Ikaroa-Rāwhiti
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Ikaroa-Rāwhiti is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate. It was formed for the 1999 election and held by Parekura Horomia of the Labour Party until his death in 2013. A by-election to replace him was held on 29 June 2013 and was won by Labour's Meka Whaitiri, who remains the incumbent after the 2014 election.
Population centres
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As the electorate's name suggests (ika "fish", roa "long", rāwhiti "east"), Ikaroa-Rāwhiti is a long electorate covering the eastern North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui).
The electorate includes the following population centres (from north to south):
- Gisborne
- Wairoa
- Napier
- Hastings
- Central Hawke's Bay
- Tararua District
- Masterton and the Wairarapa district
- Upper Hutt
- Lower Hutt—northern suburbs (north of Fairway Drive and Daysh Street), western hills (excluding Korokoro), and Wainuiomata
In the 2013/14 redistribution, a minor boundary adjustment was undertaken. A small area, including the village of Tuia, was transferred to the Waiariki electorate.[1]
Tribal areas
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The electorate includes the following tribal areas:
- Ngāti Porou - Potikirua ki Te Toka-a-Taiau (Gisborne)
- Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki - Gisborne and Poverty Bay
- Rongowhakaata - Poverty Bay
- Ngāi Tāmanuhiri - Poverty Bay
- Ngāti Kahungunu - Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, Hastings, Napier and Wairarapa
- Ngāti Toa - Hutt Valley, and northern Lower Hutt
History
The electorate was formed for the 1999 election, which was won by Parekura Horomia of the Labour Party.[2] Horomia's death on 29 April 2013 triggered a by-election,[3] which was held on 29 June and won by Labour's Meka Whaitiri.[4] The Māori Party had nominated tribal leader Na Rongowhakaata Raihania.[5][6] and the Mana Party had selected television presenter Te Hamua Nikora as its candidate.[7][8] The Green Party had selected environmentalist and human rights advocate Marama Davidson.[9][10][11] Further candidates had been Michael Appleby for the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party[9][12][13] plus two independent candidates.[9] Based on preliminary results, Whaitiri more than tripled her 2014 election night majority over Mana's Nikora. Also based on preliminary results, Marama Fox of the Māori Party was elected to Parliament as a list MP.[14]
Members of Parliament
Key
Election | Winner | |
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1999 election | rowspan=5 Template:Meta color | Parekura Horomia |
2002 election | ||
2005 election | ||
2008 election | ||
2011 election | ||
2013 by-election | rowspan=2 Template:Meta color | Meka Whaitiri |
2014 election |
List MPs
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested Ikaroa-Rāwhiti. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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2014 election | width=5 bgcolor=Template:Māori Party/meta/color| | Marama Fox |
Election results
2013 by-election
The following table shows the final results of the by-election:[4]
2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election | |||||
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Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election. | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Meka Whaitiri | 4,590 | 40.90 | -19.81 | |
Mana Party | Te Hamua Nikora | 2,931 | 26.12 | +11.84 | |
Māori Party | Na Raihania | 2,229 | 19.86 | −3.24 | |
Green | Marama Davidson | 1,251 | 11.15 | +11.15 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Michael Appleby | 176 | 1.57 | +1.57 | |
Independent | Maurice Wairau | 30 | 0.27 | −1.64 | |
Independent | Adam Holland | 15 | 0.13 | +0.13 | |
Total Valid votes | 11,222 | ||||
Informal votes | 46 | 0.41 | -4.93 | ||
Turnout | 11,268 | 33.13 | −22.46 | ||
Registered electors | 34,008 | ||||
Labour hold | Majority | 1,659 | 14.78 | -22.83 |
2011 election
General election 2011: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti[15] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() |
10,558 | 60.71 | +9.22 | 9,054 | 49.58 | -7.62 | ||
Māori Party | Na Raihania | 4,017 | 23.10 | -19.86 | 2,736 | 14.98 | -11.91 | ||
Mana | Tawhai McClutchie | 2,484 | 14.28 | +14.28 | 1,754 | 9.60 | +9.60 | ||
Independent | Maurice Wairau | 332 | 1.91 | +1.91 | |||||
Green | 1,710 | 9.36 | +6.21 | ||||||
NZ First | 1,516 | 8.30 | +2.93 | ||||||
National | 1,091 | 5.97 | +1.12 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 267 | 1.46 | +0.47 | ||||||
Conservative Party of New Zealand | 73 | 0.40 | +0.40 | ||||||
ACT | 36 | 0.20 | -0.04 | ||||||
United Future | 14 | 0.08 | -0.01 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 7 | 0.04 | +0.02 | ||||||
Alliance | 2 | 0.01 | -0.004 | ||||||
Democrats | 2 | 0.01 | -0.004 | ||||||
Informal votes | 928 | 470 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 17,391 | 18,262 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 6,541 | 37.61 | +29.08 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 32,951[16]
2008 election
General election 2008: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti[17] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() |
9,927 | 51.49 | -2.26 | 11,328 | 57.20 | -1.08 | ||
Māori Party | Derek Fox | 8,282 | 42.96 | +0.16 | 5,326 | 26.89 | -1.17 | ||
Green | Bevan Tipene | 1,070 | 5.55 | +5.55 | 625 | 3.16 | +0.63 | ||
NZ First | 1,064 | 5.37 | +0.64 | ||||||
National | 962 | 4.86 | +2.13 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 196 | 0.99 | +0.18 | ||||||
Family Party | 77 | 0.39 | +0.39 | ||||||
Bill and Ben | 68 | 0.34 | +0.34 | ||||||
ACT | 47 | 0.24 | +0.06 | ||||||
Progressive | 35 | 0.18 | -0.12 | ||||||
Kiwi | 25 | 0.13 | +0.13 | ||||||
United Future | 17 | 0.09 | -0.29 | ||||||
Workers Party | 16 | 0.08 | +0.08 | ||||||
Pacific | 7 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 4 | 0.02 | +0.01 | ||||||
Alliance | 3 | 0.02 | -0.01 | ||||||
Democrats | 3 | 0.02 | +0.01 | ||||||
RONZ | 2 | 0.01 | -0.01 | ||||||
RAM | 0 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | ||||||
Informal votes | 439 | 284 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 19,279 | 19,805 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 1,645 | 8.53 | -2.29 |
2005 election
General election 2005: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti[18] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() |
9,502 | 53.75 | -24.31 | 10,639 | 58.28 | |||
Māori Party | Atareta Poananga | 7,570 | 42.80 | +42.80 | 5,122 | 28.06 | |||
Destiny | Tauha Te Kani | 614 | 3.47 | 360 | 1.97 | ||||
NZ First | 846 | 4.63 | |||||||
National | 499 | 2.73 | |||||||
Green | 443 | 2.43 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 147 | 0.81 | |||||||
United Future | 70 | 0.38 | |||||||
Progressive | 54 | 0.30 | |||||||
ACT | 33 | 0.18 | |||||||
Family Rights | 14 | 0.08 | |||||||
Christian Heritage | 7 | 0.04 | |||||||
99 MP | 5 | 0.03 | |||||||
Alliance | 5 | 0.03 | |||||||
One NZ | 3 | 0.02 | |||||||
RONZ | 3 | 0.02 | |||||||
Democrats | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Direct Democracy | 1 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 472 | 240 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 17,686 | 18,255 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 1,932 | 10.92 | -61.33 |
References
- ^ Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "Hon Parekura Horomia". New Zealand Parliament. 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ^ Small, Vernon; Chapman, Kate (29 April 2013). "MP Parekura Horomia dead". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Results of the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ "Maori Party selects by-election candidate". 3 News NZ. 18 May 2013.
- ^ "Na Rongowhakaata Raihania announced as candidate". Scoop. 18 May 2013.
- ^ "Te Hamua Nikora is the MANA Party Candidate for the Ikaroa Rawhiti By-Election". Mana Movement. 22 May 2013.
- ^ "Mana announces Ikaroa-Rawhiti candidate". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ^ a b c "Ikaroa-Rāwhiti By-election Candidates Announced". Elections New Zealand. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Bennett, Adam (26 May 2013). "Greens select child abuse campaigner for Ikaroa-Rawhiti". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ "Marama Davidson selected as Green Party candidate for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti" (Press release). Green Party. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ "Vote Michael Appleby in the Ikaroa Rawhiti By-election". Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ "Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party launch By-Election campaign" (Press release). Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party. Scoop. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Laing, Doug (20 September 2014). "Meka Whaitiri wins Ikaroa-Rawhiti". Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ 2011 election results
- ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ^ 2008/electorate-65.html 2008 election results
- ^ 2005 election results
External links
- Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library