Purpose This quarterly review provides a summary of significant Māori focused social, economic, Treaty and political policy developments for the period July to September 2017. Within the quarter we reviewed seven data set publications, two research reports, three Government policy documents and four Government reports. Information summaries are provided in
Day: September 29, 2017
As noted above, this election result is particularly good for the Labour Party in regards to votes received from the Māori electorates. Their main political rival in these seats, the Māori Party, has suffered very badly. Our assessment of this outcome for the Māori Party is fourfold. First, the Māori
In regards to Māori Electorate seat voting, as has been widely reported in the media, the Labour Party has taken a clean sweep of all seven seats, effectively removing the Māori Party from the next Parliament. Salient points of note: Te Ururoa Flavell, Co-leader of the Māori Party and Cabinet
Māori electorate voting patterns show a much stronger voting preference for parties on the political left, particularly Labour. We advise, in total, there were 244,498 Māori registered on the Māori electorate roll for this election.[1] Salient findings are that: 52% of Māori on the Māori electoral roll voted, i.e. 126,114
When Parliament recommences, (likely to be 17 October), there will be at least 23 Māori members. This represents 19% of the total 120 seats, slightly above the proportion of Māori in the population, which is 15%. Without Māori electorate seats, Māori representation in Parliament would be 13%. The table below
The preliminary General Election results, for political parties that will be in the next Parliament, are shown in the table below.[1] Party Party Votes % of Votes Electorate Seats List Seats Total Seats National 998,813 46.0 41 17 58 Labour 776,556 35.8 29 16 45 NZ First 162,988 7.5