List of New Zealand electorates

Electorates in New Zealand were initially created for election to the first parliament in 1853. Since then there have been numerous changes, perhaps the largest being in 1996 for the introduction of MMP.

Māori electorates

The first four Māori electorates were established for special elections in 1868, during the term of the fourth parliament. These four seats remained until the country's change to a mixed-member proportional system in 1996, when a large number of general electorate seats were changed as well.

Electorate name	Area	Established	Abolished	Replaced with
Northern Maori	Northland and Auckland	1868	1996	Te Tai Tokerau
Eastern Maori	Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne	1868	1996	Te Tai Rawhiti and Te Puku O Te Whenua
Western Maori	Taranaki, Manawatū-Whanganui	1868	1996	Te Tai Hauāuru and Te Puku O Te Whenua
Southern Maori	South Island and Stewart Island	1868	1996	Te Tai Tonga and Te Puku O Te Whenua
Hauraki	Auckland and Waikato	1999	2002	Tāmaki Makaurau and Tainui
Tainui	Auckland and Waikato	2002	2008	Hauraki-Waikato
Te Puku O Te Whenua	Lower North Island	1996	1999	Ikaroa-Rāwhiti
Te Tai Rawhiti	Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and Waikato	1996	1999	Waiariki and Ikaroa-Rāwhiti

The gold mining electorates were created to represent the significant mining populations of the West Coast and Otago in the 1860s.

Electorate name	Area	Established	Abolished
Gold Field Towns	Queenstown, Arrowtown, Cromwell, Clyde, Alexandra, Dunstan Creek, Roxburgh, Hamiltons, Lawrence and Havelock	1865	1870
Gold Fields	Various gold mining areas across standard electorates in the province of Otago during the Otago gold rush	1862	1870
Westland Boroughs	Greymouth and Hokitika boroughs	1867	1870