Te Tai Rawhiti (lit. 'The East Coast') was one of the five new New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorates created in 1996 for MMP. It largely replaced its English-named predecessor, Eastern Maori, though Te Tai Rawhiti's boundary was retracted significantly in the central North Island.
Te Tai Rawhiti only existed for one electoral term, and in 1999 was largely replaced by Waiariki and Ikaroa-Rāwhiti.
Population centres
[edit]The electorate was based in the Bay of Plenty and East Cape regions, as well as parts of eastern Waikato, and included the following population centres:
- Edgecumbe
- Kawerau
- Morrinsville
- Murupara
- Ōpōtiki
- Putāruru
- Rotorua
- Te Aroha
- Tauranga
- Tokoroa
- Tolaga Bay
- Whakatāne
Tribal areas
[edit]The electorate included the following tribal areas:
- Ngāti Ranginui
- Ngāi Te Rangi
- Te Arawa
- Ngāti Awa
- Ngāi Tūhoe
- Whakatohea
- Ngāi Tai
- Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
- Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa
- Ngāti Tūwharetoa
- Ngāti Porou
- Ngāti Ruapani
- Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti
History
[edit]Te Tai Rawhiti was one of the five new Māori electorates created for the 1996 election with the introduction of mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation, and which were all won by the Tight Five of New Zealand First.
In the 1999 election it was substantially replaced by Waiariki.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Key
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Tuariki Delamere |
List MPs
[edit]Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Alamein Kopu |
Election results
[edit]1996 election
[edit]1996 general election: Te Tai Rawhiti[1][2][3] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
NZ First | Tuariki Delamere | 10,647 | 50.73 | 10,030 | 47.53 | ||||
Labour | Peter Tapsell | 6,432 | 30.65 | 6,558 | 31.08 | ||||
Mana Māori | Tame Iti | 1,372 | 6.54 | 649 | 3.08 | ||||
Alliance | Alamein Kopu | 1,210 | 5.77 | 1,381 | 6.54 | ||||
National | Peta Butt | 506 | 2.41 | 897 | 4.25 | ||||
Te Tawharau | Willie Coates | 398 | 1.90 | 171 | 0.81 | ||||
Independent | Hinemoa Awatere | 352 | 1.68 | ||||||
Natural Law | Lynette Patterson | 70 | 0.33 | 27 | 0.13 | ||||
Legalise Cannabis | 623 | 2.95 | |||||||
Christian Coalition | 433 | 2.05 | |||||||
ACT | 188 | 0.89 | |||||||
Progressive Green | 33 | 0.16 | |||||||
McGillicuddy Serious | 27 | 0.13 | |||||||
Animals First | 25 | 0.12 | |||||||
Green Society | 19 | 0.09 | |||||||
United NZ | 15 | 0.07 | |||||||
Superannuitants & Youth | 11 | 0.05 | |||||||
Advance New Zealand | 6 | 0.03 | |||||||
Ethnic Minority Party | 4 | 0.02 | |||||||
Asia Pacific United | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Conservatives | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 322 | 206 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 20,987 | 21,103 | |||||||
NZ First win new seat | Majority | 4,215 | 20.08 |
References
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