Tamaki (New Zealand electorate)
- Tamaki (New Zealand electorate)
Tāmaki is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Tāmaki is Allan Peachey of the National Party. [ [http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/c/7/9/48MP127451-Peachey-Allan.htm New Zealand Parliament - Allan Peachey MP] ] He has held this position since 2005. It is named after the Tamaki River that runs immediately east of the seat.
Tāmaki is based around Auckland City's wealthy eastern beaches, Mission Bay, Meadowbank, Saint Heliers, Kohimarama and Glendowie; it also contains the working-class suburb of Glen Innes on its southern fringe. Tāmaki is the home of a selection of New Zealand's emblematic historical moments: Ngāti Whatua activism at Bastion Point (sparking a chain of events leading to the modern Treaty of Waitangi grievance settlement process) occurred inside the seat's boundaries, a seat at the time represented by the contentious Robert Muldoon, the Prime Minister responsible for the Crown's response to the occupation of Bastion Point. Among other Ngāti Whatua land taken through governmental application of public works legislation is Paratai Drive, now New Zealand's most expensive street. The area around Mission Bay is also home to the Savage Memorial, a huge site dedicated to the memory of former Labour Michael Joseph Savage, architect of the welfare state in New Zealand.
The National Party has held Tāmaki in all its various incarnations since 1960, when future Prime Minister Robert Muldoon (later Sir Robert) began his parliamentary career by ousting longtime Labour stalwart Bob Tizard, and staying firmly in place until his self-selected departure at the end of 1991. Muldoon's departure caused a by-election in 1992, where candidate Clem Simich won despite fierce competition in an environment where both major parties were out of favour with the electorate. Simich gave up his seat ahead of the 2005 election to high school principal Allan Peachey. Simich was retured to parliament off his party's list, having chosen to move from standing for one his party's safest seats to instead contest Māngere, easily Labour's safest seat.
Members of Parliament for Tāmaki
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
sourced from [http://2005.electionresults.govt.nz/electorate-49.html electionresults.govt.nz]
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* [http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/EACC4A24-3A7C-4506-BDB1-60192C8BB5C4/194/Tamaki1.pdf Electorate Profile] "Parliamentary Library"
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