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Hunua is the name of three seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives, all based at the south end of the Auckland urban area, and all named for the Hunua Ranges.

[edit] 1978-84

In an historical sense, the name could refer to an electorate that was contested in 1978 and 1981, before boundary changes forced its abolition ahead of the the 1984 election. The 1978 election was notable in that Labour candidate Malcolm Douglas held an election night majority of 301 votes. However, National candidate Winston Peters claimed irregularities in the vote, and in 1979 a Court-ordered recount resulted in 500 votes being reclassed as informal, giving Peters a majority of 192. Peters replaced Douglas in parliament. ^[1]

[edit] 1996-2002

It could also refer to a constuency created due to the change to Mixed Member Proportional voting and the resulting reduction in the number of constituencies. The second historical Hunua electorate contained a selection of dormitory towns in south Auckland, of which Papakura was the largest. The Hunua seat was abolished at the 2002 election.

[edit] 2008

In a modern sense, the name refers to a constituency which was fought for the first time at the 2008 election. The new Hunua seat is based around the southern and eastern fringes of the Auckland region, and contains the Franklin District towns of Pukekohe, Waiuku, Bombay, as well as Clevedon, Whitford and Maraetai from eastern Manukau. The resurrected Hunua seat officially replaces the redrawn and renamed seat of Port Waikato. The current MP is National's Dr Paul Hutchison, who held the Port Waikato seat earlier.

[edit] History

[edit] Members of Parliament for Hunua

Name	Party	Elected	Left Office	Reason
Winston Peters	National	1978	1981	defeated
Colin Moyle	Labour	1981	1984	seat abolished

Warren Kyd	National	1996, 1999	2002	seat abolished

Paul Hutchison	National	2008	Incumbent

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2008 election

General Election 2008: Hunua^[2]
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	National	Y Paul Hutchison		21,920	64.41	-	21,032	60.64
	Labour	Jordan Carter		6,062	17.81	-	6,836	19.71
	ACT	Roger Owen Douglas		3,068	9.02	-	2,859	8.24
	Green	Fiona Kenworthy (shaw)		1,525	4.48	-	1,168	3.37
	NZ First	Helen Mulford		997	2.93	-	1,516	4.37
	Kiwi	Frank Naea		209	0.61	-	130	0.37
	United Future	Toni Driller		195	0.57	-	286	0.82
	Libertarianz	Bruce Whitehead		56	0.16	-	10	0.03
	Bill and Ben	-					199	0.57	-
	Progressive	-					194	0.56	-
	Māori	-					189	0.54	-
	Legalise Cannabis	-					112	0.32	-
	Family Party	{{{candidate}}}					95	0.27	-
	Pacific	-					21	0.06	-
	Alliance	-					16	0.05	-
	Workers Party	-					9	0.03	-
	NZ Democrats	-					7	0.02	-
	RONZ	-					3	0.01	-
	RAM	-					2	0.01	-
Informal votes				299			118
Total Valid votes				34,032			34,684
	National win new seat		Majority	15,858

[edit] References

^ "NEW Zealand Labour Party. Hunua Electorate (B478)". National Archive of Manuscripts and Records. 2000-05-01. http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=117. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
^ 2008 election results

[0] "NEW Zealand Labour Party. Hunua Electorate (B478)". National Archive of Manuscripts and Records. 2000-05-01. http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=117. Retrieved 2008-11-06.

[1] 2008 election results

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