Te Tai Rawhiti

Te Tai Rawhiti (lit. 'The East Coast') was one of the five new New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorates created in for MMP. It largely replaced its English-named predecessor, Eastern Maori, though Te Tai Rawhiti's boundary was retracted significantly in the central North Island.

Te Tai Rawhiti only existed for one electoral term, and in was largely replaced by Waiariki and Ikaroa-Rāwhiti.

Population centres
The electorate was based in the Bay of Plenty and East Cape regions, as well as parts of eastern Waikato, and included the following population centres:
 * Edgecumbe
 * Kawerau
 * Morrinsville
 * Murupara
 * Ōpōtiki
 * Putāruru
 * Rotorua
 * Te Aroha
 * Tauranga
 * Tokoroa
 * Tolaga Bay
 * Whakatāne

Tribal areas
The electorate included the following tribal areas:
 * Ngāti Ranginui
 * Ngāi Te Rangi
 * Te Arawa
 * Ngāti Awa
 * Ngāi Tūhoe
 * Whakatohea
 * Ngāi Tai
 * Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
 * Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa
 * Ngāti Tūwharetoa
 * Ngāti Porou
 * Ngāti Ruapani
 * Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti

History
Te Tai Rawhiti was one of the five new Māori electorates created for the 1996 election with the introduction of mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation, and which were all won by the Tight Five of New Zealand First.

In the it was substantially replaced by Waiariki.

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