Franklin District was a New Zealand territorial authority that lay between the Auckland metropolitan area and the Waikato Plains. As a formal territory,it was abolished on 31 October 2010 and divided between Auckland Council in the Auckland Region to the north and Waikato and Hauraki districts in the Waikato region to the south and east. The Auckland portion is now part of the Franklin Ward,which also includes rural parts of the former Manukau City.
The 1996 New Zealand general election was held on 12 October 1996 to determine the composition of the 45th New Zealand Parliament. It was notable for being the first election to be held under the new mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system,and produced a parliament considerably more diverse than previous elections. Under the new MMP system,65 members were elected in single-member districts by first-past-the-post voting,while a further 55 "top-up" members were allocated from closed lists to achieve a proportional distribution based on each party's share of the nationwide party vote.
John Archibald Banks is a New Zealand former politician. He was a member of Parliament for the National Party from 1981 to 1999,and for ACT New Zealand from 2011 to 2014. He was a Cabinet Minister from 1990 to 1996 and 2011 to 2013. He left Parliament after being convicted of filing a false electoral return –a verdict which was later overturned.
The Republic of New Zealand Party is an unregistered New Zealand political party which seeks to end monarchy in New Zealand. It was a registered party from 2005 to 2009,contesting two general elections in that time and each time receiving the lowest share of the party vote. After deregistration,some members continued in politics under the party name,though since at least 2011 only one person,Jack Gielen,has contested elections under the name.
Garry B. Mallett is a New Zealand politician. He was the fourth President of ACT New Zealand. As of 2010 he resides in Hamilton,New Zealand,and is a former owner-operator of a branch of Les Mills International there.
Port Waikato is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate which existed for four parliamentary terms from 1996 to 2008,and was recreated by the 2019/20 electoral redistribution ahead of the 2020 election. It was held by Bill Birch for one term,and by Paul Hutchison for the following three terms. From 2020,it was held by Andrew Bayly. All of these were members of the National Party.
Andrew Bruce Forbes Williams is a New Zealand former politician. In 2007 he won election as Mayor of North Shore City. Williams served on a community board during 2004–2007,and as a city councillor in the term before that in 2001–2004. North Shore City Council was abolished in October 2010,becoming part of the Auckland "Super City". Williams won election to the New Zealand Parliament on 26 November 2011 as a list MP for the New Zealand First Party,but only served one term.
Botany is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate,returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was contested for the first time at the 2008 general election,and won by Pansy Wong for the National Party. Following Wong's resignation in late 2010,a by-election returned Jami-Lee Ross,who was confirmed by the voters in the 2011 general election. Ross left the National Party in October 2018 and became an independent. Ross did not contest the seat at the 2020 general election,and was succeeded by the new National candidate,Christopher Luxon,who became the party's leader and the Leader of the Opposition in November 2021.
The Hunua electorate existed three times for the New Zealand House of Representatives beginning in 1978,based at the south end of the Auckland urban area,and named for the Hunua Ranges. It covered different geographical areas over those periods. The electorate was last represented by Andrew Bayly of the National Party before its dissolution in 2020.
Hauraki-Waikato is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate first established for the 2008 election. It largely replaced the Tainui electorate. Nanaia Mahuta of the Labour Party,formerly the MP for Tainui,became MP for Hauraki-Waikato in the 2008 general election and was re-elected in 2011,2014,2017 and 2020.
Waikato is an electorate in the New Zealand Parliament. A Waikato electorate was first created in 1871 and an electorate by this name has existed from 1871 to 1963,1969 to 1996,and 2008 to the present,though exact borders have often changed.
Taupō is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate returning one Member of Parliament to the House of Representatives. Taupo first existed between 1963 and 1981,and was recreated for the introduction of MMP in 1996. The current MP for Taupōis Louise Upston of the National Party. She has held this position since 2008.
The 2009 Mount Albert by-election was held in the New Zealand electorate of Mount Albert on 13 June 2009. There were fifteen candidates in the election. David Shearer of the Labour Party won the election with 63% of the vote. The seat was vacated by former Labour Prime Minister Helen Clark,who resigned from the New Zealand Parliament on 17 April 2009 following her appointment to head the United Nations Development Programme. Main issues surrounding the campaign included the building of the Waterview Connection and the Auckland Region becoming a supercity.
Celia Margaret Wade-Brown is a New Zealand politician who served as the 34th Mayor of Wellington,the capital city of New Zealand,from 2010 until 2016.
The 2020 New Zealand general election was held on Saturday 17 October 2020 to determine the composition of the 53rd New Zealand Parliament. Voters elected 120 members to the House of Representatives,72 from single-member electorates and 48 from closed party lists. Two referendums,one on the personal use of cannabis and one on euthanasia,were also held on the same day. Official results of the election and referendums were released on 6 November.
Jamie Ross Strange is a New Zealand politician. He is a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party.
Heartland New Zealand is a New Zealand political party founded in 2020. The party is rural-based,and opposed the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme,the Paris Agreement,and attempts to limit the environmental impacts of agriculture.
Donna Marie Pokere-Phillips is a New Zealand politician known for her conspiracy-driven views. She is the co-leader of the NZ Outdoors &Freedom Party,and is their 2023 candidate in the Hauraki-Waikato electorate. She is ranked fourth on the joint list being run by "umbrella" party Freedoms NZ.
James Samuel McDowall is a New Zealand libertarian politician who was elected to the New Zealand parliament at the 2020 general election as a representative of the ACT New Zealand party.
The 2022 Hamilton West by-election was a by-election in New Zealand's Hamilton West electorate. The seat became vacant due to the resignation of former Labour Party MP Gaurav Sharma on 18 October 2022 after expulsion from the party caucus.
