Te Tai Tokerau
Te Tai Tokerau 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.
In the last parliamentary election held in 2008, Hone Harawira , candidate of the Māori Party , was elected to the New Zealand Parliament with just under 62% of the votes via the direct mandate of the constituency .
geography
The constituency of Te Tai Tokerau includes the area of Northland together with Whangārei and the Bay of Islands , plus part of Auckland Council , here specifically North Shore City and part of Waitakere City .
Background information
For the parliamentary elections in 2008, 33,060 voters of Maori descent had entered the electoral roll in the constituency of Te Tai Tokerau . 20163 (61.0%) of them voted for a party and 19,400 (58.7%) of them for one of the nominated candidates. However, if one assumes the 93,165 Māori residents who were determined for the 2006 census, only an estimated 35% of the Māori population in the constituency entered the electoral roll. The turnout based on the number of inhabitants was accordingly an estimated 21%.
Election statistics
General election 2008
|
Item
|
candidate | Party affiliation |
Share of votes
|
Item
|
Political party |
Share of votes
|
|
1 |
Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene Harawira | Māori party | 61.95% |
1 |
Labor Party |
45.63%
|
|
2 |
Kelvin Glen Davis | Labor Party | 29.44% |
2 |
Māori party |
30.77%
|
|
3 |
Judy Daniels | Aotearoa Legalize Cannabis Party | 4.06% |
3 |
National Party |
9.34%
|
|
4th |
Peter Tashkoff | ACT New Zealand | 3.51% |
4th |
New Zealand First Party |
7.41%
|
|
5 |
David Rankin | 1.04% |
5 |
Green party |
3.52%
|
General election 2005
|
Item
|
candidate | Party affiliation |
Share of votes
|
Item
|
Political party |
Share of votes
|
|
1 |
Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene Harawira | Māori party | 52.41% |
1 |
Labor Party |
49.33%
|
|
2 |
Dover Samuels | Labor Party | 33.41% |
2 |
Māori party |
31.00%
|
|
3 |
Mere Mangu | independently | 6.57% |
3 |
New Zealand First Party |
7.86%
|
|
4th |
Ernest Morton | Destiny New Zealand | 3.49% |
4th |
National Party |
5.02%
|
|
5 |
Judy Daniels | Aotearoa Legalize Cannabis Party | 3.02% |
5 |
Green party |
2.6%
|
General election 2002
|
Item
|
candidate | Party affiliation |
Share of votes
|
Item
|
Political party |
Share of votes
|
|
1 |
Dover Samuels | Labor Party | 50.4% |
1 |
Labor Party |
47.23%
|
|
2 |
Maryann Mangu | independently | 16.22% |
2 |
New Zealand First Party |
20.49%
|
|
3 |
Rangimarie Naida Glavish | Alliance | 12.34% |
3 |
Green party |
11.36%
|
|
4th |
Mita Whare Harris | National Party | 6.52% |
4th |
National Party |
4.16%
|
|
5 |
Michael John Smith | independently | 5.27% |
5 |
Alliance |
3.67%
|
Note : Only the first 5 candidates or the first 5 parties were shown.
Web links
- Electorate profiles - Te Tai Tokerau Electorate profiles . New Zealand Parliament, December 1, 2014,accessed January 26, 2016.
- Electorate profiles - historical - Te Tai Tokerau Māori Electorate Profile . (PDF 339 kB)New Zealand Parliament, November 1, 2005,accessed on January 26, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Electorate . dict.cc German-English dictionary, accessed on January 14, 2011 (German / English).