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Story: Ngā māngai – Māori representation

Māori electorates map

  • 1867-1919

  • 1919-1951

  • 1951-1954

  • 1954-1984

  • 1984-1987

  • 1987-1995

  • 1995-1998

  • 1998-2002

  • 2002-2004

  • 2004-2007

  • 2007-present

Click on this series of maps to see how the Māori electorates have changed, in number and shape, over time. (Note that the maps show only the major changes.) In 1867, when most Māori men were given the vote, four separate Māori seats were created. By 2004 the number had grown to seven.

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Source: Elections New Zealand.

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Rawiri Taonui, Ngā māngai – Māori representation – Effect of Māori seats, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/33907/maori-electorates-map (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rawiri Taonui, published 5 June 2012, updated 15 July 2016.