Hauraki-Waikato
Māori electorate · 2026 election, preliminary results
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (Te Pāti Māori) won Hauraki-Waikato with 17,982 votes (68.6%), a majority of 10,441 over Kingi Kiriona (Labour). Labour won the party vote with 50.3%. Turnout was 57.1%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke | Te Pāti Māori | 17,982 | 68.6% | +63.0 pts |
| Kingi Kiriona | Labour | 7,541 | 28.8% | −21.6 pts |
| Neil Denby | Independent | 705 | 2.7% | – |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| Labour | 13,305 | 50.3% | 29.4% |
| Green | 9,091 | 34.4% | 13.3% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 1,469 | 5.6% | 0.6% |
| NZ First | 930 | 3.5% | 9.8% |
| National | 690 | 2.6% | 29.2% |
| Opportunity | 409 | 1.5% | 6.0% |
| ACT | 219 | 0.8% | 10.9% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 130 | 0.5% | 0.2% |
| Vision NZ | 76 | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Te Tai Tokerau Party | 46 | 0.2% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- A split result: Labour won the party vote here (50.3%), but Te Pāti Māori's Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke won the seat.
- Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke won 68.6% of the electorate vote, while Te Pāti Māori won 5.6% of the party vote here: a gap of 63.0 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- Labour's 2nd-highest party vote of the Māori electorates: 50.3%.
- Opportunity's lowest party vote of the Māori electorates: 1.5%, against 6.0% nationally.
- Te Pāti Māori held the seat it won in 2023.
26,781 votes cast from an estimated 46,902 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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