Hauraki was a New Zealand parliamentary

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returning one Member of Parliament to the

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. It existed for one parliamentary term from to 2002, and was held by

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. The electorate's area was formed from the northern portion of

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as well as a small portion of

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. Its area was expanded significantly westward to form the Tainui electorate for the 2002 election.

History

Hauraki was the first Māori seat based exclusively around

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, and it was created at the time of the first review of

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(MMP) boundaries, ahead of the 1999 election. Hauraki was named after both the

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at Auckland's eastern side, and Hauraki, a pan-tribal union based around an area including the

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, and the Western Bay of Plenty. Hauraki's boundary stretched out of Auckland, down through the eastern

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to include

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and the Coromandel. Population growth saw Māori electorates move north, and Hauraki was disestablished for the . The area around Auckland now belongs to the

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electorate, and the southern area went to the electorate.

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was also the name of a general electorate in use at various times between and 1996.

Members of Parliament for Hauraki

Key

List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Hauraki electorate.

Election results

1999 election

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hauraki (Maori electorate) Historical Māori electorates Politics of the Auckland Region 1999 establishments in New Zealand 2002 disestablishments in New Zealand