North Shore (New Zealand electorate)

North Shore
North Shore
Single-member constituency; for the New Zealand House of Representatives
	Location of North Shorewithin Auckland
Region	Auckland
Current constituency
Current MP	Simon Watts
Party	National

Last updated March 25, 2024

North Shore is a parliamentary electorate that returns one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for North Shore is Simon Watts of the National Party,^[1] who at the 2020 election was elected to succeed the retiring Maggie Barry, also of National.^[2]

Population centres

The 1941 New Zealand census had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account. The North Island gained a further two electorates from the South Island due to faster population growth. The abolition of the country quota through the Electoral Amendment Act, 1945 reduced the number and increased the size of rural electorates. None of the existing electorates remained unchanged, 27 electorates were abolished, eight former electorates were re-established, and 19 electorates were created for the first time, including North Shore.^[3]

The boundaries of the North Shore electorate were last adjusted for the first election held using the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system in 1996, when the number of general electorates decreased from 95 (1993) to 60 (1996), and the electorate expanded to the north into an area previously belonging to East Coast Bays. No boundary adjustments were undertaken in the subsequent redistributions in 2002,^[4] 2007,^[5] and 2013/14.^[6]

North Shore stretches up the eastern coast of North Shore City in Auckland, starting in the south at Devonport and moving northwards to take in Lake Pupuke and the suburbs of Takapuna and Campbells Bay. North Shore is predominantly New Zealand European, and has an average income high above the national average, boasting some of the most expensive real estate in the country.

History

The seat has been contested at every election in New Zealand since 1946, and except for a single victory by future Labour Attorney-General Martyn Finlay in its first contest, has been safely held by the National Party ever since.

Wayne Mapp held the electorate from 1996 until his retirement in 2011.^[7] He was succeeded by Maggie Barry, who won the 2011 and 2014 elections.^[8]^[9]

Members of Parliament

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and started at general elections.

Key

Labour National United NZ NZ First Mauri Pacific ACT

Election	Winner
1946 election		Martyn Finlay
1949 election		Dean Eyre
1951 election
1954 election
1957 election
1960 election
1963 election
1966 election		George Gair
1969 election
1972 election
1975 election
1978 election
1981 election
1984 election
1987 election
1990 election		Bruce Cliffe
1993 election
1993 election
1996 election		Wayne Mapp
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election		Maggie Barry
2014 election
2017 election
2020 election		Simon Watts
2023 election		Simon Watts

List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the North Shore electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Election	Winner
1996 election		Ann Batten
		Ann Batten
		Derek Quigley
1999 election		Helen Duncan
2002 election		Helen Duncan
		Deborah Coddington
		Barbara Stewart
2008 election		John Boscawen
2008 election		Phil Twyford
2011 election		Andrew Williams

Election results

2020 election

2020 general election: North Shore^[10]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Simon Watts		19,202	46.19	-13.55	14,411	34.05	-23.65
	Labour	Romy Udanga		15,468	37.21	+9.71	17,498	41.35	+15.33
	Green	Liz Rawlings		2,595	6.24		3,530	8.34	+1.73
	ACT	Nick Kearney		1,596	3.84	+2.27	4,172	9.86	+8.92
	Opportunities	Shai Navot		1,493	3.59	-0.56	806	1.90	-0.49
	New Conservative	Mike Brewer		791	1.90		511	1.21	+0.99
	Advance NZ	Megan Elspeth Osborn		201	0.48		230	0.54	+0.50
	Outdoors	Sue Dick		138	0.33		26	0.06	+0.02
	Sustainable NZ	Mari Huusko		87	0.21		38	0.09
	NZ First						802	1.90	−3.35
	Māori Party						104	0.25	−0.01
	TEA						80	0.19
	Legalise Cannabis						66	0.16	−0.02
	ONE						32	0.08
	Vision NZ						7	0.02
	Social Credit						5	0.01	−0.02
	Heartland						1	0.00
Informal votes				663			178
Total valid votes				41,571			42,319
Turnout				42,617	83.01^[11]	+2.50
	National hold		Majority	3,734	8.98	−23.26

2017 election

2017 general election: North Shore^[12]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Maggie Barry		23,564	59.74	-2.73	23,009	57.70	-3.88
	Labour	Romy Udanga		10,848	27.50	+8.38	10,375	26.02	+11.84
	NZ First	Josh Hubbard		2,108	5.34	—	2,097	5.25	−0.57
	Opportunities	Matt Isbister		1,639	4.15	—	953	2.39	—
	ACT	Nick Kearney		621	1.57	+0.06	372	0.94	−0.47
	Logic Party	Miriam Clements		166	0.43	—
	Green						2,638	6.61	−4.06
	Māori Party						103	0.26	−0.19
	Conservative						86	0.22	−4.12
	Legalise Cannabis						69	0.18	−0.09
	United Future						22	0.06	−0.19
	Outdoors						14	0.04	—
	People's Party						13	0.04	—
	Ban 1080						11	0.03	±0.00
	Democrats						10	0.03	−0.06
	Internet						9	0.03	−0.62
	Mana						7	0.02	−0.63
Informal votes				493			83
Total valid votes				39,439			39,871
Turnout				40,136	80.51^[13]	+1.46
	National hold		Majority	12,716	32.24	−11.10

2014 election

2014 general election: North Shore^[9]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Maggie Barry		23,783	62.47	+0.03	23,762	61.58	-0.58
	Labour	Claire Szabó		7,280	19.12	-1.45	5,473	14.18	-2.05
	Green	Brett Stansfield		3,728	9.79	+2.09	4,118	10.67	-0.18
	Conservative	Melissa Perkin		2,199	5.78	+3.29	1,673	4.34	+2.11
	ACT	Nick Kearney		575	1.51	-2.05	545	1.41	-0.51
	Democrats	Tim Leitch		97	0.25	+0.25	34	0.09	+0.06
	NZ First						2,246	5.82	+0.96
	Internet Mana						250	0.65	+0.48^{[lower-alpha 1]}
	Maori Party						174	0.45	-0.15
	Legalise Cannabis						103	0.27	-0.06
	United Future						98	0.25	-0.23
	Ban 1080						13	0.03	+0.03
	Civilian						12	0.03	+0.03
	Independent Coalition						4	0.01	+0.01
	Focus						2	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				412			78
Total valid votes				38,074			38,585
Turnout				38,585	78.49	+3.00
	National hold		Majority	16,503	43.34	+1.47

2011 election

2011 general election: North Shore^[8]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Maggie Barry		22,709	62.44	+0.59	23,113	62.16	+4.10
	Labour	Ben Clark		7,481	20.57	-3.44	6,036	16.23	-5.17
	Green	Pieter Watson		2,802	7.70	+1.50	4,035	10.85	+4.24
	ACT	Don Brash		1,293	3.56	-0.41	714	1.92	-5.55
	Conservative	Craig Jensen		904	2.49	+2.49	829	2.23	+2.23
	NZ First	Andrew Williams		900	2.47	+0.89	1,806	4.86	+1.92
	United Future	Damian Light		173	0.48	-0.20	179	0.48	-0.46
	Libertarianz	Michael Murphy		108	0.30	+0.05	41	0.11	+0.03
	Maori Party						223	0.60	+0.002
	Legalise Cannabis						123	0.33	+0.07
	Mana						62	0.17	+0.17
	Democrats						12	0.03	+0.01
	Alliance						8	0.02	-0.04
Informal votes				592			174
Total valid votes				36,370			36,962
	National hold		Majority	15,228	41.87	+4.03

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 48,963^[14]

2008 election

2008 general election: North Shore^[15]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Wayne Mapp		23,824	61.85		22,738	58.06
	Labour	Phil Twyford		9,250	24.01		8,381	21.40
	Green	Pieter Watson		2,389	6.20		2,590	6.61
	ACT	John Boscawen		1,528	3.97		2,927	7.47
	NZ First	Joe Gregory		612	1.59		1,149	2.93
	Family Party	Louise Cleary		514	1.33		176	0.45
	United Future	Damian Light		261	0.68		370	0.94
	Libertarianz	Michael Murphy		94	0.24		33	0.08
	RAM	Stephen Cooper		47	0.12		13	0.03
	Maori Party						234	0.60
	Progressive						165	0.42
	Bill and Ben						139	0.35
	Legalise Cannabis						104	0.27
	Kiwi						83	0.21
	Alliance						24	0.06
	Pacific						13	0.03
	Workers Party						10	0.03
	Democrats						9	0.02
	RONZ						4	0.01
Informal votes				268			102
Total valid votes				38,519			39,162
	National hold		Majority	14,574	37.84

2005 election

2005 general election: North Shore^[16]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Wayne Mapp		21,975	59.56	+15.58	20,125	53.49	+26.06
	Labour	Phil Twyford		12,274	33.26	+4.16	11,252	29.91	-1.36
	United Future	Ross Tizard		865	2.34	-1.54	807	2.14	-4.81
	ACT	Nick Kearney		835	2.26	-6.55	1,144	3.04	-11.09
	Progressive	Paula Gillon		544	1.47	+0.61	261	0.69	-0.36
	Maori Party	Raewyn Harrison		265	0.72		106	0.28
	Libertarianz	Michael Murphy		140	0.38		21	0.06
	Green						1,940	5.16	-1.28
	NZ First						1,683	4.47	-5.70
	Destiny						120	0.32
	Legalise Cannabis						55	0.15	-0.17
	Christian Heritage						53	0.14	-0.70
	One NZ						13	0.03	-0.02
	99 MP						11	0.03
	Alliance						10	0.03	-0.78
	Direct Democracy						10	0.03
	Family Rights						6	0.02
	Democrats						5	0.01
	RONZ						1	0.003
Informal votes				430			90
Total valid votes				36,898			37,623
	National hold		Majority	9,701	26.30	+11.42

1999 election

Refer to Candidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#North Shore for a list of candidates.

1996 election

1996 general election: North Shore^[17]^[18]^[19]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Wayne Mapp		15,763	43.48		15,612	42.89
	ACT	Derek Quigley		5,415	14.94		5,015	13.78
	Alliance	Joel Cayford		4,897	13.51	-10.86	2,125	5.84
	Labour	Perry Cameron		4,375	12.07		7,518	20.65
	NZ First	Ann Batten		4,165	11.49		3,547	9.74
	Christian Coalition	Julie Belding		780	2.15		1,181	3.24
	Progressive Green	Cassandra Doherty		313	0.86		103	0.28
	McGillicuddy Serious	Felix Clark		263	0.73		87	0.24
	Green Society	Bradley Heising		109	0.30		50	0.14
	Superannuitants & Youth	Trevor Gilligan		88	0.24		41	0.11
	Natural Law	Gail Pianta		84	0.23		43	0.12
	United NZ						476	1.31
	Legalise Cannabis						456	1.25
	Ethnic Minority Party						71	0.20
	Animals First						50	0.14
	Conservatives						11	0.03
	Libertarianz						11	0.03
	Asia Pacific United						4	0.01
	Mana Māori						3	0.01
	Advance New Zealand						0	0.00
	Te Tawharau						0	0.00
Informal votes				225			73
Total valid votes				36,252			36,404
	National gain from United NZ		Majority	10,348	28.54

1993 election

1993 general election: North Shore^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Cliffe	10,168	45.50	-8.74
	Alliance	Joel Cayford	5,445	24.37
	Labour	Carl Harding	4,132	18.49
	NZ First	Richard Stevens	1,851	8.28
	Christian Heritage	Mary-Anne Gladwell	341	1.52
	McGillicuddy Serious	Barry Bryant	288	1.28
	Natural Law	Gail Pianta	118	0.52
Majority			4,723	21.13	-6.95
Turnout			22,343	86.67	+0.06
Registered electors			25,778

1990 election

1990 general election: North Shore^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Cliffe	11,944	54.24
	Labour	Graeme Ransom	5,761	26.16	-19.22
	Green	Tony Dunlop	2,943	13.36
	NewLabour	Barry Kirker	882	4.00
	Democrats	Sandra Ann Ewan-Willis	197	0.89
	McGillicuddy Serious	Simon Holroyd	168	0.76
	Independent	Blanche Victoria Holloway	124	0.56
Majority			6,183	28.08
Turnout			22,019	86.61	-0.88
Registered electors			25,422

1987 election

1987 general election: North Shore^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	George Gair	10,589	48.62	+1.71
	Labour	Graeme Ransom	9,883	45.38
	Democrats	F Holmes	861	3.95
	NZ Party	Stephen Greenfield	445	2.04
Majority			920	4.22	-11.55
Turnout			21,778	87.49	-4.55
Registered electors			24,891

1984 election

1984 general election: North Shore^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	George Gair	11,034	46.91	-1.21
	Labour	Peter Harris	7,324	31.13
	NZ Party	Reg Davies	3,737	15.88
	Social Credit	Dick Ryan	1,371	5.82	-16.28
	Independent	Malcolm Moses	54	0.22
Majority			3,710	15.77	-2.58
Turnout			23,520	92.04	+2.42
Registered electors			25,553

1981 election

1981 general election: North Shore^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	George Gair	10,407	48.12	-2.76
	Labour	Peter Chambers	6,438	29.77
	Social Credit	Dick Ryan	4,779	22.10
Majority			3,969	18.35	-4.51
Turnout			21,624	89.62	+23.84
Registered electors			24,128

1978 election

1978 general election: North Shore^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	George Gair	10,351	50.88	-5.37
	Labour	Gene Anthony Thomas Leckey	5,701	28.02
	Social Credit	Ian Fraser	3,485	17.13
	Values	Virginia Horrocks	803	3.94
Majority			4,650	22.86	-3.48
Turnout			20,340	65.78	-15.27
Registered electors			30,921

1975 election

1975 general election: North Shore^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	George Gair	11,202	56.25	+4.69
	Labour	Wyn Hoadley	5,955	29.90
	Values	Don Donnelly	1,581	7.93
	Social Credit	Ron Barnett	1,153	5.79	-1.39
	Socialist Unity	Morris Mennell	22	0.11
Majority			5,247	26.34	+14.18
Turnout			19,913	81.05	-8.72
Registered electors			24,568

1972 election

1972 general election: North Shore^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	George Gair	9,665	51.56	-5.69
	Labour	Colin Chiles	6,844	36.51
	Social Credit	Ron Barnett	1,346	7.18	+1.25
	Values	S A W Brydon	816	4.35
	New Democratic	P B Smith	74	0.39
Majority			2,281	12.16	-9.26
Turnout			18,745	89.77	-0.29
Registered electors			20,880

1969 election

1969 general election: North Shore^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	George Gair	10,595	57.25	+8.18
	Labour	Donald Frederick Dugdale	6,631	35.83
	Social Credit	Ron Barnett	1,098	5.93
	Independent	Odette Vivienne Leather	180	0.97
Majority			3,964	21.42	+14.83
Turnout			18,504	90.06	+3.94
Registered electors			20,545

1966 election

1966 general election: North Shore^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	George Gair	8,240	49.07
	Labour	Michael Bassett	7,132	42.47
	Social Credit	Eva Hill	1,418	8.44	+3.96
Majority			1,108	6.59
Turnout			16,790	86.12	-4.89
Registered electors			19,494

1963 election

1963 general election: North Shore^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Dean Eyre	9,301	55.25	+1.27
	Labour	Reginald Keeling	6,544	38.87
	Social Credit	Eva Hill	755	4.48
	Liberal	J E Pasley	234	1.39
Majority			2,757	16.37	+5.13
Turnout			16,834	91.01	+0.09
Registered electors			18,495

1960 election

1960 general election: North Shore^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Dean Eyre	8,727	53.98	+4.66
	Labour	Peter Lawrence Smith	6,910	42.74	-3.78
	Social Credit	Arthur Richards	431	2.66	-0.64
	Independent	Blanche Victoria Holloway	97	0.60	-0.25
Majority			1,817	11.24	+8.44
Turnout			16,165	90.92	-3.52
Registered electors			17,778

1957 election

1957 general election: North Shore^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Dean Eyre	8,122	49.32	-3.09
	Labour	Peter Lawrence Smith	7,660	46.52
	Social Credit	Arthur Richards	544	3.30
	Independent	Blanche Victoria Holloway	140	0.85
Majority			462	2.80	-6.99
Turnout			16,466	94.44	+3.90
Registered electors			17,434

1954 election

1954 general election: North Shore^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Dean Eyre	7,463	52.41	-5.02
	Labour	Arthur Faulkner	6,068	42.61
	Social Credit	Frank Procter	707	4.96
Majority			1,395	9.79	-5.07
Turnout			14,238	90.54	-0.53
Registered electors			15,725

1951 election

1951 general election: North Shore^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Dean Eyre	8,328	57.43	+2.74
	Labour	Richard Wrathall	6,173	42.56
Majority			2,155	14.86	+5.48
Turnout			14,501	91.07	-4.00
Registered electors			15,922

1949 election

1949 general election: North Shore^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Dean Eyre	7,835	54.69
	Labour	Martyn Finlay	6,491	45.31	-5.56
Majority			1,344	9.38
Turnout			14,326	95.07	+0.86
Registered electors			15,068

1946 election

1946 general election: North Shore^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martyn Finlay	7,015	50.87
	National	Henry Thorne Morton	6,776	49.13
Majority			239	1.73
Turnout			13,791	95.93
Registered electors			14,375

Table footnotes

↑ 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.

Notes

↑ "Simon Watts". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
↑ "National MP Maggie Barry announces retirement at 2020 election". Stuff. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 91–96.
↑ "Electorate Profile: North Shore" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament . Parliamentary Library. October 2005. p. 3. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ Report of the Representation Commission 2007 (PDF). Representation Commission. 14 September 2007. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ Willis, Liz (15 December 2010). "National MP Wayne Mapp to retire". Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 4 October 2014.
1 2 "Official Count Results – North Shore (2011)". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
1 2 "Official Count Results – North Shore (2014)". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
↑ "North Shore – Official Results". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
↑ "Electorate Candidate Votes and Turnout by Electorate". Electoral Commission . Retrieved 26 November 2021.
↑ "Official Count Results – North Shore". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
↑ "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate". Electoral Commission . Retrieved 6 April 2018.
↑ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
↑ 2008 election results
↑ 2005 election results
↑ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – North Shore, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 26 July 2013.
↑ "Part III – Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
↑ "Part III – Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. p. 71.
↑ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990. p. 75.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Norton 1988, p. 292.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Norton 1988, p. 291.
↑ "The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1951–52". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
↑ "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
↑ "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

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v t e Current New Zealand electorates
North Island	Auckland Central Bay of Plenty Botany Coromandel East Coast East Coast Bays Epsom Hamilton East Hamilton West Hutt South Kaipara ki Mahurangi Kelston Mana Māngere Manurewa Maungakiekie Mount Albert Mount Roskill Napier New Lynn New Plymouth North Shore Northcote Northland Ōhāriu Ōtaki Pakuranga Palmerston North Panmure-Ōtāhuhu Papakura Port Waikato Rangitīkei Remutaka Rongotai Rotorua Takanini Tāmaki Taranaki-King Country Taupō Tauranga Te Atatū Tukituki Upper Harbour Waikato Wairarapa Wellington Central Whanganui Whangaparāoa Whangārei
South Island	Banks Peninsula Christchurch Central Christchurch East Dunedin Ilam Invercargill Kaikōura Nelson Rangitata Selwyn Southland Taieri Waimakariri Waitaki West Coast-Tasman Wigram
Māori	Hauraki-Waikato Ikaroa-Rāwhiti Tāmaki Makaurau Te Tai Hauāuru Te Tai Tokerau Te Tai Tonga Waiariki

North Shore
Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of North Shorewithin Auckland
Region	Auckland
Current constituency
Current MP	Simon Watts
Party	National