Northern Maori was one of the four original New Zealand

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 Parliamentary Māori electorates

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, from 1868 to 1996.

Population centres

The electorate includes the following population centres: Auckland

Auckland

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, Whangarei

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.

Tribal Areas

The electorate includes the following tribal areas:

History

The Northern Maori electorate boundary was in South Auckland. It extended from Auckland

Auckland

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 City north to Northland, and had only minor boundary changes from 1868 to 1996.

The first member of parliament for Northern Maori from 1868

First Māori elections

The first Māori elections were held in 1868 in four newly formed Māori electorates during the term of 4th Parliament.All subsequent Māori elections were always held as part of the general elections.-History:...

 was Frederick Nene Russell

Frederick Nene Russell

Frederick Nene Russell was a Māori member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was one of four Māori elected in 1868 for the new Māori electorates in the New Zealand parliament.He represented the electorate of Northern Maori from 1868 to 1870 when he retired....

; he retired in 1870. The second member of parliament from 1871 to 1875 and in 1887 was Wiremu Katene.

The electorate was held by Labour

New Zealand Labour Party

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 from 1938

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. Paraire Karaka Paikea

Paraire Karaka Paikea

Paraire Karaka Paikea was a New Zealand politician who captured the Rātana Movement's third Māori electorate of Northern Maori from Taurekareka Henare in 1938. He was Minister without portfolio representing the Māori race from 1941 to 1943 and was also Māori Recruiting Director on the War...

 died in 1943, and was replaced by his son Tapihana Paraire Paikea

Tapihana Paraire Paikea

Tapihana Paraire Paikea, also known as Dobson, is a former New Zealand politician and Ratana morehu who won the Northern Maori electorate for Labour in 1943...

.

In 1979, Matiu Rata

Matiu Rata

Matiu Rata was a New Zealand Māori politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Northern Maori from 1963 to 1979, the Minister of Lands and Minister of Māori Affairs in the Third Labour Government of New Zealand between 1972 and 1975...

 resigned from the Labour Party

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 as a protest against Labour policies. In 1980 he resigned from Parliament, but came second in the subsequent by-election. The by-election was won by the Labour candidate, Bruce Gregory

Bruce Gregory

Bruce Craig Gregory was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.Gregory won the , which was caused by the resignation of the previous incumbent, Matiu Rata and held the seat until 1993, when Tau Henare won the seat for New Zealand First.-References:New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984...

.

Tau Henare

Tau Henare

Tau Henare is a New Zealand Māori parliamentarian. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1993 to 1999 and returned to Parliament in 2005. He has been involved with four political parties: Mana Motuhake, New Zealand First, Mauri Pacific and the National Party - representing three in...

 won the electorate from Gregory for New Zealand First in 1993

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; a foretaste of the success of Henare and the other New Zealand First candidates (known as the Tight Five

Tight Five

-Parliamentary terms:-History:The Tight Five was a nickname given to the five Māori elected to the New Zealand Parliament in 1996 from the centrist/nationalist New Zealand First party....

) in the Māori electorates in 1996

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. In 1996 with MMP

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, the Northern Maori electorate was replaced by Te Tai Tokerau

Te Tai Tokerau

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, and won by Henare.

Tau Henare

Tau Henare

Tau Henare is a New Zealand Māori parliamentarian. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1993 to 1999 and returned to Parliament in 2005. He has been involved with four political parties: Mana Motuhake, New Zealand First, Mauri Pacific and the National Party - representing three in...

 is a great-grandson of Taurekareka Henare

Taurekareka Henare

Taurekareka Henare was a Māori politician of the Reform Party.-Background and early life:Henare was born at Pipiwai in the Bay of Islands, in 1878 or 1877. His father, Henare Wynyard, was said to be the son of Robert Wynyard, acting governor of New Zealand...

 who had held the electorate for the Reform Party

New Zealand Reform Party

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 from 1914 to 1938.

Election results

The Northern Maori electorate was represented by 15 Members of Parliament:

Key

Election	Winner
1868 Māori election First Māori elections The first Māori elections were held in 1868 in four newly formed Māori electorates during the term of 4th Parliament.All subsequent Māori elections were always held as part of the general elections.-History:...		Frederick Nene Russell Frederick Nene Russell Frederick Nene Russell was a Māori member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was one of four Māori elected in 1868 for the new Māori electorates in the New Zealand parliament.He represented the electorate of Northern Maori from 1868 to 1870 when he retired....
		Wi Katene Wi Katene Wiremu Katene, known as Wi Katene, was a Māori member of the New Zealand parliament. He was the second MP for Northern Maori.He represented the seat of Northern Maori from 1871 to 1875 when he was defeated; and in 1887 from 9 May to 15 July, when he was again defeated.In November 1872, he was the...
		Hori Tawhiti Hori Tawhiti Hori Karaka Tawhiti was a 19th century Māori member of the New Zealand parliament.He represented the seat of Northern Maori from 1876 to 1879, when he was defeated by Hone Tawhai.He was a cabinet minister.-References:...
		Hone Tawhai Hone Tawhai Hone Mohi Tawhai was a 19th century Māori member of the New Zealand parliament.Hone Mohi Tawhai was born in the Hokianga in 1827 or 1828. He was about 12 years old when his father signed the Treaty of Waitangi in February 1840....
		Ihaka Hakuene Ihaka Hakuene Ihaka Hakuene was a 19th century Māori member of the New Zealand parliament.He represented the seat of Northern Maori from 1884 to 1887, when he died.-References:...
		Wi Katene Wi Katene Wiremu Katene, known as Wi Katene, was a Māori member of the New Zealand parliament. He was the second MP for Northern Maori.He represented the seat of Northern Maori from 1871 to 1875 when he was defeated; and in 1887 from 9 May to 15 July, when he was again defeated.In November 1872, he was the...
		Hirini Taiwhanga Hirini Taiwhanga Hirini Taiwhanga was a 19th century Māori member of the New Zealand parliament.He represented the seat of Northern Maori from 1887 to 1890 when he died. He had been re-elected in 1890, but died on election day.-References:...
		Eparaima Te Mutu Kapa Eparaima Te Mutu Kapa Eparaima Te Mutu Kapa was a 19th-century Māori member of the New Zealand parliament.-Political career:Kapa, who was from the Aupōuri iwi in Northland, contested and won the 1891 by-election for the seat of Northern Maori...
		Hone Heke Ngapua Hone Heke Ngapua Hone Heke Ngapuha was a Māori and Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was born in Kaikohe, and was named after his great-uncle Hone Heke....
		Te Rangi Hīroa
		Taurekareka Henare Taurekareka Henare Taurekareka Henare was a Māori politician of the Reform Party.-Background and early life:Henare was born at Pipiwai in the Bay of Islands, in 1878 or 1877. His father, Henare Wynyard, was said to be the son of Robert Wynyard, acting governor of New Zealand...
		Paraire Karaka Paikea Paraire Karaka Paikea Paraire Karaka Paikea was a New Zealand politician who captured the Rātana Movement's third Māori electorate of Northern Maori from Taurekareka Henare in 1938. He was Minister without portfolio representing the Māori race from 1941 to 1943 and was also Māori Recruiting Director on the War...
		Tapihana Paraire Paikea Tapihana Paraire Paikea Tapihana Paraire Paikea, also known as Dobson, is a former New Zealand politician and Ratana morehu who won the Northern Maori electorate for Labour in 1943...
		Matiu Rata Matiu Rata Matiu Rata was a New Zealand Māori politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Northern Maori from 1963 to 1979, the Minister of Lands and Minister of Māori Affairs in the Third Labour Government of New Zealand between 1972 and 1975...
		Bruce Gregory Bruce Gregory Bruce Craig Gregory was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.Gregory won the , which was caused by the resignation of the previous incumbent, Matiu Rata and held the seat until 1993, when Tau Henare won the seat for New Zealand First.-References:New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984...
		Tau Henare Tau Henare Tau Henare is a New Zealand Māori parliamentarian. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1993 to 1999 and returned to Parliament in 2005. He has been involved with four political parties: Mana Motuhake, New Zealand First, Mauri Pacific and the National Party - representing three in...