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About Hawke's Bay constituencies

The Hawke’s Bay region has seven constituencies represented by Councillors, with representation determined by the Electoral Commission New Zealand and based on population. 

• Māui ki te Raki Māori constituency – 1 Councillor
• Māui ki te Tonga Māori constituency – 1 Councillor
• Wairoa general constituency – 1 Councillors
• Ngaruroro general constituency – 1 Councillor
• Ahuriri/Napier general constituency – 3 Councillors
• Heretaunga/Hastings general constituency – 3 Councillors|
  
• Tamatea/Central Hawke’s Bay general constituency - 1 Councillor

The region’s boundaries as a whole are determined by river catchments and the flow of water within these. 

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Māori constituencies

The Hawke's Bay Regional Council has voted to retain Māori constituencies. A decision that will result in a binding poll at the next local government elections in 2025.

Māori wards or constituencies guarantee Māori representation on a local authority and provide for Māori participation in council decision-making. Find out more.

For the Regional Council’s Māori constituencies, the following applies:

• Only those electors on the Māori electoral roll can vote for candidates standing for a Māori constituency. Similarly, only those on the general electoral roll can vote for candidates standing for a general constituency.
• Any eligible person can stand as a candidate for either a Māori constituency or a General constituency – to be eligible you must be a New Zealand citizen, a parliamentary elector anywhere in New Zealand and nominated by two electors registered to vote in the area you are standing in. For candidates for a Māori constituency that means that both of their nominees must be enrolled on the Māori roll in the same constituency they are standing for.
• A person does not need to be of Māori descent or be on the Māori electoral roll to stand for a Māori constituency.

Check your constituency

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