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title: "Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "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."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/ikaroa-rawhiti/
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[Electorates](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/)

# 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.

Māori electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

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 →](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/map/#maori-ikaroa-r-whiti) · [Nationwide results →](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/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 |

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

## 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.