History
The Western Maori electorate extended from South Auckland and the Waikato to Taranaki and the Manawatu. The seat originally went to Wellington. With MMP it was replaced by the Te Tai Hauauru seat in 1996.
The first member of parliament for Western Maori from 1868 was Mete Kingi te Rangi Paetahi. From the 1890s to the 1930s the seat was held by various Reform Party MPs. In 1935, Haami Tokouru Ratana the eldest son of the founder of the Ratana Church won the seat and became the second Ratana MP; he became a Labour MP following the Labour-Ratana pact. From this point until the abolition of the seat prior to the 1996 election the seat was held by Labour MPs.
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