- Southern Māori
Southern Māori was one of the four former
New Zealand Parliamentary Māori electorates, from 1868 to 1996.Population Centres
The electorate includes the following population centres:
* (To be completed)Tribal Areas
The electorate includes the following tribal areas:
Ngāi Tahu ,History
The Southern Māori electorate included the whole of the South Island to 1954, but its population was less than that of the other Māori electorates. In 1954 the boundaries were extended to include much of the West Coast of the North Island up to Napier and Wairoa in Hawkes Bay.
In 1932,
Eruera Tirikatene won the seat in a by-election and became the firstRatana MP; and then a Labour MP following the Labour-Ratana pact. When he died in 1967 his daughterWhetu Tirikatene-Sullivan took over the seat in a by-election.In 1996 with
MMP , the Te Tai Tonga electorate covering the South Island took over the major part of the Southern Māori electorate.Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan who had held the Southern Maori seat for many years narrowly lost the new seat toTu Wyllie ofNew Zealand First and retired from politics.Election results
References
*"New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984" by J. O. Wilson (1985, 4th edition, Government Printer, Wellington)
ee also
*
Eastern Māori
*Northern Māori
*Western Māori .External links
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