Māori electorates

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New Zealand parliamentary electorate reserved political constituency

Māori electorates are New Zealand parliamentary constituencies reserved for voters of Māori descent, providing dedicated representation for Māori in the House of Representatives.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Māori electorates canonical	3
Māori electorates in New Zealand Parliament	1
New Zealand Māori electorates	1
Northern Māori electorate	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Zealand parliamentary electorate ⓘ reserved political constituency ⓘ
administeredBy	Electoral Commission (New Zealand) ⓘ
appliesToDemographicGroup	Māori ⓘ
associatedPeople	Member of Parliament of New Zealand ⓘ surface form: Māori Members of Parliament
category	Indigenous political representation ⓘ New Zealand electorates ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	not entrenched in New Zealand Constitution Act 1986 ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
createdBy	Māori Representation Act 1867 ⓘ
electoralRollOption	Māori roll ⓘ general roll ⓘ
electoralSystemFeature	do not increase total number of seats in Parliament under MMP ⓘ number of Māori electorates depends on number of voters on Māori roll ⓘ
governedByRule	electorate boundaries reviewed regularly by Representation Commission ⓘ
hasElectoralEvent	Māori Electoral Option ⓘ
hasElectoralRight	Māori voters may choose between Māori and general electorates ⓘ
hasElectorate	Hauraki-Waikato ⓘ Ikaroa-Rāwhiti ⓘ Te Tai Hauāuru ⓘ Te Tai Tokerau ⓘ Te Tai Tonga ⓘ Tāmaki Makaurau ⓘ Waiariki ⓘ
historicalNote	number of Māori electorates increased with adoption of MMP in 1996 ⓘ originally four Māori seats were created in the 19th century ⓘ
inceptionContext	introduced when Māori had limited property rights under colonial franchise rules ⓘ
influences	Māori political representation and participation ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	English ⓘ Māori ⓘ
legalBasis	Electoral Act 1993 ⓘ surface form: Electoral Act 1993 (New Zealand)
legislativeBodyRepresented	New Zealand House of Representatives ⓘ
numberOfElectorates	7 ⓘ
partOfElectoralSystem	Mixed-Member Proportional ⓘ surface form: New Zealand mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system
politicalDebate	subject of ongoing debate about effectiveness and necessity of separate Māori seats ⓘ
politicalSignificance	mechanism for guaranteed Māori representation in Parliament ⓘ
precededBy	Māori representation system established in 1867 ⓘ
purpose	provide dedicated representation for Māori in the New Zealand House of Representatives ⓘ
relatedConcept	Māori electoral roll ⓘ general electorates (New Zealand) ⓘ reserved seats ⓘ
representationType	ethnic electorate ⓘ geographical electorate ⓘ
rollChoiceFrequency	every five years during the Māori Electoral Option ⓘ
startTime	1868 ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation	constituency-based representation ⓘ
votingEligibilityCriterion	voter must be enrolled on the Māori electoral roll ⓘ voter must be of Māori descent ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Māori Party → focusesOn → Māori electorates ⓘ

Electoral Act 1993 → governs → Māori electorates ⓘ

New Zealand general elections → include → Māori electorates ⓘ

Matiu Rata → officeContested → Māori electorates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Māori electorate

New Zealand general electorates → hasParallelElectorates → Māori electorates ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Zealand Māori electorates

Māori people → politicalRepresentation → Māori electorates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Māori electorates in New Zealand Parliament