title: Te Tai Rawhiti
text: # Te Tai Rawhiti
  
  Te Tai Rawhiti (lit. 'The East Coast') was one of the five new New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorates created in 1996 for MMP. It largely replaced its English-named predecessor, Eastern Maori, though Te Tai Rawhiti's boundary was retracted significantly in the central North Island.
  
  Te Tai Rawhiti only existed for one electoral term, and in 1999 was largely replaced by Waiariki and Ikaroa-Rāwhiti.
  
  ## Population centres
  
  The electorate was based in the Bay of Plenty and East Cape regions, as well as parts of eastern Waikato, and included the following population centres:
  
  * Edgecumbe
  * Kawerau
  * Morrinsville
  * Murupara
  * Ōpōtiki
  * Putāruru
  * Rotorua
  * Te Aroha
  * Tauranga
  * Tokoroa
  * Tolaga Bay
  * Whakatāne
  
  ## Tribal areas
  
  The electorate included the following tribal areas:
  
  * Ngāti Ranginui
  * Ngāi Te Rangi
  * Te Arawa
  * Ngāti Awa
  * Ngāi Tūhoe
  * Whakatohea
  * Ngāi Tai
  * Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
  * Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa
  * Ngāti Tūwharetoa
  * Ngāti Porou
  * Ngāti Ruapani
  * Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti
  
  ## History
  
  Te Tai Rawhiti was one of the five new Māori electorates created for the 1996 election with the introduction of mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation, and which were all won by the Tight Five of New Zealand First.
  
  In the 1999 election it was substantially replaced by Waiariki.
  
  ### Members of Parliament
  
  Key
  
  NZ First Alliance
  
  | Election | Winner | Winner |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1996 election | | Tuariki Delamere |
  
  ### List MPs
  
  | Election | Winner | Winner |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1996 election | | Alamein Kopu |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 1996 election
  
  1996 general election: Te Tai Rawhiti :
  
  | Notes: | Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. |
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  | Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
  | | NZ First | Tuariki Delamere | Tuariki Delamere | 10,647 | 50.73 | | 10,030 | 47.53 | |
  | | Labour | Peter Tapsell | Peter Tapsell | 6,432 | 30.65 | | 6,558 | 31.08 | |
  | | Mana Māori Movement | Tame Iti | Tame Iti | 1,372 | 6.54 | | 649 | 3.08 | |
  | | Alliance | Alamein Kopu | Alamein Kopu | 1,210 | 5.77 | | 1,381 | 6.54 | |
  | | National | Peta Butt | Peta Butt | 506 | 2.41 | | 897 | 4.25 | |
  | | Te Tawharau | Willie Coates | Willie Coates | 398 | 1.90 | | 171 | 0.81 | |
  | | Independent | Hinemoa Awatere | Hinemoa Awatere | 352 | 1.68 | | | | |
  | | Natural Law | Lynette Patterson | Lynette Patterson | 70 | 0.33 | | 27 | 0.13 | |
  | | Legalise Cannabis | | | | | | 623 | 2.95 | |
  | | Christian Coalition | | | | | | 433 | 2.05 | |
  | | ACT | | | | | | 188 | 0.89 | |
  | | Progressive Green | | | | | | 33 | 0.16 | |
  | | McGillicuddy Serious | | | | | | 27 | 0.13 | |
  | | Animals First | | | | | | 25 | 0.12 | |
  | | Green Society | | | | | | 19 | 0.09 | |
  | | United NZ | | | | | | 15 | 0.07 | |
  | | Superannuitants & Youth | | | | | | 11 | 0.05 | |
  | | Advance New Zealand | | | | | | 6 | 0.03 | |
  | | Ethnic Minority Party | | | | | | 4 | 0.02 | |
  | | Asia Pacific United | | | | | | 2 | 0.01 | |
  | | Conservatives | | | | | | 2 | 0.01 | |
  | | Libertarianz | | | | | | 2 | 0.01 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 322 | | | 206 | | |
  | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 20,987 | | | 21,103 | | |
  | | NZ First win new seat | NZ First win new seat | Majority | 4,215 | 20.08 | | | | |
  