Te Tai Tokerau

Te Tai Tokerau is one of seven in New Zealand created specifically for Māori Māori Electorate.

The term Electorate referred to in New Zealand and Australia constituencies, whereas in the UK so that the voters or voters are meant.

At the last general election in 2008 was carried out Hone Harawira, candidate of the Māori Party, was elected with almost 62 % of the vote over the direct mandate of the electoral district in the New Zealand Parliament.

Geography

The Te Tai Tokerau constituency covers the area of Northland with Whangarei and the Bay of Islands, this part of Auckland Council, here specifically North Shore City and part of Waitakere City.

Background information

At the 2008 general election in the Te Tai Tokerau constituency 33060 voters Maori descent had entered in the electoral rolls. 20163 ( 61.0 %) of them gave their vote for a party now and 19400 ( 58.7 %) of them for one of the nominated candidates. Judging, however, from the Māori Ethnic 93165 inhabitants, which were determined for the 2006 census, only an estimated 35% of the Māori population of the constituency have registered on the electoral lists. The turnout based on the number of inhabitants had lain in accordance with an estimated 21%.

Election statistics

2008 general election

Parliament Election 2005

Parliament Election 2002

Note: In each case, always represented only the first 5 candidates or the first 5 parties.

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