Waiariki (New Zealand electorate)
Waiariki is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate that was established for the 1999 election, replacing the Te Tai Rawhiti electorate. It is currently held by Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi, who won it in the 2020 general election.
Waiariki | |
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Single-member Māori constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives | |
Region | Bay of Plenty and Waikato |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Current MP | Rawiri Waititi |
Party | Māori |
List MP | Tāmati Coffey (Labour) |
Waiariki was an important electorate in the 2020 election as Waititi's win allowed the Māori Party to re-enter parliament with two MPs, despite not reaching the 5% party vote threshold needed for parties without an electorate seat.
Population centres
The electorate includes the following population centres:
In the 2013/14 redistribution, a minor boundary adjustment was undertaken. A small area, including the village of Tuai, was transferred to Waiariki from the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate.[1]
Tribal areas
The electorate includes the following tribal areas:
- Waitaha-Nui-ā-Hei
- Ngāti Ranginui
- Ngāi Te Rangi
- Te Arawa
- Ngāti Awa
- Ngāi Tūhoe
- Whakatōhea
- Ngāi Tai
- Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
- Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa
- Ngāti Tūwharetoa
History
The electorate was created for the 1999 election. The first representative was Mita Ririnui of the Labour Party, with Tuariki Delamere (Te Tawharau) coming second, Arapeta Tahana (Alliance) coming third and Kahukore Baker (New Zealand First) coming fourth.[2]
In the 2002 election, Ririnui was confirmed with 61.93% of the electorate vote. Rihi Vercoe and Hamuera Mitchell of Mana Māori and the National Party came second and third, respectively.[2]
In the 2005 election, Ririnui was beaten by Te Ururoa Flavell of the Māori Party. Hawea Vercoe of Destiny New Zealand came a distant third.[3] The 2008 election was contested by two contenders: the incumbent and Ririnui. Flavell was once again confirmed.[4]
The 2011 election was contested by three contenders: Flavell, Annette Sykes of the Mana Party and Louis Te Kani of the Labour Party. Flavell had a comfortable lead over Sykes, with Te Kani coming third.[5] In the 2014 election, Flavell gained a much increased majority.[6]
Labour's Tāmati Coffey beat Flavell in 2017. This left the Māori Party without any electorate seats, and consequently, no parliamentary representation as they had not reached the 5% party vote threshold required to enter Parliament without winning an electorate.[7] The Māori Party's Rawiri Waititi won the electorate back at the 2020 election, which allowed the Māori Party to have two MPs.
Members of Parliament
Key
List MPs
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Waiariki electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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2005 election | Mita Ririnui | |
2008 election | ||
2020 election | Tāmati Coffey | |
Election results
2020 election
2020 general election: Waiariki[8] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Māori Party | Rawiri Waititi | 12,389 | 46.78 | +0.51 | 4.843 | 17.75 | −0.46 | ||
Labour | Tāmati Coffey | 11,553 | 43.62 | −10.12 | 16,552 | 60.67 | +1.72 | ||
Vision NZ | Hannah Tamaki | 1,171 | 4.42 | — | 626 | 2.29 | — | ||
Advance NZ | Ema Williams | 747 | 2.82 | — | 733 | 2.69 | — | ||
Outdoors | Rawiri Tekowhai | 428 | 1.62 | — | 67 | 0.25 | +0.22 | ||
New Conservative | Riki Wayne Broughton | 198 | 0.75 | — | 105 | 0.38 | +0.32 | ||
Green | 1,622 | 5.95 | +2.09 | ||||||
NZ First | 1,001 | 3.67 | −3.75 | ||||||
National | 651 | 2.39 | −2.36 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 421 | 1.54 | +0.84 | ||||||
ACT | 257 | 0.94 | +0.86 | ||||||
Opportunities | 246 | 0.90 | −1.97 | ||||||
ONE | 142 | 0.52 | — | ||||||
TEA | 7 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Social Credit | 4 | 0.01 | −0.01 | ||||||
Sustainable NZ | 4 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Heartland | 1 | 0.00 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 639 | 417 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 26,486 | 27,282 | |||||||
Turnout | 27,699 | 68.69 | |||||||
Māori Party gain from Labour | Majority | 836 | 3.16 | −4.32 |
2017 election
2017 general election: Waiariki[9] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Tāmati Coffey | 12,362 | 53.74 | +26.96 | 14,144 | 58.95 | +20.58 | ||
Māori Party | Te Ururoa Flavell | 10,643 | 46.26 | +1.61 | 4,730 | 19.71 | -2.08 | ||
NZ First | 1,780 | 7.42 | -5.09 | ||||||
National | 1,139 | 4.75 | -0.25 | ||||||
Green | 926 | 3.86 | -4.12 | ||||||
Opportunities | 690 | 2.88 | — | ||||||
Mana Party | 271 | 1.13 | -8.62[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 168 | 0.70 | -0.29 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 64 | 0.27 | -0.04 | ||||||
People's Party | 27 | 0.11 | — | ||||||
ACT | 19 | 0.08 | ±0.00 | ||||||
Conservative | 15 | 0.06 | -0.29 | ||||||
Outdoors | 7 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Democrats | 6 | 0.03 | +0.02 | ||||||
Internet | 5 | 0.02 | -1.50[lower-alpha 2] | ||||||
United Future | 4 | 0.02 | -0.03 | ||||||
Informal votes | 574 | 334 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 23,005 | 23,995 | |||||||
Turnout | 24,329 | ||||||||
Labour gain from Māori Party | Majority | 1,719 | 7.47 | -12.98 |
2014 election
2014 general election: Waiariki[10] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Māori Party | Te Ururoa Flavell | 9,726 | 44.62 | +1.57 | 4,880 | 21.79 | +0.58 | ||
Labour | Rawiri Waititi | 5,837 | 26.78 | +2.38 | 8,595 | 38.37 | +3.32 | ||
Mana Party | Annette Sykes | 5,482 | 25.15 | +0.65 | |||||
Independent Coalition | Pat Spellman | 301 | 1.38 | +1.38 | 41 | 0.18 | +0.18 | ||
NZ First | 2,801 | 12.51 | +1.57 | ||||||
Internet Mana | 2,524 | 11.27 | -5.35[lower-alpha 3] | ||||||
Green | 1,787 | 7.98 | -0.86 | ||||||
National | 1,120 | 5.00 | -0.68 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 222 | 0.99 | +0.99 | ||||||
Conservative | 78 | 0.35 | +0.05 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 70 | 0.31 | +0.31 | ||||||
ACT | 17 | 0.08 | -0.07 | ||||||
United Future | 11 | 0.05 | -0.07 | ||||||
Focus | 8 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
Civilian | 5 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Democrats | 2 | 0.01 | ±0.00 | ||||||
Informal votes | 451 | 229 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 21,797 | 22,398 | |||||||
Māori Party hold | Majority | 3,889 | 17.84 | +7.25 |
2011 election
2011 general election: Waiariki[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Māori Party | Te Ururoa Flavell | 7,651 | 43.05 | -25.12 | 3,989 | 21.21 | -14.05 | ||
Mana | Annette Sykes | 5,768 | 32.45 | +32.45 | 3,125 | 16.62 | +16.62 | ||
Labour | Louis Te Kani | 4,355 | 24.50 | -7.33 | 6,591 | 35.05 | -10.52 | ||
NZ First | 2,058 | 10.94 | +3.14 | ||||||
Green | 1,663 | 8.84 | +6.19 | ||||||
National | 1,068 | 5.68 | +0.18 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 201 | 1.07 | +0.14 | ||||||
Conservative | 57 | 0.30 | +0.30 | ||||||
ACT | 28 | 0.15 | -0.07 | ||||||
United Future | 22 | 0.12 | -0.02 | ||||||
Alliance | 2 | 0.01 | -0.02 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 2 | 0.01 | -0.01 | ||||||
Democrats | 1 | 0.01 | -0.005 | ||||||
Informal votes | 993 | 465 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 17,774 | 18,807 | |||||||
Māori Party hold | Majority | 1,883 | 10.59 | -25.74 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 33,240[11]
2008 election
2008 general election: Waiariki[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Māori Party | Te Ururoa Flavell | 12,781 | 68.17 | +13.59 | 6,890 | 35.26 | +4.47 | ||
Labour | Mita Ririnui | 5,969 | 31.83 | -7.67 | 8,903 | 45.57 | -7.54 | ||
NZ First | 1,525 | 7.80 | +1.12 | ||||||
National | 1,075 | 5.50 | +2.67 | ||||||
Green | 518 | 2.65 | +0.35 | ||||||
Family Party | 205 | 1.05 | +1.05 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 182 | 0.93 | +0.29 | ||||||
Kiwi | 57 | 0.29 | +0.29 | ||||||
Bill and Ben | 47 | 0.24 | +0.24 | ||||||
ACT | 42 | 0.21 | +0.10 | ||||||
Progressive | 28 | 0.14 | -0.10 | ||||||
United Future | 26 | 0.13 | -0.32 | ||||||
Workers Party | 13 | 0.07 | +0.07 | ||||||
Pacific | 9 | 0.05 | +0.05 | ||||||
Alliance | 6 | 0.03 | ±0.00 | ||||||
RAM | 6 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 4 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Democrats | 2 | 0.01 | -0.01 | ||||||
RONZ | 1 | 0.01 | -0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 675 | 366 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 18,750 | 19,539 | |||||||
Turnout | 20,614 | 64.54 | -4.89 | ||||||
Māori Party hold | Majority | 6,812 | 36.33 | +21.25 |
2005 election
2005 general election: Waiariki[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Māori Party | Te Ururoa Flavell | 10,392 | 54.58 | 6,104 | 30.79 | ||||
Labour | Mita Ririnui | 7,521 | 39.50 | -22.43 | 10,530 | 53.11 | +0.18 | ||
Destiny | Hawea Vercoe | 1,126 | 5.91 | 528 | 2.66 | ||||
NZ First | 1,324 | 6.68 | -9.85 | ||||||
National | 562 | 2.83 | -0.91 | ||||||
Green | 457 | 2.30 | -7.67 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 126 | 0.64 | -2.03 | ||||||
United Future | 89 | 0.45 | -2.28 | ||||||
Progressive | 48 | 0.24 | -0.62 | ||||||
ACT | 22 | 0.11 | -0.44 | ||||||
Family Rights | 10 | 0.05 | |||||||
Christian Heritage | 7 | 0.04 | -1.23 | ||||||
Alliance | 5 | 0.03 | -1.66 | ||||||
One NZ | 4 | 0.02 | -0.05 | ||||||
RONZ | 4 | 0.02 | |||||||
99 MP | 3 | 0.02 | |||||||
Democrats | 3 | 0.02 | |||||||
Direct Democracy | 1 | 0.01 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 655 | 322 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 19,039 | 19,827 | |||||||
Turnout | 20,794 | 69.43 | +11.74 | ||||||
Māori Party gain from Labour | Majority | 2,871 | 15.08 |
2002 election
2002 general election: Waiariki[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Mita Ririnui | 9,361 | 61.93 | +16.82 | 8,322 | 52.93 | -1.99 | ||
Mana Māori | Rihi Vercoe | 2,644 | 17.49 | 947 | 6.02 | -2.41 | |||
National | Hamuera Mitchell | 1,356 | 8.97 | +5.28 | 588 | 3.74 | -0.85 | ||
United Future | Huikakahu Kawe | 852 | 5.64 | +3.99 | 429 | 2.73 | +1.541 | ||
Alliance | Sharon Heta | 542 | 3.59 | -9.10 | 265 | 1.69 | -4.17 | ||
Christian Heritage | Judith Francis | 361 | 2.39 | 199 | 1.27 | +0.38 | |||
NZ First | 2,599 | 16.53 | +1.33 | ||||||
Green | 1,568 | 9.97 | +6.32 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 420 | 2.67 | +0.15 | ||||||
ORNZ | 147 | 0.93 | |||||||
Progressive | 136 | 0.86 | |||||||
ACT | 87 | 0.55 | +0.03 | ||||||
One NZ | 11 | 0.07 | +0.04 | ||||||
NMP | 5 | 0.03 | +0.02 | ||||||
Informal votes | 529 | 186 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 15,116 | 15,723 | |||||||
Turnout | 16,309 | 57.69 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 6,717 | 44.44 | +19.34 |
1 United Future swing is compared to 1999 results from both United NZ and Future NZ combined, as the two merged in 2000.
1999 election
1999 general election: Waiariki[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Mita Ririnui | 7,853 | 45.11 | 9,670 | 54.92 | ||||
Te Tawharau | Tuariki Delamere[note 1] | 3,484 | 20.01 | ||||||
Alliance | Arapeta Tahana | 2,210 | 12.69 | 1,032 | 5.86 | ||||
NZ First | Kahukore Baker | 2,139 | 12.29 | 2,676 | 15.20 | ||||
National | George Ngatai | 643 | 3.69 | 809 | 4.59 | ||||
Mana Wahine | Alamein Kopu | 296 | 1.70 | ||||||
Mauri Pacific | Te Orohi Paul | 292 | 1.68 | 302 | 1.73 | ||||
Future NZ | Toa Faulkner | 288 | 1.65 | 202 | 1.16 | ||||
Freedom Movement | Helen Wepiha-Tai | 204 | 1.17 | 41 | 0.24 | ||||
Mana Māori | 1,469 | 8.43 | |||||||
Green | 643 | 3.65 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 439 | 2.52 | |||||||
Christian Heritage | 155 | 0.89 | |||||||
ACT | 92 | 0.52 | |||||||
Animals First | 21 | 0.12 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 14 | 0.08 | |||||||
Natural Law | 11 | 0.06 | |||||||
McGillicuddy Serious | 9 | 0.05 | |||||||
People's Choice | 8 | 0.05 | |||||||
United NZ | 6 | 0.03 | |||||||
One NZ | 5 | 0.03 | |||||||
NMP | 1 | 0.01 | |||||||
Republican | 1 | 0.01 | |||||||
South Island | 1 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 528 | 330 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 17,409 | 17,607 | |||||||
Labour win new seat | Majority | 4,369 | 25.10 |
Notes
- 2017 Mana swing is relative to the votes for Internet Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.
- 2017 Internet swing is relative to the votes for Internet Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana in the 2014 election.
- 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.
- Te Tawharau contested the electorate vote independently, but encouraged voters to give their party vote to Mana Māori
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