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title: "Hauraki-Waikato electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (Te Pāti Māori) won Hauraki-Waikato by 2,911 votes. Hauraki-Waikato's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Hauraki-Waikato is a Māori electorate covering 12,097 km². Only people on the Māori electoral roll vote in it; 39,650 were enrolled in 2023. It spans the Waikato and Auckland regions."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/hauraki-waikato/
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[Electorates](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/)

# Hauraki-Waikato electorate

At the 2023 election, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (Te Pāti Māori) won Hauraki-Waikato by 2,911 votes. Hauraki-Waikato's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Hauraki-Waikato is a Māori electorate covering 12,097 km². Only people on the Māori electoral roll vote in it; 39,650 were enrolled in 2023. It spans the Waikato and Auckland regions.

Māori electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

12,097 km²

2025 boundaries

People living in the area

589,806

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025; everyone, though only people on the Māori roll vote here

2023 turnout

67.9%

26,936 votes from 39,650 enrolled

## 2026 result

Results appear here from 7pm on election night, Saturday 7 November 2026.

[See Hauraki-Waikato on the electorate map →](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/map/#maori-hauraki-waikato) · [Nationwide results →](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/results/)

## 2023 result

**Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke** (Te Pāti Māori) won by 2,911 votes, ahead of Nanaia Mahuta (Labour). This is the result for the electorate of the same name on the previous boundaries, which changed in 2025.

| Party | 2023 party vote |
| --- | --- |
| __Labour | 44.7% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 33.0% |
| __Greens | 7.3% |
| __National | 5.0% |
| __NZ First | 3.8% |
| __ACT | 1.1% |
| __Opportunity | 0.7% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the regions Hauraki-Waikato spans, from Stats NZ’s monthly employment indicators. The figures are for the whole region, not just this electorate.

| Region | Filled jobs | vs a year earlier | Month |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Waikato | 230,104 | +1.7% | September 2026 |
| Auckland | 797,877 | +0.9% | September 2026 |

[National jobs and wages dashboard →](https://alliance.org.nz/data/jobs-and-wages/)

## Questions people ask
Who is the MP for Hauraki-Waikato?

At the 2023 election, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (Te Pāti Māori) won Hauraki-Waikato by 2,911 votes. Hauraki-Waikato's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Hauraki-Waikato electorate?

Hauraki-Waikato is a Māori electorate covering 12,097 km². Only people on the Māori electoral roll vote in it; 39,650 were enrolled in 2023. It spans the Waikato and Auckland regions.
What was the turnout in Hauraki-Waikato?

In 2023, 26,936 of 39,650 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 67.9%.

Sources: boundaries and land area from the Representation Commission’s 2025 review via Stats NZ; residents from Stats NZ’s population grid at 30 June 2025; 2023 results and turnout from the Electoral Commission; 2026 results from the Electoral Commission’s preliminary and official results; filled jobs from Stats NZ Monthly Employment Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Purely informational and not endorsed by any party.