16	0.08
	Pacific						7	0.04
	Libertarianz						4	0.02
	Alliance						3	0.02
	Democrats						3	0.02
	RONZ						2	0.01
	RAM						0	0.00
Informal votes				439			284
Total Valid votes				19,279			19,805
	Labour hold		Majority	1,645	8.53

2005 election

General election 2005: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti[18]
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 Parekura Horomia		9,502	53.75	-24.31	10,639	58.28
	Māori	Atareta Poananga		7,570	42.80	+42.80	5,122	28.06
	Destiny	Tauha Te Kani		614	3.47		360	1.97
	NZ First						846	4.63
	National						499	2.73
	Green						443	2.43
	Legalise Cannabis						147	0.81
	United Future						70	0.38
	Progressive						54	0.30
	ACT						33	0.18
	Family Rights						14	0.08
	Christian Heritage						7	0.04
	99 MP						5	0.03
	Alliance						5	0.03
	One NZ						3	0.02
	RONZ						3	0.02
	Democrats						2	0.01
	Libertarianz						2	0.01
	Direct Democracy						1	0.01
Informal votes				472			240
Total Valid votes				17,686			18,255
	Labour hold		Majority	1,932	10.92	-61.33

References

External links

• Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library

Coordinates: 39°25′00″S 176°49′00″E / 39.4167°S 176.8167°E / -39.4167; 176.8167