Tāmaki Makaurau

Tāmaki Makaurau is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was first formed for the 2002 election. The electorate covers the Auckland area and was first held by Labour's John Tamihere before going to Dr Pita Sharples of the Māori Party for three terms from 2005 to 2014. After Sharples' retirement, the electorate was won by Peeni Henare of the Labour Party in the 2014 election.

It derives its name from the Māori-language name for Auckland; Makarau is a descriptive epithet referring to the value and desirability of the land.

Population centres

In its current boundaries, Tāmaki Makaurau contains the Western Beaches of Waitakere City, all of West Auckland south of Te Atatū, the entire Auckland Isthmus, and the South Auckland suburbs of Mangere, Otara, Pakuranga and Manurewa. It does not contain Great Barrier or Rangitoto islands, as they are in Te Tai Tokerau; both Papakura and Waiheke Island are in Hauraki-Waikato.^[1]

In the review of boundaries in 2007, the southern part of Manurewa shifted from Tāmaki Makaurau to the Hauraki-Waikato electorate.^[2] The 2013/14 redistribution did not further alter the boundaries of the electorate.^[3]

Tribal areas

The main iwi of Tāmaki Makaurau are Ngāti Whātua, Kawerau a Maki, Tainui, Ngāti Pāoa, Wai-O-Hua and Ngāti Rehua,^[4] though a pan-Māori organisation called Ngāti Akarana exists for urbanised Māori with no knowledge of their actual iwi; and, through a population trend whereby many rural Māori moved to the cities, the largest iwi affiliation in the seat are Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto, all iwi local to other areas of New Zealand.^[5]

History

Tāmaki Makaurau derives its name from the Māori-language name for Auckland, meaning "Tāmaki desired by many", in reference to the desirability of its natural resources and geography.^[6]

Tāmaki Makaurau was formed for the 2002 election from the northern part of the Hauraki electorate. John Tamihere of the Labour Party was the representative for Hauraki, and he also won the first election in the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate in 2002. Tamihere spent his six-year parliamentary career dogged by controversy that often overshadowed his work as a minister and, at the 2005 election came ten percent behind Māori Party co-leader Pita Sharples. Because Tamihere had chosen not to seek a list placing, his parliamentary career was terminated. Sharples remained the current representative for the electorate until his retirement,^[7] when the Labour's Peeni Henare won the seat.^[8]

Members of Parliament for Tāmaki Makaurau

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election.

Key

Labour Māori Party Green

Election	Winner
2002 election	Template:Meta color	John Tamihere
2005 election	rowspan=3 Template:Meta color	Pita Sharples
2008 election
2011 election
2014 election	rowspan=2 Template:Meta color	Peeni Henare
2017 election		Peeni Henare

List MPs from Tāmaki Makaurau

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

Election	Winner
2002 election	Template:Meta color	Metiria Turei
2011	Template:Meta color	Louisa Wall¹
2011 election	Template:Meta color	Shane Jones
2015	rowspan=2 Template:Meta color	Marama Davidson²
2017 election		Marama Davidson²

¹Wall was elected from the party list in April 2011 following the resignation of Darren Hughes.
²Davidson was elected from the party list in November 2015 following the resignation of Russel Norman.

Election results

2017 election

2017 general election: Tamaki Makaurau^[9]
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Peeni Henare		9,396	47.51	+10.03	12,220	59.34	+18.59
	Māori Party	Shane Taurima		5,587	28.25	-1.96	2,258	10.96	-1.76
	Green	Marama Davidson		4,268	21.58	+5.98	1,490	7.24	-4.45
	NZ First						1,963	9.53	-4.45
	National						1,348	6.55	-4.17
	Opportunities						477	2.32	+2.32
	Mana						364	1.77	-8.95
	Legalise Cannabis						153	0.74	-0.22
	ACT						32	0.16	-0.03
	People's Party						25	0.12	+0.12
	Conservative Party of New Zealand						24	0.12	-0.49
	Ban 1080						10	0.05	+0.03
	United Future						6	0.03	-0.05
	Outdoors						4	0.02	+0.02
	Democrats						3	0.01	-
	Internet						3	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				526			213
Total valid votes				19,777			20,593
	Labour hold		Majority	3,809	19.26	+11.99

2014 election

2014 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau^[10]
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peeni Henare		7,533	37.48	+2.39	8,432	40.45	-1.05
	Māori Party	Rangi McLean		6,071	30.21	-10.19	2,651	12.72	-2.73
	Green	Marama Davidson		3,136	15.60	+7.14	2,438	11.69	+1.98
	Mana	Kereama Pene		2,624	13.06	-2.98
	Independent	Raewyn Harrison		317	1.58	+1.58
	NZ First						2,914	13.98	+3.53
	Internet Mana						2,234	10.72	-2.96
	National						1,575	7.55	-0.86
	Legalise Cannabis						200	0.96	-0.10
	Conservative Party of New Zealand						128	0.61	+0.11
	ACT						39	0.19	+0.04
	United Future						16	0.08	+0.03
	Focus						6	0.03	+0.03
	Ban 1080						5	0.02	+0.02
	Independent Coalition						4	0.02	+0.02
	Democrats						1	0.005	-0.005
	Civilian						1	0.005	+0.005
Informal votes				417			204
Total valid votes				20,098			20,848
	Labour gain from Māori Party		Majority	1,462	7.27	+1.96

2011 election

2011 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau^[11]
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Māori Party	Y Pita Sharples		7,120	40.40	-25.58	2,694	14.45	-14.16
	Labour	Shane Jones		6,184	35.09	+7.75	7,739	41.50	-8.23
	Mana	Kereama Pene		2,827	16.04	+16.04	2,551	13.68	+13.68
	Green	Mikaere Curtis		1,491	8.46	+3.69	1,810	9.71	+5.67
	NZ First						1,948	10.45	+4.56
	National						1,569	8.41	+1.00
	Legalise Cannabis						197	1.06	-0.08
	Conservative Party of New Zealand						94	0.50	+0.50
	ACT						28	0.15	-0.53
	United Future						10	0.05	-0.08
	Libertarianz						4	0.02	+0.01
	Alliance						2	0.01	-0.01
	Democrats						2	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				717			327
Total valid votes				17,622			18,648
	Māori Party hold		Majority	936	5.31	-33.33

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 35,347^[12]

2008 election

2008 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau^[5]^[13]
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Māori Party	Y Pita Sharples		12,876	65.98	+13.63	5,801	28.61	+1.13
	Labour	Louisa Wall		5,336	27.34	-13.90	10,084	49.73	-5.41
	Green	Mikaere Curtis		931	4.77		819	4.04	-2.55
	Kiwi	Vapi Kupenga		129	0.66		28	0.14
	Independent	Kane Te Waaka		122	0.63
	Independent	Marama Nathan		120	0.61
	National						1,504	7.42	+3.39
	NZ First						1,193	5.88	+0.56
	Family Party						284	1.40
	Legalise Cannabis						230	1.13	+0.42
	ACT						137	0.68	+0.47
	Bill and Ben						71	0.35
	Progressive						38	0.19	-0.15
	Pacific						36	0.18
	United Future New Zealand						27	0.13	-0.31
	RAM						10	0.05
	Workers Party						10	0.05
	Alliance						5	0.02	-0.05
	Libertarianz						2	0.01	-0.01
	Democrats						0	0.00	-0.01
	RONZ						0	0.00	-0.01
Informal votes				480			247
Total valid votes				19,514			20,279
Turnout				20,823	58.48	-3.57
	Māori Party hold		Majority	7,540	38.64	+27.53

2005 election

2005 general election: Tamaki Makaurau^[14]
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Māori Party	Pita Sharples		10,024	52.35		5,457	27.48
	Labour	N John Tamihere		7,897	41.24	-32.11	10,951	55.14
	Destiny	Tauwehi Hemahema-Tāmati		675	3.53		520	2.62
	NZ First						1,057	5.32
	National						801	4.03
	Green						652	3.28
	Legalise Cannabis						141	0.71
	United Future New Zealand						87	0.44
	Progressive						67	0.34
	ACT						42	0.21
	Family Rights						20	0.10
	Direct Democracy						18	0.09
	Christian Heritage						14	0.07
	Alliance						13	0.07
	99 MP						9	0.05
	One NZ						5	0.03
	Libertarianz						3	0.02
	Democrats						1	0.01
	RONZ						1	0.01
Informal votes				363			199
Total valid votes				19,147			19,859
Turnout				20,440	62.05	+7.83
	Māori Party gain from Labour		Majority	2,127	11.11

2002 election

2002 general election: Tamaki Makaurau^[5]
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Tamihere		11,445	73.35		9,052	55.97
	Green	Metiria Turei		2,001	12.82		1,659	10.26
	National	George Rongokino Ngatai		785	5.03		516	3.19
	Alliance	Janice Smith		550	3.52		470	2.91
	Christian Heritage	Tuhimareikura Vaha'akolo		472	3.02		240	1.48
	Progressive	Sue Wharewhaka-Topia Watts		351	2.25		228	1.41
	NZ First						2,430	15.03
	Mana Māori						464	2.87
	Legalise Cannabis						423	2.62
	United Future New Zealand						411	2.54
	ACT						223	1.38
	ORNZ						51	0.32
	One NZ						4	0.02
	NMP						2	0.01
Informal votes				380			122
Total valid votes				15,604			16,173
Turnout				16,688	54.22
	Labour win new seat		Majority	9,444	60.52

References

^ "Find my Electorate". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ Report of the Representation Commission 2007 (PDF). Representation Commission. 14 September 2007. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
^ Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
^ "Tāmaki Makaurau". Te Puni Kōkiri. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tāmaki Makaurau - Electorate Profile" (PDF). New Zealand Parliamentary Library. September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ "About Auckland". The Auckland Plan 2050. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^ "Hon Dr Pita Sharples". New Zealand Parliament. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
^ Ropiha, Billie Jo (20 September 2014). "Peeni Henare presents humble victory speech". Māori Television. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
^ "Official Count Results -- Tamaki Makaurau". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
^ "Official Count Results -- Tāmaki Makaurau". Electoral Commission. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
^ "Official Count Results -- Tāmaki Makaurau". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
^ "Official Count Results -- Tāmaki Makaurau". Electoral Commission. 22 November 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ "Official Count Results -- Tāmaki Makaurau". Electoral Commission. 1 October 2005. Retrieved 12 September 2014.

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[4] "Tāmaki Makaurau". Te Puni Kōkiri. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2014.

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