From Wellington in the south, to Potaka, and inland to the Tarawera township, the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti region is a long and vast electorate. It includes towns like Gisborne, Wairoa, Napier, Hastings, Masterton and the Hutt.
Labour Party's Meka Whaitiri is the incumbent MP for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti.
| Current MP | Meka Whaitiri (LABOUR) |
|---|---|
| Majority | 4,210 |
| Total votes | 23,530 |
100% of booths reporting as at 1:33am
| Labour Party | 13246 votes – 100% | |
|---|---|---|
| Māori Party | 2266 votes – 17% | |
| Green Party | 1219 votes – 9% | |
| New Zealand First Party | 756 votes – 6% | |
| Advance NZ | 452 votes – 3% | |
| National Party | 436 votes – 3% | |
| Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party | 254 votes – 2% | |
| ACT New Zealand | 165 votes – 1% | |
| The Opportunities Party (TOP) | 139 votes – 1% | |
| ONE Party | 127 votes – 1% | |
| Vision New Zealand | 103 votes – 1% | |
| New Conservative | 83 votes – 1% | |
| NZ Outdoors Party | 39 votes – 0% | |
| Sustainable New Zealand Party | 6 votes – 0% | |
| Social Credit | 3 votes – 0% | |
| HeartlandNZ | 2 votes – 0% | |
| TEA Party | 2 votes – 0% | |
| Advance NZ | 0 votes – 0% | |
| MANA | 0 votes – 0% |
By Kevin Norquay, Stuff
Kevin Norquay is meeting CEOs all over the country, getting their stories. This week, the final week of the series, he talks to Oranga Tamariki's Chappie Te Kani.
Being Oranga Tamariki chief executive is a tough gig; at one end a bad news cyclone, at the other a public wanting results. Yet Chappie Te Kani is all civil service with a smile as he evokes his past to move into the future.
After 10 days and more than 200 kilometres courtesy of the 'waewae express', Te Aorere Pēwhairangi (Ngāti Porou) has completed his Waewae The 35 hīkoi to raise awareness and pūtea for whānau on the East Coast affected by the devastating impact of Cyclone Gabrielle.
Pēwhairangi, who walked the length of State Highway 35 from Gisborne to Wharekāhika (Hicks Bay), using the Ngāti Porou tribal boundaries as a guide, finished the last leg of the hīkoi on Saturday.
He simply said, "Done".
Aotearoa will realise its full potential in sport when Māori are able to participate and succeed as Māori, says Sport NZ.
The kaitiaki for Aotearoa's 'play, active recreation and sport system', this week established Te Taumata Māori to provide Sport NZ and High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) with leadership as they "work towards achieving their Te Tiriti commitments".
By Pokere Paewai, RNZ
The Oxford English Dictionary updates every three months, and this month includes a significant number of te reo Māori words.
Forty-seven new New Zealand words have been added to the dictionary, they include 'hooning,' (noun) "The action or practice of engaging in antisocial, aggressive, or irresponsible behaviour considered typical of a hoon."
The behind the scenes reality of grassroots Māori Wardens is set to be revealed in a documentary to screen on Whakaata Māori.
Māori Wardens follows them in their daily lives across Aotearoa.
“Like many people, I didn’t know what Māori Wardens really did,” the documentary's producer and director Susan Leonard (Te Arawa, Rangitāne) says.
“I saw them as guardian angels, kind people, keeping the peace, but after working on this documentary I realise they are all that and more."
A new portrait mural in Glen Innes, Auckland was revealed last week but it has already run into trouble.
it’s a collaboration between mural artist Owen Dippie and respected activist/artist Emily Karaka. It shows Karaka with a list of some of her activities and connections.
Stuart Nash is on his 'final warning' and has been demoted to the bottom of cabinet, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has said this afternoon.
Mavis Mullins is a trailblazing leader in business, agriculture and governance.
Now she can add rugby administrator to her impressive list of accomplishments, becoming the first female president of the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union.
Mullins (Rangitāne, Te Ātihaunui a Pāpārangi, Te Arawa) says while it's an honour and privilege, it's disappointing that there are still "firsts" like these in this day and age.
"But never mind, that's me, impatient!"
Thousands of Māori with dyslexia, which affects a person's ability to read, write and spell, are not being diagnosed, experts say.
"Māori are disproportionately disadvantaged by our current regime in New Zealand," dyslexia specialist Mike Styles has told 1 News.
"It would be in the tens of thousands of people in New Zealand who are missing out. And here's the thing. It is an equity issue for Māori. And it is, I believe, a treaty issue."
Diagnosis can cost up to $1500, which is out of reach for many Māori.
Well-known Australian-based singer-songwriter, Jen Cloher (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu), last week released her fifth album, I am the river, the river is me, an exploration and reclamation of Māoritanga, and a celebration of seeing herself as 'queer' and Māori - takatāpui.
Māori female musician, Theia (Waikato-Tainui, Ngaati Tiipaa) collaborated with Jen Cloher on her fifth album with the waiata, Toka Tū Moana.
A group of local and international scientists say climate change played a role in the devastating rainfall from Cyclone Gabrielle that claimed lives and wrought massive destruction.
Gisborne District Council will not be following Napier's example of testing floodwater in high-industry areas for contaminants following Cyclone Gabrielle.