List of New Zealand electorates

This is a list of current and former New Zealand electorates.

General electorates

+Electorate nameRegionFirst establishedLast abolishedBecameAkaroa18531893Merged into Ellesmere.Albany19782002East Coast Bays, with part merging into Helensville.AorakiCanterbury and Otago19962008Rangitata and WaitakiArch Hill19461954Ashburton18811993Ashley18661902HurunuiAuckland18531905Auckland Central, Auckland East, and Auckland WestAuckland Central1887 Auckland East18611946Auckland North18811890Auckland Suburbs19281946Auckland West18611946Avon18611996Awarua18811996Banks Peninsula1996 Bay of Islands18531996Far NorthBay of Plenty1893 Birkenhead19691996NorthcoteBotany2008 Brooklyn19461954Island BayBruce18611922BullerWest Coast and Tasman18711972Split into West Coast and TasmanCaversham18661908Chalmers (Port Chalmers)18661938Dunedin Central, Dunedin North and OamaruCheviot18581890Christchurch (Town of Christchurch, then City of Christchurch)18531905Christchurch Central1946 Christchurch Country18531860Christchurch East1871 Christchurch North18811996WaimakiririChristchurch South18811946Christchurch West18711875City of Dunedin (originally Town of Dunedin)18531905Dunedin Central, Dunedin North and Dunedin SouthClevedon19872008Clive18611881Clutha18661996Clutha-SouthlandSouthland and Otago19962020SouthlandColeridge18661887Collingwood18611881Coromandel1881 Courtenay19021908Dunedin2020 Dunedin Central18811984Dunedin WestDunedin Country18531860Dunedin East18811890Dunedin North19052020DunedinDunedin South18812020TaieriDunedin Suburbs18901893Dunedin and Suburbs North18631866Dunedin and Suburbs South18621866Dunedin West18811996Dunedin SouthDunstan18711890East CapeGisborne and Bay of Plenty19781993Eastern Bay of PlentyEast CoastGisborne and Bay of Plenty1871 East Coast Bays1972 Eastern Bay of Plenty19931996Eastern Hutt19781996Eden18711996EpsomEgmont18711978WaitotaraEllesmere18611928Epsom1996 Far North19931996NorthlandFendalton19461996FoxtonManawatū-Whanganui and Wellington18811890Franklin18611996Franklin North18811890Franklin South18811890Geraldine18751911Gisborne19081996MahiaGlenfield19841996Gladstone18661890Grey18901919Grey and Bell18531881Grey Lynn19021978Greymouth18811890Grey Valley18711881Greymouth and InangahuaHalswell18901893Hamilton19221969Hamilton East1972 Hamilton West1969 Hampden18611870Wakatipu and ?Hastings19461996HaurakiAuckland and Waikato19281996CoromandelHawera18961908HawkeHawkes Bay18811996TukitukiHeathcote18611893Helensville19782020Kaipara ki MahurangiHenderson19691996WaipareiraHeretaunga19541996Remutaka (spelled as Rimutaka until 2020)Hobson19461996Whangarei (existing) and Northland (new)Hokitika18711890Hokonui18811890Horowhenua19781996Hunua19782020Papakura and Port WaikatoHurunui19021963RangioraHutt18531978Hutt South1996 Ilam1996 Inangahua18811896Absorbed into BullerInvercargill1866 Island Bay19461996Rongotai and Wellington CentralKaiapoi18611946KaikōuraMarlborough and Canterbury1996 KaimaiWaikato and Bay of Plenty19781996Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, and CoromandelKaipara19021996Kaipara ki Mahurangi (formerly Helensville)2020 Kapiti19721996Karapiro19962002Karori19461978OhariuKelston2014 King Country19721996Kumara18811890Lincoln18811890Linwood18871890Lyttelton18531996Banks PeninsulaMahiaGisborne, Hawke's Bay and Bay of Plenty19961999East CoastMana1996 Manawatu18711996Māngere1969 Manuherikia18661870Manukau18811978Manukau East19962020Panmure-ŌtāhuhuManurewa1963 Maramarua and ?19871993Marlborough19381996Marsden18581972WhangareiMasterton18871946WairarapaMatamata19781996Mataura18661946Maungakiekie1996 Mid-Canterbury19281946Miramar19461996Moeraki18811887Mongonui18611870Mongonui and Bay of Islands18711881Mornington19461963Motueka18601946Motueka and Massacre Bay18531860Motueka and CollingwoodMount Albert1946 Mount Herbert18661870AkaroaMount Ida18711908Mount Roskill1999 Mount Victoria19461954Napier1861 NelsonNelson and Tasman1853 New Lynn1963 New Plymouth1853 Newton18611893Newtown19021908Wellington SouthNorth Shore1946 Northcote1996 Northern Division18531870Northland1996 Oamaru18661978WaitakiŌhāriu1978 Ohariu-Belmont19962008Ōhāriu (then Ōhariu)Waikato and Bay of Plenty18961928Thames and WaikatoOmata18531870Onehunga18611996MaungakiekieOnslow19461996Ohariu-BelmontOroua19021938Otago19782008WaitakiOtago Central19111978OtagoOtahuhu19381984PanmureŌtakiWellington and Manawatū-Whanganui1893 Otara19841996MangereOwairaka19961999Mount Roskill and Mount AlbertPahiatuaManawatū-Whanganui and Wellington18961996Pakuranga1963 Palmerston North (formerly Palmerston)1890 Panmure19841996MaungakiekiePanmure-Ōtāhuhu (formerly Manukau East)2020 Papakura1978 Papanui19691984Christchurch NorthPapatoetoe19781996Manukau EastPareora18931896Parnell18611954Patea18931963WaimarinoPencarrow19781996Hutt SouthPeninsula18811893Pensioner Settlements18531870Petone19461978Pencarrow and Western HuttPiako19462008Picton18611887Ponsonby18871963Grey LynnPorirua18601996Port Hills20082020Banks PeninsulaPort WaikatoAuckland and Waikato1996 RaglanAuckland and Waikato18601996Port WaikatoRakaia19722008Rangiora19631996Waimakariri19781984Raglan and FranklinRangitata1887 Rangitīkei1861 Remuera19381996EpsomRemutaka (formerly Rimutaka)1996 Riccarton18931978Riverton18661881Rodney18712020WhangaparāoaRongotai1996 Roskill19191996OwairakaRoslyn18661890Rotorua1919 Ruahine19721978RangitikeiSt Albans18811996Christchurch CentralSt Kilda19461996Dunedin SouthSelwyn1866 SouthlandSouthland and Otago2020 South Canterbury19691978Ashburton and WaitakiSouthern Division18531860Franklin and RaglanStanmore18811887Stratford19081978Suburbs of Auckland18531860Suburbs of Nelson1861Sydenham18811996WigramTaieri1866 Takanini2020 Tāmaki1946 TaranakiTaranaki and Manawatū-Whanganui18811996Taranaki-King CountryTaranaki-King CountryTaranaki and Waikato1996 Tarawera and ?19781996RotoruaTasmanTasman and Marlborough19721996West Coast-TasmanTaumarunui19081919Taupō1963 Tauranga1881 Te Aro18811890City of WellingtonTe Aroha18901893Te Atatū1978 Temuka19111946Ashburton and WaimateTukituki1996 Thames18711946Thorndon18811890Timaru18611996AorakiTitirangi19872002New LynnTongariro and ?19841996TaupoTotara18711881HokitikaTuapeka18711911Otago CentralUpper Harbour2014 WaiapuGisborne, Hawke's Bay (and Bay of Plenty?)18931908Bay of Plenty and GisborneWaihemo18871902Waikaia18711890WaikaremoanaHawke's Bay ? Bay of Plenty ? Waikato ?19841996TaupoWaikato1871 Waikouaiti18661908Waimakariri1996 WaimarinoManawatū-Whanganui and ?19111972Rangitikei and King CountryWaimate18811957TimaruWaimea18531887Waimea-PictonMarlborough and Nelson18871893Waimea SoundsMarlborough and Nelson1893189618761996Waipareira19961999Te AtatūWaipawa18811946Hawkes BayWairarapaWellington, Manawatū-Whanganui and Hawke's Bay1859* Wairarapa and Hawkes BayWellington and Hawke's Bay18531859County of Hawke and WairarapaWairarapa North and ?18811887MastertonWairarapa South18811887WairarapaWairau18531938MarlboroughWaitakere19462014KelstonWaitakiOtago and Canterbury1871 Waitemata18711978HelensvilleWaitomoWaikato and 19191972King CountryWaitotara18811996Wakanui18811887Wakatipu18711928Central OtagoWallace18581996Clutha-Southland electorateWanganui and RangitikeiTaranaki and Manawatū-Whanganui18531960 and Whanganui (formerly Wanganui)Taranaki and Manawatū-Whanganui1860 Wellington185319051905 Wellington Country18531881Wellington East18871946MiramarWellington-Karori19931996Wellington CentralWellington North19051946Wellington South18811946Island BayWellington South and Suburbs18871890Wellington Suburbs18931946OnslowWellington Suburbs and Country19111919Wellington Suburbs and OtakiWellington West19381946KaroriWest Auckland19841993HendersonWest Coast19721996West Coast-TasmanWest Coast-TasmanWest Coast and Tasman1996 Western Hutt19691996Hutt South and Ohariu-BelmontWestland18661972West Coast and TasmanWestland Boroughs18661870Westland North18681870Grey Valley, Buller and WaimeaWestland South18681870Whanganui (formerly Wanganui)Manawatū-Whanganui and Taranaki1860 Whangaparāoa2020 Whangārei (formerly Whangarei)1972 Wigram1969 Woodville18871890Yaldhurst19781996Ilam

Māori electorates

+Electorate nameAreaEstablishedAbolishedReplaced withNorthern MaoriNorthland and Auckland18681996Te Tai TokerauEastern MaoriWaikato, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne18681996Te Tai Rawhiti and Te Puku O Te WhenuaWestern MaoriTaranaki, Manawatū-Whanganui18681996Te Tai Hauāuru and Te Puku O Te WhenuaSouthern MaoriSouth Island and Stewart Island18681996Te Tai Tonga and Te Puku O Te WhenuaHaurakiAuckland and Waikato19992002Tāmaki Makaurau and TainuiTainuiAuckland and Waikato20022008Hauraki-WaikatoTe Puku O Te WhenuaLower North Island19961999Ikaroa-RāwhitiTe Tai RawhitiBay of Plenty, Gisborne and Waikato19961999Waiariki and Ikaroa-Rāwhiti

References

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