Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate
At the 2023 election, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel (Labour) won Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by 2,843 votes. Ikaroa-Rāwhiti's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Ikaroa-Rāwhiti is a Māori electorate covering 30,801 km². Only people on the Māori electoral roll vote in it; 40,285 were enrolled in 2023. It spans the Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay and Wellington regions.
Land area
30,801 km²
2025 boundaries
People living in the area
463,796
Stats NZ estimate, June 2025; everyone, though only people on the Māori roll vote here
2023 turnout
67.5%
27,190 votes from 40,285 enrolled
2026 result
Results appear here from 7pm on election night, Saturday 7 November 2026.
See Ikaroa-Rāwhiti on the electorate map → · Nationwide results →
2023 result
Cushla Tangaere-Manuel (Labour) won by 2,843 votes, ahead of Meka Whaitiri (Te Pāti Māori). This is the result for the electorate of the same name on the previous boundaries, which changed in 2025.
| Party | 2023 party vote |
|---|---|
| Labour | 55.7% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 25.4% |
| Greens | 6.8% |
| National | 3.6% |
| NZ First | 3.5% |
| ACT | 0.8% |
| Opportunity | 0.5% |
Local jobs
Filled jobs in the regions Ikaroa-Rāwhiti 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gisborne | 21,932 | −0.5% | September 2026 |
| Hawke’s Bay | 78,014 | +0.9% | September 2026 |
| Wellington | 253,211 | +0.2% | September 2026 |
Questions people ask
Who is the MP for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti?
At the 2023 election, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel (Labour) won Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by 2,843 votes. Ikaroa-Rāwhiti's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate?
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti is a Māori electorate covering 30,801 km². Only people on the Māori electoral roll vote in it; 40,285 were enrolled in 2023. It spans the Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay and Wellington regions.
What was the turnout in Ikaroa-Rāwhiti?
In 2023, 27,190 of 40,285 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 67.5%.
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.