Tāmaki Makaurau
Tāmaki Makaurau is one of seven in New Zealand specifically for Māori created Māori Electorate .
The term Electorate denotes constituencies in New Zealand and Australia , whereas in Great Britain it refers to the electorate or eligible voters.
For the parliamentary elections of 2005, 2008 and 2001, Pita Russell Sharples , candidate of the Māori Party , was elected to the New Zealand Parliament through the direct mandate of the constituency . After he stopped running in 2014, the Labor Party candidate dominated the constituency.
geography
The constituency of Tāmaki Makaurau today consists of the areas of the former Auckland City and the greater part of the former Waitakere City and the former Manukau City . It was created in 2002 from the division of the Hauraki constituency into Tāmaki Makaurau and Tainui . The Tainui constituency was later changed to Hauraki-Waikato .
Background information
For the 2008 parliamentary election, 35,606 voters of Maori descent had entered the electoral roll in the constituency of Tāmaki Makaurau . 20,526 (57.6%) of them voted for a party and 19,994 (56.2%) of them for one of the nominated candidates. However, assuming the 89,751 Māori people who were recorded for the 2006 census, only an estimated 39% of the Māori population in the constituency entered the electoral roll. The turnout based on the number of inhabitants was accordingly an estimated 22%.
Election statistics
General election 2017
Item | candidate | Party affiliation | Share of votes | Item | Political party | Share of votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Peeni Henare | Labor Party | 48.81% | 1 | Labor Party | 59.96% | |
2 | Shane Taurima | Māori party | 30.85% | 2 | Māori party | 11.08% | |
3 | Marama Davidson | Green party | 22.17% | 3 | New Zealand First | 9.63% | |
4th | Green party | 7.31% | |||||
5 | National Party | 6.61% |
General election 2014
Item | candidate | Party affiliation | Share of votes | Item | Political party | Share of votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Peeni Henare | Labor Party | 38.28% | 1 | Labor Party | 40.48% | |
2 | Rangi McLean | Māori party | 30.85% | 2 | Māori party | 12.84% | |
3 | Marama Davidson | Green party | 15.93% | 3 | New Zealand First | 14.12% | |
4th | Karamea Pene | Mana party | 13.33% | 4th | Green party | 11.81% | |
5 | Raewyn Harrison | independently | 1.61% | 5 | National Party | 7.63% |
Parliamentary election 2011
Item | candidate | Party affiliation | Share of votes | Item | Political party | Share of votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pita Russell Sharples | Māori party | 40.4% | 1 | Labor Party | 41.5% | |
2 | Shane Jones | Labor Party | 35.09% | 2 | Māori party | 14.45% | |
3 | Karamea Pene | Mana party | 16.04% | 3 | New Zealand First | 10.45% | |
4th | Mikaere Curtis | Green party | 8.46% | 4th | Green party | 9.71% | |
5 | National Party | 8.41% |
General election 2008
Item | candidate | Party affiliation | Share of votes | Item | Political party | Share of votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pita Russell Sharples | Māori party | 65.98% | 1 | Labor Party | 49.73% | |
2 | Louisa Hareruia Wall | Labor Party | 27.34% | 2 | Māori party | 28.61% | |
3 | Mikaere Curtis | Green party | 4.77% | 3 | National Party | 7.42% | |
4th | Vapi Kupenga | Kiwi party | 0.66% | 4th | New Zealand First | 5.88% | |
5 | Kane Te Waaka | independently | 0.63% | 5 | Green party | 4.04% |
General election 2005
Item | candidate | Party affiliation | Share of votes | Item | Political party | Share of votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pita Russell Sharples | Māori party | 52.35% | 1 | Labor Party | 55.14% | |
2 | John Tamihere | Labor Party | 41.24% | 2 | Māori party | 27.48% | |
3 | Dew Hemahema-Tamati | Destiny New Zealand | 3.53% | 3 | National Party | 4.03% | |
4th | Sam Rerekura | independently | 2.58% | 4th | New Zealand First | 5.32% | |
5 | Eugene Opai | Direct Democracy Party | 0.30% | 5 | Green party | 3.28% |
General election 2002
Item | candidate | Party affiliation | Share of votes | Item | Political party | Share of votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Henry Tamihere | Labor Party | 73.35% | 1 | Labor Party | 55.14% | |
2 | Metiria Turei | Green party | 12.82% | 2 | New Zealand First | 15.03% | |
3 | George Rongokino Ngatai | National Party | 5.03% | 3 | Green party | 10.26% | |
4th | Janice Smith | Alliance | 3.52% | 4th | National Party | 3.19% | |
5 | Tuhimareikura Vaha'Akolo | Christian Heritage New Zealand | 3.02% | 5 | Alliance | 2.91% |
Note : Only the first 5 candidates or the first 5 parties were shown.
Web links
- Electorate profiles - Tāmaki Makaurau Electorate profiles . New Zealand Parliament, December 13, 2017,accessed April 20, 2018.
- Electorate profiles - historical - Tamaki Makaurau Māori Electorate Profile . (PDF; 224 kB)New Zealand Parliament, November 1, 2005,accessed on January 26, 2016(English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Electorate . dict.cc German-English dictionary, accessed January 14, 2011 (English).
- ^ Jon Stokes : Voters support Tamihere, but recommend more tact . New Zealand Herald - Online Edition , April 6, 2005, accessed January 16, 2011 .