Te tai rawhiti regional office
Te Tai Rawhiti or "the east side" was one of the five new New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorates created in 1996 for MMP. It was largely replaced in 1999 with Waiariki and Ikaroa-Rāwhiti.
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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:
Tribal areas
The electorate includes the following tribal areas:
History
Te Tai Rawhiti or the east side was one of the five new Māori seats created for the 1996 election with the introduction of mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation, and which were all won by the Tight Five of the New Zealand First from Labour.
In the 1999 election it was substantially replaced by Waiariki.
Members of Parliament
Key
NZ First Alliance
References
Te Tai Rawhiti Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA