Tāmaki Makaurau

Tāmaki Makaurau
Single-member Māori constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Auckland skyline
Formation	2002
Region	Auckland
Electors	43,293[1]
Term	3 years
Member for Tāmaki Makaurau
Takutai Moana Kemp since 14 October 2023
Party	Te Pāti Māori
List MPs	Peeni Henare Darleen Tana
Previous MP	Peeni Henare (Labour)

Tāmaki Makaurau (te reo Māori name for Auckland) is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was first formed for the 2002 election. The electorate covers central and southern Auckland, and southern parts of western Auckland. It derives its name from the Māori-language name for Auckland; Makaurau is a descriptive epithet referring to the value and desirability of the land.

It was first held by Labour's John Tamihere, for one term. It was held by Pita Sharples of the Māori Party for three terms from 2005 until his retirement in 2014. Peeni Henare of the Labour Party was elected in 2014 and served until his defeat in the 2023 election by Takutai Moana Kemp of Te Pāti Māori.

In its current boundaries, Tāmaki Makaurau contains the west coast of the Auckland Region between Te Henga / Bethells Beach and the mouth of the Manukau Harbour, parts of West Auckland east of the Oratia Stream and Te Wai-o-Pareira / Henderson Creek (excluding Te Atatū Peninsula), the entire Auckland isthmus, Waiheke Island, East Auckland and South Auckland as far as Takanini (including Māngere, Ōtara, Pakuranga and Manurewa). It does not contain Great Barrier or Rangitoto islands, as they are in Te Tai Tokerau; Papakura is in Hauraki-Waikato.^[2]

In the review of boundaries in 2007, the southern part of Manurewa shifted from Tāmaki Makaurau to the Hauraki-Waikato electorate.^[3] The 2013/14 redistribution did not further alter the boundaries of the electorate,^[4] but the 2020 boundary review made small expansions for Tāmaki Makaurau to the electorate's north and south, as well as incorporating the islands Waiheke and Ponui. To the north, Glendene and Te Atatū South are now included, while the southern portion now incorporates Flat Bush and Takanini.^[5]

The main iwi of Tāmaki Makaurau are Ngāti Whātua, Kawerau a Maki, Tainui, Ngāti Pāoa, Wai-O-Hua and Ngāti Rehua,^[6] though a pan-Māori organisation called Ngāti Akarana exists for urbanised Māori with no knowledge of their actual iwi; and, through a population trend whereby many rural Māori moved to the cities, the largest iwi affiliation in the seat are Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto, all iwi local to other areas of New Zealand.^[7]

Tāmaki Makaurau derives its name from the Māori-language name for Auckland, meaning "Tāmaki desired by many", in reference to the desirability of its natural resources and geography.^[8]

Tāmaki Makaurau was formed for the 2002 election from the northern part of the Hauraki electorate. John Tamihere of the Labour Party was the representative for Hauraki, and he also won the first election in the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate in 2002. Tamihere spent his six-year parliamentary career dogged by controversy that often overshadowed his work as a minister and, at the 2005 election came ten percent behind Māori Party co-leader Pita Sharples. Because Tamihere had chosen not to seek a list placing, his parliamentary career was terminated. Sharples remained the current representative for the electorate until his retirement,^[9] when the Labour's Peeni Henare won the seat.^[10]

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election.

Key

  Labour   Māori Party   Green

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

¹Wall was elected from the party list in April 2011 following the resignation of Darren Hughes.
²Jones resigned from Parliament on 22 May 2014.
³Davidson was elected from the party list in November 2015 following the resignation of Russel Norman.

2023 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau[11]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Te Pāti Māori	Takutai Moana Kemp		10,068	39.32	+3.34	8,046	29.75	+17.05
	Labour	N Peeni Henare		10,026	39.15	–0.41	11,571	42.79	–16.89
	Green	Darleen Tana		2,925	11.42	–7.89	3,329	12.31	+1.81
	National	Hinurewa Te Hau		1,275	4.97	–	1,269	4.69	+1.48
	Vision NZ	Hannah Tamaki		829	3.23	–
	NZ First						927	3.42	–0.92
	Freedoms NZ						478	1.76	–
	ACT						254	0.93	–0.13
	Opportunities						248	0.91	–0.11
	Legalise Cannabis						246	0.90	–0.57
	NZ Loyal						174	0.64	–
	NewZeal						121	0.44	+0.20
	DemocracyNZ						28	0.10	–
	Animal Justice						27	0.09	–
	Women's Rights						25	0.09	–
	New Conservatives						13	0.04	–0.48
	Leighton Baker Party						7	0.02	–
	New Nation						2	0.00	–
Informal votes				481			373
Total valid votes				25,604			27,038
	Te Pāti Māori gain from Labour		Majority	42	0.16	–3.42

2020 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau[12]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Peeni Henare		10,256	39.56	-7.95	16,066	59.98	+0.64
	Māori Party	John Tamihere		9,329	35.98	+7.73	3,401	12.70	+1.74
	Green	Marama Davidson		5,006	19.31	-2.27	2,801	10.46	+3.22
	New Conservative	Erina Anderson		427	1.65	-	138	0.52	+0.40
	NZ First						1,126	4.34	-5.19
	National						832	3.21	-3.34
	Advance NZ						490	1.83	—
	Legalise Cannabis						393	1.47	+0.73
	Vision NZ						388	1.45	–
	ACT						284	1.06	+0.90
	Opportunities						274	1.02	-1.30
	ONE						64	0.24	—
	Outdoors						16	0.06	+0.04
	Sustainable NZ						13	0.05	—
	TEA						8	0.03	–
	Social Credit						5	0.02	+0.01
	Heartland						2	0.01	—
Informal votes				910			485
Total valid votes				25,928			26,786
	Labour hold		Majority	927	3.58	-15.68

2017 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau[13]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Peeni Henare		9,396	47.51	+10.03	12,220	59.34	+18.59
	Māori Party	Shane Taurima		5,587	28.25	-1.96	2,258	10.96	-1.76
	Green	Marama Davidson		4,268	21.58	+5.98	1,490	7.24	-4.45
	NZ First						1,963	9.53	-4.45
	National						1,348	6.55	-4.17
	Opportunities						477	2.32	+2.32
	Mana						364	1.77	-8.95
	Legalise Cannabis						153	0.74	-0.22
	ACT						32	0.16	-0.03
	People's Party						25	0.12	+0.12
	Conservative						24	0.12	-0.49
	Ban 1080						10	0.05	+0.03
	United Future						6	0.03	-0.05
	Outdoors						4	0.02	+0.02
	Democrats						3	0.01	-
	Internet						3	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				526			213
Total valid votes				19,777			20,593
	Labour hold		Majority	3,809	19.26	+11.99

2011 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau[15]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Māori Party	Y Pita Sharples		7,120	40.40	-25.58	2,694	14.45	-14.16
	Labour	Shane Jones		6,184	35.09	+7.75	7,739	41.50	-8.23
	Mana	Kereama Pene		2,827	16.04	+16.04	2,551	13.68	+13.68
	Green	Mikaere Curtis		1,491	8.46	+3.69	1,810	9.71	+5.67
	NZ First						1,948	10.45	+4.56
	National						1,569	8.41	+1.00
	Legalise Cannabis						197	1.06	-0.08
	Conservative						94	0.50	+0.50
	ACT						28	0.15	-0.53
	United Future						10	0.05	-0.08
	Libertarianz						4	0.02	+0.01
	Alliance						2	0.01	-0.01
	Democrats						2	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				717			327
Total valid votes				17,622			18,648
	Māori Party hold		Majority	936	5.31	-33.33

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 35,347^[16]

2008 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau[7][17]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Māori Party	Y Pita Sharples		12,876	65.98	+13.63	5,801	28.61	+1.13
	Labour	Louisa Wall		5,336	27.34	-13.90	10,084	49.73	-5.41
	Green	Mikaere Curtis		931	4.77		819	4.04	-2.55
	Kiwi	Vapi Kupenga		129	0.66		28	0.14
	Independent	Kane Te Waaka		122	0.63
	Independent	Marama Nathan		120	0.61
	National						1,504	7.42	+3.39
	NZ First						1,193	5.88	+0.56
	Family Party						284	1.40
	Legalise Cannabis						230	1.13	+0.42
	ACT						137	0.68	+0.47
	Bill and Ben						71	0.35
	Progressive						38	0.19	-0.15
	Pacific						36	0.18
	United Future						27	0.13	-0.31
	RAM						10	0.05
	Workers Party						10	0.05
	Alliance						5	0.02	-0.05
	Libertarianz						2	0.01	-0.01
	Democrats						0	0.00	-0.01
	RONZ						0	0.00	-0.01
Informal votes				480			247
Total valid votes				19,514			20,279
Turnout				20,823	58.48	-3.57
	Māori Party hold		Majority	7,540	38.64	+27.53

2005 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau[18]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Māori Party	Pita Sharples		10,024	52.35		5,457	27.48
	Labour	N John Tamihere		7,897	41.24	-32.11	10,951	55.14
	Destiny	Tauwehi Hemahema-Tāmati		675	3.53		520	2.62
	NZ First						1,057	5.32
	National						801	4.03
	Green						652	3.28
	Legalise Cannabis						141	0.71
	United Future						87	0.44
	Progressive						67	0.34
	ACT						42	0.21
	Family Rights						20	0.10
	Direct Democracy						18	0.09
	Christian Heritage						14	0.07
	Alliance						13	0.07
	99 MP						9	0.05
	One NZ						5	0.03
	Libertarianz						3	0.02
	Democrats						1	0.01
	RONZ						1	0.01
Informal votes				363			199
Total valid votes				19,147			19,859
Turnout				20,440	62.05	+7.83
	Māori Party gain from Labour		Majority	2,127	11.11

2002 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau[7]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y John Tamihere		11,445	73.35		9,052	55.97
	Green	Metiria Turei		2,001	12.82		1,659	10.26
	National	George Rongokino Ngatai		785	5.03		516	3.19
	Alliance	Janice Smith		550	3.52		470	2.91
	Christian Heritage	Tuhimareikura Vaha'akolo		472	3.02		240	1.48
	Progressive	Sue Wharewhaka-Topia Watts		351	2.25		228	1.41
	NZ First						2,430	15.03
	Mana Māori						464	2.87
	Legalise Cannabis						423	2.62
	United Future						411	2.54
	ACT						223	1.38
	ORNZ						51	0.32
	One NZ						4	0.02
	NMP						2	0.01
Informal votes				380			122
Total valid votes				15,604			16,173
Turnout				16,688	54.22
	Labour win new seat		Majority	9,444	60.52

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