- Te Tai Hauāuru
Te Tai Hauāuru is a
New Zealand Parliamentary Māori electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to theNew Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Te Tai Hauāuru isTariana Turia of theMāori Party . [ [http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/5/0/0/48MP12081-Turia-Tariana.htm New Zealand Parliament - Tariana Turia MP] ] She has held this position since 2002.Te Tai Hauāuru covers the western North Island, starting in the
South Waikato before heading south through theKing Country towns ofTe Kuiti andTaumarunui to include all of theTaranaki region and all towns in theManawatu-Wanganui region east of theManawatu Gorge . Its southern terminus is inWellington at Tawa. The main population centres areTokoroa ,New Plymouth ,Wanganui ,Palmerston North andPorirua . It is also home of the politically influentialRatana movement.The seat includes the
Ngāti Tama ,Ngāti Mutunga ,Ngāti Maru ,Te Āti Awa Taranaki,Ngāti Ruahine ,Ngāti Ruanui ,Ngā Rauru ,Te Āti Haunui a Pāpārangi ,Ngāti Apa ,Ngāti Hauiti ,Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga ,Ngāti Kauwhata ,Rangitāne ,Muaupoko ,Ngāti Toa ,Maniapoto andNgāti Huia tribal areas ("rohe ") [ [http://www.tpk.govt.nz/en/region/te-tai-hauauru/ Te Puni Kōkiri - In Your Region - Te Tai Hauāuru] ] .Te Tai Hauāuru was first used at the 1996 election and contained all area from South
Auckland to just south ofTe Kuiti . It was the growth of the Māori population leading to the creation first ofTāmaki Makaurau in 1999 and Tainui in 2002 that has pulled Ta Tai Hauāuru so far south that the only remaining part of the 1996 seat is its name.Te Tai Hauāuru was won by
New Zealand First candidateTukuroirangi Morgan in its first contest, in what would be a clean sweep by New Zealand First of the five Māori seats that year. Discontent with New Zealand First's behaviour in government lead to a reconciliation between Māori voters and the Labour Party, albeit briefly; the introduction of the Seabed and Foreshore bill to Parliament by the ruling Labour Party lead to a schism between the party and a significant section of its Māori voter base, including the MP for Te Tai Hauāuru, Tariana Turia. Turia resigned her seat to recontest the seat in a byelection as the leader of the newMāori Party . She won 92.7 percent of the vote in a contest that Labour refused to participate in. In 2005, Turia was re-elected with double the votes of her Labour rival, Errol Mason, though the Māori Party received twenty percent less of the vote (51 to 31 percent) than Labour.Members of Parliament for Te Tai Hauāuru
sourced from [http://2005.electionresults.govt.nz/electorate-66.html electionresults.govt.nz]
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* [http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/53E7EE4C-2B68-4131-8050-70C49221AFE5/206/Te_Tai_Hauauru1.pdf Electorate Profile] "Parliamentary Library"
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