From Papakura to Te Awamutu. From Kawhia in the west, to the Coromandel in the East, that’s the territory of the Hauraki-Waikato region. Hamilton city is also a part of this electorate, as well as the heart of the Māori King movement.
Labour Party's Nanaia Mahuta is the incumbent MP for Hauraki-Waikato.
| Current MP | Nanaia Mahuta (LABOUR) |
|---|---|
| Majority | 9,223 |
| Total votes | 23,216 |
100% of booths reporting as at 11:33pm
| Labour Party | 11333 votes – 100% | |
|---|---|---|
| Māori Party | 1986 votes – 18% | |
| Green Party | 1101 votes – 10% | |
| National Party | 671 votes – 6% | |
| New Zealand First Party | 648 votes – 6% | |
| Advance NZ | 431 votes – 4% | |
| Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party | 251 votes – 2% | |
| ACT New Zealand | 243 votes – 2% | |
| Vision New Zealand | 193 votes – 2% | |
| The Opportunities Party (TOP) | 173 votes – 2% | |
| New Conservative | 73 votes – 1% | |
| ONE Party | 41 votes – 0% | |
| NZ Outdoors Party | 38 votes – 0% | |
| HeartlandNZ | 16 votes – 0% | |
| Sustainable New Zealand Party | 5 votes – 0% | |
| Social Credit | 3 votes – 0% | |
| Advance NZ | 0 votes – 0% | |
| MANA | 0 votes – 0% | |
| TEA Party | 0 votes – 0% |
Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta has concluded her visit to China where she emphasised New Zealand’s interest in a "peaceful and stable" Pacific region, she says.
Mahuta's visit in which she met with her newly appointed counterpart, Qin Gang, was the first by a New Zealand foreign minister to China since 2018.
By Kiri Gillespie and Laura Smith, Bay of Plenty Times
Tauranga City Council is standing by its decision to allow a controversial and “offensive” anti-co-governance tour to use one of its venues despite pressure to pull out.
A Waikato hapū is calling on Hamilton City Council to immediately abandon any plans to develop what Māori say is an historic pā site.
By Pokere Paewai, RNZ
After a five-year hiatus the biennial Tūhoe festival, Te Hui Ahurei a Tūhoe, is set to return over Easter weekend.
The Hui Ahurei is the longest running iwi festival in Aotearoa. It marked its 50th year in 2021 but those celebrations have been pushed back till now.
Martin Rakuraku is the chairman of the local organising committee in Waimana, which will host this year's Ahurei.
By Diane McCarthy - Local Democracy Reporting
Kawerau Mayor Faylene Tunui described Saturday as “a rough day” and, with continuing shallow earthquakes still rocking the area, some residents have left town.
“Saturday was a really long day and it wore a lot of people down,” Tunui said. “People have just had a gutsful. They’re talking about leaving.”
Tangata whenua need to share stories about their ties to freshwater – because other groups will certainly be telling theirs, says Ōhiwa Harbour Implementation Forum chairman Toi Iti.
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta is headed to Beijing, in the government’s first ministerial visit to China, since the Covid-19 pandemic.
Whānau in the Bay of Plenty are partnering with a University of Waikato science scholar, in the hopes of netting profits in the aquaculture industry by getting ika in the mood.
The swarm of earthquakes plaguing Bay of Plenty residents could continue for weeks, a GNS seismologist says.
Closures on some of Mauao’s walking tracks are likely as authorities work to remove and research a “much larger scale” of Myrtle rust found in several small areas of the mountain.
By Roimata Mihinui, Rotorua Daily Post
Our senior athletes, including some in their 90s, are counting down to the Te Arawa Kaumātua Olympics at the Rotorua Events Centre next Friday.
Organiser Dr Laurie Morrison (Ngāti Whakaue) said the response was almost overwhelming with 38 teams making the deadline. She had anticipated that Cyclone Gabrielle would affect entries.
The inaugural Te Arawa Kaumātua Olympics was held in 2019.