Kaipara ki Mahurangi

Kaipara ki Mahurangi is an electorate to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was created for the 2020 election.

Kaipara ki Mahurangi
Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Region	Auckland
Current constituency
Created	2020
Current MP	Chris Penk
Party	National

Population centres

The electorate consists of a large northern section of the Auckland Region. It stretches from the border with Northland to the northwestern end of Waitematā Harbour, and consists mostly of various satellite towns north of Auckland. Population centres within the electorate include:^[1]

• Wellsford
• Warkworth
• Snells Beach
• Helensville
• Waimauku
• Huapai
• Kumeū
• Riverhead
• Muriwai

History

The electorate was created after rapid population growth in the former Rodney electorate caused the northern section to be carved off and incorporated into Helensville, which in turn lost the Waitakere Ranges to New Lynn and an area around Coatesville and Dairy Flat to Whangaparāoa.^[2][3] Initially, it was proposed to keep the name Helensville, but after opposition from residents in the Kowhai Coast area, that name was scrapped and it was named Kaipara ki Mahurangi instead.^[2][4] The electorate draws its name from two areas of geographic importance, the Kaipara Harbour, in the west of the electorate, and the Mahurangi River, which is located on the eastern end of the constituency. Translated, the name essentially means Kaipara to Mahurangi, or Kaipara-Mahurangi.

Members of Parliament

Key   National

Election	Winner
2020 election		Chris Penk
2023 election

List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.

Key   Labour   NZ First

Election
2020 election		Marja Lubeck
2023 election		Jenny Marcroft

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election: Kaipara ki Mahurangi[5]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Chris Penk		28,281	57.60	+12.81	23,725	47.63	+13.80
	Labour	Guy Wishart		8,822	17.96	-17.09	8,450	16.96	-23.19
	Green	Zephyr Brown		4,739	9.65	+3.27	4,767	9.57	+3.29
	ACT	Brent Bailey		2,970	6.04	-0.52	6,011	12.06	+0.84
	NZ First	Jenny Marcroft		2,531	5.15	+2.47	3,311	6.64	+4.07
	DemocracyNZ	Sarah Brewer		1,292	2.63	+2.63	300	0.60
	Opportunities						914	1.83	+0.54
	NZ Loyal						874	1.75	+1.75
	NewZeal						365	0.73	+0.73
	Te Pāti Māori						338	0.67	+0.40
	Legalise Cannabis						186	0.37	+0.05
	Freedoms NZ						126	0.25	+0.25
	Animal Justice						113	0.22	+0.22
	New Conservatives						75	0.15	-1.33
	Women's Rights						44	0.08	+0.08
	New Nation						31	0.06	+0.06
	Leighton Baker Party						24	0.04	+0.04
Informal votes				460			148
Total valid votes				49,095			49,802
	National hold		Majority	19,459	39.63	+29.89

2020 election

2020 general election: Kaipara ki Mahurangi[6]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Chris Penk		20,402	44.79	—	15,547	33.83	—
	Labour	Marja Lubeck		15,967	35.05	—	18,451	40.15	—
	ACT	Beth Houlbrooke		2,989	6.56	—	5,158	11.22	—
	Green	Zephyr Brown		2,904	6.38	—	2,887	6.28	—
	NZ First	Brenda Steele		1,220	2.68	—	1,181	2.57	—
	New Conservative	Pauline Berry		686	1.51	—	682	1.48	—
	Independent	David Ford		248	0.54	—
	ONE	Richard Reeves		208	0.46	—	142	0.31	—
	Social Credit	Callan Neylon		198	0.43	—	41	0.09	—
	Advance NZ						671	1.46	—
	Opportunities						591	1.29	—
	Legalise Cannabis						146	0.32	—
	Māori Party						126	0.27	—
	Outdoors						59	0.13	—
	Sustainable NZ						54	0.12	—
	TEA						16	0.03	—
	Vision New Zealand						10	0.02	—
	Heartland						7	0.02	—
Informal votes				730			191
Total valid votes				45,552			45,960
Turnout				46,094[7]	86.82	—
	National win new seat		Majority	4,435	9.74

References

1. "Map of electorates for the 2020 and 2023 electorates". 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
2. "Report of the Representation Commission 2020" (PDF). 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
3. Whyte, Anna (17 April 2020). "New electorate revealed, as raft of boundary changes announced prior to election 2020". Retrieved 18 April 2020.
4. "Boundary Review 2019/20: View submissions". Retrieved 21 April 2020.
5. "Kaipara ki Mahurangi - Official Result". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
6. "Kaipara ki Mahurangi – Official Result (2020)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
7. "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate (2020)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2021.