Te Tai Rawhiti
Te Tai Rawhiti or "the east side" was one of the five new New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorates created in 1996 for MMP. It was largely replaced in 1999 with Waiariki and Ikaroa-Rāwhiti.
Population centres
The electorate was based in the Bay of Plenty and East Cape regions, as well as parts of eastern Waikato, and included the following population centres:
- Edgecumbe
- Kawerau
- Morrinsville
- Murupara
- Opotiki
- Putaruru
- Rotorua
- Te Aroha
- Tauranga
- Tokoroa
- Tolaga Bay
- Whakatane
Tribal areas
The electorate includes the following tribal areas:
- Ngāti Ranginui
- Ngāi Te Rangi
- Te Arawa
- Ngāti Awa
- Ngāi Tūhoe
- Whakatohea
- Ngāi Tai
- Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
- Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa
- Ngāti Tūwharetoa
- Ngāti Porou
- Ngāti Ruapani
- Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti
History
Te Tai Rawhiti or the east side was one of the five new Māori seats created for the 1996 election with the introduction of mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation, and which were all won by the Tight Five of the New Zealand First from Labour.
In the 1999 election it was substantially replaced by Waiariki.
Members of Parliament
Key
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Tuariki Delamere |
List MPs
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Alamein Kopu |
Election results
1996 election
General Election 1996: Te Tai Rawhiti[1][2][3] | |||||||||
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Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party Votes | % | ±% | ||
NZ First | John Delamere | 10,647 | 50.73 | 10,030 | 47.53 | ||||
Labour | Peter Tapsell | 6,432 | 30.65 | 6,558 | 31.08 | ||||
Mana Māori | Tame Iti | 1,372 | 6.54 | 649 | 3.08 | ||||
Alliance | Alamein Kopu | 1,210 | 5.77 | 1,381 | 6.54 | ||||
National | Peta Butt | 506 | 2.41 | 897 | 4.25 | ||||
Te Tawharau | Wharekaihua Coates | 398 | 1.90 | 171 | 0.81 | ||||
Independent | Hinemoa Awatere | 352 | 1.68 | ||||||
Natural Law | Lynette Patterson | 70 | 0.33 | 27 | 0.13 | ||||
Legalise Cannabis | 623 | 2.95 | |||||||
Christian Coalition | 433 | 2.05 | |||||||
ACT | 188 | 0.89 | |||||||
Progressive Green | 33 | 0.16 | |||||||
McGillicuddy Serious | 27 | 0.13 | |||||||
Animals First | 25 | 0.12 | |||||||
Green Society | 19 | 0.09 | |||||||
United NZ | 15 | 0.07 | |||||||
Superannuitants & Youth | 11 | 0.05 | |||||||
Advance New Zealand | 6 | 0.03 | |||||||
Ethnic Minority Party | 4 | 0.02 | |||||||
Asia Pacific United | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Conservatives | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 322 | 206 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 20,987 | 21,103 | |||||||
NZ First win new seat | Majority | 4,215 | 20.08 |