Tamaki Makaurau

The Tamaki Makaurau electorate comprises Auckland City, parts of Waitakere City and Manukau City (boundary changes have resulted in the southern part of Manurewa shifting to Hauraki-Waikato). It is one of seven electorates on the Maori electoral roll.

Because of significant growth in the Maori electoral population in greater Auckland, the new electorate of Tamaki Makaurau was located in this area. This necessitated extensive redrawing of the boundaries of some of the existing Maori electorates including Te Tai Tokerau, Waiariki, and Te Tai Tonga which contracted in geographic size.

In 2005, the winning candidate Dr. Pita Sharples captured a majority (52.35%) of the 19,147 valid electoral votes cast for candidates in the Tamaki Makaurau Electorate. The seat was previously held by John Tamihere (Labour Party) with a margin of 9,444 votes. The Labour Party captured a majority (55.14%) of the party votes in Tamaki Makaurau down about 1 percentage point on its party vote share in 2002. Turnout (total votes cast as a proportion of enrolled electors) in 2005 was 62.05%.