Papakura (New Zealand electorate)

Papakura
Single-member general constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Formation	1978, 2008
Region	Auckland
Character	Suburban
Term	3 years
Member for Papakura
Judith Collins[1] since 8 November 2008
Party	National
Previous MP	John Robertson[a] (United NZ)
Party vote distribution

Papakura is an electorate for the New Zealand House of Representatives, based in the south Auckland town of Papakura. Historically, the name refers to an electorate that existed between 1978 and 1996, which with the advent of Mixed Member Proportional voting and resulting reduction in the number of constituencies was folded into a new Hunua seat. In 2002 Hunua was modified, pulled northwards and renamed Clevedon.

In a modern sense, the name refers to a constituency which was fought for the first time at the 2008 election. This new Papakura seat is the successor to the old Clevedon seat. It also contains a set of towns to the west of Papakura, namely Drury, Karaka and Kingseat. Until 2014 it also included Waiau Pa and Clarks Beach. The current MP is Judith Collins, of the National Party.

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