List of New Zealand electorates

Electorates in New Zealand were initially created for election to the first parliament in 1853. Since then there have been numerous changes, perhaps the largest being in 1996 for the introduction of MMP.

Māori electorates
The first four Māori electorates were established for special elections in 1868, during the term of the fourth parliament. These four seats remained until the country's change to a mixed-member proportional system in 1996, when a large number of general electorate seats were changed as well.

Mining electorates
The gold mining electorates were created to represent the significant mining populations of the West Coast and Otago in the 1860s.