Māori electorates

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

Current

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
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

  1. ↑ "Change in the 20th century". Māori and the vote. New Zealand History. p. 3.
  2. ↑ "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.
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