New Zealand electorates

An electorate or electoral district (Māori: rohe pōti) is a geographical constituency used for electing members (MPs) to the New Zealand Parliament.^[1] The size of electorates depends on that all electorates have about the same population.

The 72 electorates are made up from 65 general and seven Māori electorates. The number of electorates increases with national population growth; the number was increased from 71 to 72 starting at the 2020 general election.

List of electorates

Below is a list of current general and Māori electorates.

General electorates

Electorate	Region	Namesake	MP
Auckland Central	Auckland	Auckland	Chlöe Swarbrick	Green
Banks Peninsula	Canterbury	Banks Peninsula	Vanessa Weenink	National
Bay of Plenty	Bay of Plenty	Bay of Plenty	Tom Rutherford	National
Botany	Auckland	Botany Downs	Christopher Luxon	National
Christchurch Central	Canterbury	Christchurch	Duncan Webb	Labour
Christchurch East	Canterbury	Christchurch	Reuben Davidson	Labour
Coromandel	Waikato	Coromandel Peninsula	Scott Simpson	National
Dunedin	Otago	Dunedin	Rachel Brooking	Labour
East Coast	Gisborne and Bay of Plenty	East Coast	Dana Kirkpatrick	National
East Coast Bays	Auckland	East Coast Bays	Erica Stanford	National
Epsom	Auckland	Epsom	David Seymour	ACT
Hamilton East	Waikato	Hamilton	Ryan Hamilton	National
Hamilton West	Waikato	Hamilton	Tama Potaka	National
Hutt South	Wellington	Hutt Valley	Chris Bishop	National
Ilam	Canterbury	Ilam	Hamish Campbell	National
Invercargill	Southland	Invercargill	Penny Simmonds	National
Kaikōura	Marlborough and Canterbury	Kaikōura	Stuart Smith	National
Kaipara ki Mahurangi	Auckland	Kaipara Harbour and Mahurangi Harbour	Chris Penk	National
Kelston	Auckland	Kelston	Carmel Sepuloni	Labour
Mana	Wellington	Mana Island	Barbara Edmonds	Labour
Māngere	Auckland	Māngere	Lemauga Lydia Sosene	Labour
Manurewa	Auckland	Manurewa	Arena Williams	Labour
Maungakiekie	Auckland	Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill	Greg Fleming	National
Mt Albert	Auckland	Ōwairaka / Mount Albert	Helen White	Labour
Mt Roskill	Auckland	Puketāpapa (Mount Roskill)	Carlos Cheung	National
Napier	Hawke's Bay	Napier	Katie Nimon	National
Nelson	Nelson and Tasman	Nelson	Rachel Boyack	Labour
New Lynn	Auckland	New Lynn	Paulo Garcia	National
New Plymouth	Taranaki	New Plymouth	David MacLeod	National
North Shore	Auckland	North Shore	Simon Watts	National
Northcote	Auckland	Northcote	Dan Bidois	National
Northland	Northland	Northland Region	Grant McCallum	National
Ōhāriu	Wellington	Ohariu	Greg O'Connor	Labour
Ōtaki	Wellington and Manawatū-Whanganui	Ōtaki River	Tim Costley	National
Pakuranga	Auckland	Pakuranga	Simeon Brown	National
Palmerston North	Manawatū-Whanganui	Palmerston North	Tangi Utikere	Labour
Panmure-Ōtāhuhu	Auckland	Panmure and Ōtāhuhu	Jenny Salesa	Labour
Papakura	Auckland	Papakura	Judith Collins	National
Port Waikato	Auckland and Waikato	Port Waikato	Andrew Bayly	National
Rangitata	Canterbury	Rangitata River	James Meager	National
Rangitīkei	Manawatū-Whanganui	Rangitīkei River	Suze Redmayne	National
Remutaka	Wellington	Remutaka Range	Chris Hipkins	Labour
Rongotai	Wellington and the Chatham Islands	Rongotai	Julie Anne Genter	Green
Rotorua	Bay of Plenty	Rotorua	Todd McClay	National
Selwyn	Canterbury	Selwyn River	Nicola Grigg	National
Southland	Southland and Otago	Southland Region	Joseph Mooney	National
Taieri	Otago	Taieri River	Ingrid Leary	Labour
Takanini	Auckland	Takanini	Rima Nakhle	National
Tāmaki	Auckland	Tamaki River	Brooke van Velden	ACT
Taranaki-King Country	Taranaki and Waikato	Taranaki region and King Country	Barbara Kuriger	National
Taupō	Waikato	Lake Taupō	Louise Upston	National
Tauranga	Bay of Plenty	Tauranga	Sam Uffindell	National
Te Atatū	Auckland	Te Atatū Peninsula	Phil Twyford	Labour
Tukituki	Hawke's Bay	Tukituki River	Catherine Wedd	National
Upper Harbour	Auckland	Upper Waitematā Harbour	Cameron Brewer	National
Waikato	Waikato	Waikato River	Tim van de Molen	National
Waimakariri	Canterbury	Waimakariri River	Matt Doocey	National
Wairarapa	Wellington, Manawatū-Whanganui and Hawke's Bay	Lake Wairarapa	Mike Butterick	National
Waitaki	Otago and Canterbury	Waitaki River	Miles Anderson	National
Wellington Central	Wellington	Wellington	Tamatha Paul	Green
West Coast-Tasman	West Coast and Tasman	West Coast region and Tasman district	Maureen Pugh	National
Whanganui	Manawatū-Whanganui and Taranaki	Whanganui River	Carl Bates	National
Whangaparāoa	Auckland	Whangaparāoa Peninsula	Mark Mitchell	National
Whangārei	Northland	Whangārei	Shane Reti	National
Wigram	Canterbury	Wigram	Megan Woods	Labour

Māori electorates

Electorate	Region	Namesake/translation	MP
Te Tai Tokerau	Northland and Auckland	"northern district"	Mariameno Kapa-Kingi	Māori
Tāmaki Makaurau	Auckland	Auckland (Māori name)	Takutai Moana Kemp	Māori
Hauraki-Waikato	Auckland and Waikato	Hauraki Gulf and Waikato River	Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke	Māori
Waiariki	Bay of Plenty and Waikato	"chiefly waters"	Rawiri Waititi	Māori
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti	Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, Manawatū-Whanganui and Wellington	long (roa) eastern (rāwhiti) electorate of the North Island/Te Ika-a-Māui	Cushla Tangaere-Manuel	Labour
Te Tai Hauāuru	Taranaki, Waikato, Manawatū-Whanganui and Wellington	"western district"	Debbie Ngarewa-Packer	Māori
Te Tai Tonga	The South Island, Wellington and the Chatham Islands	"southern district"	Tākuta Ferris	Māori

References

↑ "Electoral Act 1993 No 87 (as at 01 July 2016), Public Act Contents". www.legislation.govt.nz. New Zealand Legislation. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

[Electoral_Act-1] "Electoral Act 1993 No 87 (as at 01 July 2016), Public Act Contents". www.legislation.govt.nz. New Zealand Legislation. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

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