| Ikaroa-Rāwhiti | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-memberMāori constituency for theNew ZealandHouse of Representatives | |||||||
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| Formation | 1999 | ||||||
| Region | Gisborne Hawke's Bay Manawatū-Whanganui Wellington | ||||||
| Character | Urban and rural | ||||||
| Term | 3 years | ||||||
| Member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti | |||||||
.jpg) Cushla Tangaere-Manuel[1] since14 October 2023 | |||||||
| Party | Labour | ||||||
| Previous MP | Meka Whaitiri (Te Pāti Māori) | ||||||
| Party vote distribution | |||||||
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti is a New Zealand parliamentaryMāori electorate that was formed for the1999 election. It covers the eastern North Island fromEast Cape south throughHawke's Bay Region,Tararua District and theWairarapa Region toWainuiomata and most of theHutt Valley, but not southernLower Hutt orWellington City.
It was held byParekura Horomia of theLabour Party from 1999 until his death in 2013. Aby-election to replace him was held on29 June 2013.Meka Whaitiri held the seat for ten years under theLabour Party before changing political allegiances. Whaitiri left the Labour Party in early May 2023 and joinedTe Pāti Māori. According to a ruling by the speaker of the House, Whaitiri continued to represent the electorate, not on behalf of a party, but as an independent.[2]Labour'sCushla Tangaere-Manuel became MP in 2023.[3]
As the electorate's name suggests (ika "fish",roa "long",rāwhiti "east"), Ikaroa-Rāwhiti is a long electorate covering the easternNorth Island (Te Ika-a-Māui).
The electorate includes the following population centres (from north to south):
In the 2013/14 redistribution, a minor boundary adjustment was undertaken. A small area, including the village ofTuai, was transferred to theWaiariki electorate.[4] In the 2025 redistribution, theLower Hutt suburbs ofPetone andEastbourne would be transferred to the electorate fromTe Tai Tonga.[5]
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The electorate includes the following tribal areas:
The electorate was formed for the1999 election, which was won byParekura Horomia of the Labour Party.[6] Horomia's death on 29 April 2013 triggered a by-election,[7] which was held on29 June and won by Labour'sMeka Whaitiri.[8] TheMāori Party had nominated tribal leader Na Rongowhakaata Raihania.[9][10] and theMana Party had selected television presenter Te Hamua Nikora as its candidate.[11][12] TheGreen Party had selected environmentalist and human rights advocateMarama Davidson.[13][14][15] Further candidates had beenMichael Appleby for theAotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party[13][16][17] plus two independent candidates.[13] Based on preliminary results, Whaitiri more than tripled her2014 election night majority over Mana's Nikora. Also based on preliminary results,Marama Fox of theMāori Party was elected to Parliament as a list MP.[18]
Key
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 election | Parekura Horomia | |
| 2002 election | ||
| 2005 election | ||
| 2008 election | ||
| 2011 election | ||
| 2013 by-election | Meka Whaitiri | |
| 2014 election | ||
| 2017 election | ||
| 2020 election | ||
| 2023 election | Cushla Tangaere-Manuel | |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 election | Marama Fox | |
| 2020 election | Elizabeth Kerekere | |
| 2023 general election: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti[19] | |||||||||
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| Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Cushla Tangaere-Manuel | 13,747 | 52.63 | –2.94 | 14,775 | 54.79 | –12.54 | ||
| Te Pāti Māori |  NMeka Whaitiri | 10,873 | 41.63 | +10.69 | 6,722 | 24.92 | +12.76 | ||
| Vision NZ | Ata Tuhakaraina | 787 | 3.01 | – | |||||
| Green | 1,802 | 6.68 | –1.79 | ||||||
| National | 964 | 3.69 | +1.36 | ||||||
| NZ First | 927 | 3.54 | –0.22 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 280 | 1.03 | –0.88 | ||||||
| NZ Loyal | 257 | 0.95 | – | ||||||
| ACT | 209 | 0.77 | –0.11 | ||||||
| NewZeal | 180 | 0.66 | +0.03 | ||||||
| Freedoms NZ | 169 | 0.62 | – | ||||||
| Opportunities | 138 | 0.51 | –0.23 | ||||||
| Animal Justice | 26 | 0.09 | – | ||||||
| DemocracyNZ | 26 | 0.09 | – | ||||||
| New Conservatives | 18 | 0.06 | –0.32 | ||||||
| Women's Rights | 18 | 0.06 | – | ||||||
| Leighton Baker Party | 9 | 0.03 | – | ||||||
| New Nation | 9 | 0.03 | – | ||||||
| Informal votes | 711 | 436 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 26,118 | 26,965 | |||||||
| Labourhold | Majority | 2,874 | 11.00 | –12.94 | |||||
| 2020 general election: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti[20] | |||||||||
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| Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour |  YMeka Whaitiri | 13,642 | 55.57 | +0.44 | 17,111 | 67.33 | +1.80 | ||
| Māori Party | Heather Te Au-Skipworth | 7,597 | 30.94 | −5.28 | 3,089 | 12.16 | −1.00 | ||
| Green | Elizabeth Kerekere | 2,080 | 8.47 | −0.17 | 1,647 | 6.48 | +1.56 | ||
| Advance NZ | Waitangi Kupenga | 791 | 3.22 | — | 638 | 2.51 | — | ||
| New Conservative | Melissa Lee-Ann Hill | 245 | 1.00 | — | 96 | 0.38 | +0.32 | ||
| Outdoors | Kelly Thurston | 196 | 0.80 | — | 44 | 0.17 | +0.13 | ||
| NZ First | 956 | 3.76 | −3.49 | ||||||
| National | 593 | 2.33 | −2.54 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 486 | 1.91 | +0.99 | ||||||
| ACT | 223 | 0.88 | +0.75 | ||||||
| Opportunities | 189 | 0.74 | −1.27 | ||||||
| ONE | 164 | 0.63 | — | ||||||
| Vision NZ | 161 | 0.63 | — | ||||||
| Sustainable NZ | 6 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
| TEA | 6 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
| Social Credit | 3 | 0.01 | ±0.00 | ||||||
| Heartland | 0 | 0.00 | — | ||||||
| Informal votes | 820 | 472 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 25,371 | 25,884 | |||||||
| Labourhold | Majority | 6,075 | 23.94 | −25.90 | |||||
| 2017 general election: Ikaroa-Rawhiti[21] | |||||||||
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| Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | YMeka Whaitiri | 12,274 | 53.68 | +8.5 | 15,233 | 64.7 | +17.32 | ||
| Māori Party | Marama Fox | 8,064 | 35.27 | +17.44 | 3,058 | 13.0 | +0.81 | ||
| Green | Elizabeth Kerekere | 1,924 | 8.41 | -1.38 | 1,143 | 4.86 | -5.42 | ||
| NZ First | 1,685 | 7.16 | -4.09 | ||||||
| National | 1,131 | 4.8 | -0.57 | ||||||
| Opportunities | 468 | 1.99 | +1.99 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 214 | 0.91 | -0.5 | ||||||
| Mana | 198 | 0.84 | -8.88[a] | ||||||
| ACT | 30 | 0.13 | +0.2 | ||||||
| Ban 1080 | 28 | 0.12 | +0.1 | ||||||
| People's Party | 26 | 0.11 | +0.11 | ||||||
| Conservative | 15 | 0.06 | -0.53 | ||||||
| Outdoors | 9 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
| Internet | 5 | 0.02 | -9.70[b] | ||||||
| Democrats | 1 | 0 | -0.01 | ||||||
| United Future | 1 | 0 | -0.03 | ||||||
| Informal votes | 603 | 285 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 22,865 | 23,530 | |||||||
| Labourhold | Majority | 4,210 | 18.41 | -3.23 | |||||
| 2014 general election: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti[22] | |||||||||
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| Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | YMeka Whaitiri | 9,753 | 45.18 | +4.28[c] | 10,489 | 47.38 | -2.20 | ||
| Mana | Te Hāmua Nikora | 5,080 | 23.53 | -2.59 | |||||
| Māori Party | Marama Fox | 3,848 | 17.83 | -2.03 | 2,699 | 12.19 | -1.79 | ||
| Green | Henare Kani | 2,114 | 9.79 | -1.36 | 2,275 | 10.28 | +0.92 | ||
| Independent | Cathryn Eden | 215 | 1.00 | +1.00 | |||||
| Expatriate Party | Vicky Rose | 70 | 0.32 | +0.32 | |||||
| NZ First | 2,490 | 11.25 | -2.95 | ||||||
| Internet Mana | 2,152 | 9.72 | +0.12[d] | ||||||
| National | 1,189 | 5.37 | -0.60 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 313 | 1.41 | -0.05 | ||||||
| Conservative | 130 | 0.59 | +0.19 | ||||||
| Ban 1080 | 25 | 0.11 | +0.11 | ||||||
| ACT | 24 | 0.11 | +0.11 | ||||||
| Independent Coalition | 11 | 0.05 | +0.05 | ||||||
| United Future | 6 | 0.03 | -0.05 | ||||||
| Focus | 4 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
| Democrats | 2 | 0.01 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Civilian | 2 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
| Informal votes | 506 | 325 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 21,586 | 22,136 | |||||||
| Labourhold | Majority | 4,673 | 21.64 | -16.97 | |||||
The following table shows the final results of the by-election:[8]
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Majority | 1,659 | 14.78 | -22.83 | |
| 2011 general election: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti[23] | |||||||||
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| Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | YParekura Horomia | 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 | 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 | |||||||
| Labourhold | Majority | 6,541 | 37.61 | +29.08 | |||||
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 32,951[24]
| 2008 general election: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti[25] | |||||||||
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| Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | YParekura Horomia | 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 | |||||||
| Labourhold | Majority | 1,645 | 8.53 | -2.29 | |||||
| 2005 general election: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti[26] | |||||||||
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| Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | YParekura Horomia | 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 | |||||||
| Labourhold | Majority | 1,932 | 10.92 | -61.33 | |||||
| 1999 general election: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti[27] | |||||||||
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| Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Parekura Horomia | 7,442 | 40.99 | 10,763 | 59.03 | ||||
| Independent | Derek Fox | 6,747 | 37.16 | ||||||
| NZ First | Bill Gudgeon | 1,084 | 5.97 | 2,185 | 11.98 | ||||
| Alliance | Des Ratima | 957 | 5.27 | 1,223 | 6.71 | ||||
| Mauri Pacific | Rana Waitai | 590 | 3.25 | 369 | 2.02 | ||||
| National | Dale Stephens | 376 | 2.07 | 812 | 4.45 | ||||
| Christian Democrats | Tiwha Patricia Blake | 235 | 1.29 | 170 | 0.93 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Peter Richard Amor | 207 | 1.14 | 231 | 1.27 | ||||
| Freedom Movement | Jennifer Waitai-Rapana | 175 | 0.96 | 60 | 0.33 | ||||
| ACT | Vicky Robin | 139 | 0.77 | 99 | 0.54 | ||||
| Mana Wahine | Beverly Rewa Nicholson | 86 | 0.47 | ||||||
| Natural Law | Tim Irwin | 66 | 0.36 | 28 | 0.15 | ||||
| Aroha Ngia Tatou | Te Aroha Mei | 51 | 0.28 | ||||||
| Mana Māori | 750 | 4.11 | |||||||
| Green | 727 | 3.99 | |||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 716 | 3.93 | |||||||
| Animals First | 28 | 0.15 | |||||||
| One NZ | 23 | 0.13 | |||||||
| The People's Choice | 14 | 0.08 | |||||||
| McGillicuddy Serious | 13 | 0.07 | |||||||
| United NZ | 9 | 0.05 | |||||||
| Libertarianz | 8 | 0.04 | |||||||
| NMP | 3 | 0.02 | |||||||
| Republican | 1 | 0.01 | |||||||
| South Island | 1 | 0.01 | |||||||
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