Te Tai Tokerau

Te Tai Tokerau
Single-member Māori constituency
for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Outline map
Location of Te Tai Tokerauwithin Auckland and Northland
RegionAuckland and Northland
Current constituency
Created1996
Current MPMariameno Kapa-Kingi
PartyTe Pāti Māori

Te Tai Tokerau (lit.'The North Coast') is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate that was created out of the Northern Maori electorate ahead of the first Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) election in 1996. It was held first by Tau Henare representing New Zealand First for one term, and then Dover Samuels of the Labour Party for two terms. From 2005 to 2014, it was held by MP Hone Harawira. Initially a member of the Māori Party, Harawira resigned from both the party and then Parliament, causing the 2011 by-election. He was returned under the Mana Party banner in July 2011 and confirmed at the November 2011 general election. In the 2014 election, he was beaten by Labour's Kelvin Davis, ending the representation of the Mana Party in Parliament.


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