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Tukituki is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate in Hawke's Bay. It returns one member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was established for the 1996 general election and is named after the Tukituki River. Neighbouring electorates are Napier to the north, Wairarapa to the south, and Rangitīkei over the ranges to the west.

Formation1996
RegionHawke's Bay
Territorial authorityHastings District
Central Hawke's Bay District
CharacterUrban and rural
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Tukituki
Single-member general constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Formation1996
RegionHawke's Bay
Territorial authorityHastings District
Central Hawke's Bay District
CharacterUrban and rural
Term3 years
Member for Tukituki

Catherine Wedd[1]
since 14 October 2023
PartyNational
Electorate officeHastings
Previous MPAnna Lorck (Labour)
Party vote distribution




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The current member of Parliament is Catherine Wedd of the National Party, who won the seat from first-term Labour MP Anna Lorck at the 2023 general election.

Population centres

Tukituki was created ahead of the change to mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting at the 1996 election; it was a merger of the old Hastings seat with Central Hawke's Bay District. Tukituki centres on the southern Hawke's Bay region, with the bulk of the electorate's population coming from the city of Hastings, with the rural towns of Havelock North, Flaxmere, Clive and Ōtāne, and the coastal communities of Haumoana, Te Awanga, Ocean Beach and Waimārama drafted in to bring the electorate up to the required population. In 2008, a general northwards tug on boundaries in the Taranaki, Manawatū-Whanganui and Hawke's Bay regions saw Waipukurau and Waipawa moved into the Wairarapa electorate, in exchange for which Tukituki gained the suburbs and towns around Cape Kidnappers from the Napier electorate.[2] No boundary adjustments were undertaken in the subsequent 2013/14 and 2020 redistributions.[3][4] In the 2025 boundary review, the electorate lost the rural communities north of the Ngaruroro River to Napier.[5]

History

Labour's Rick Barker,[6] who had represented Hastings since 1993, was elected as MP, and re-elected twice. National's Craig Foss[7] first contested the electorate in the 2002 election, but Barker comfortably held it.[8] Ranked 47th on National's party list, Foss did not enter Parliament.[9]

With a large provincial swing to the National Party in the 2005 election, Foss took the seat.[10] This was the third time in over thirty years that a Hastings electorate had elected a National MP – the other two times being National's landslide victories in 1975 and 1990. Foss was returned to Parliament with a greatly increased majority in the 2008 election.[11] His majority increased to nearly 10,000 votes in the 2011 election.[12] In the 2014 election, his majority dropped to 6,490 votes.[13] Foss quit politics at the 2017 general election[14] and Lawrence Yule was elected, retaining it for the National Party.

Anna Lorck narrowly took the seat off of Yule in the 2020 election, returning it to Labour after 15 years with National.[15]

The 2023 election saw Catherine Wedd re-capture the electorate back from Labour for National. Hawke's Bay Today described it as part of a "blue wave" across Hawke's Bay; Wedd overturned a 1,590 Labour majority, with a margin of 10,118 votes.[16]

Members of Parliament

Key

  Labour   National

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Election Winner
1996 election Rick Barker
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election Craig Foss
2008 election
2011 election
2014 election
2017 election Lawrence Yule
2020 election Anna Lorck
2023 election Catherine Wedd
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List MPs

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

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Election Winner
2005 election Rick Barker
2008 election
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Election results

2026 election

The next election will be held on 7 November 2026. Candidates for Tukituki are listed at Candidates in the 2026 New Zealand general election by electorate § Tukituki. Official results will be available after 27 November 2026.[17]

2023 election

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2023 general election: Tukituki[18]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Catherine Wedd 21,981 53.5% — 17,165 41.3%
Labour Red XN Anna Lorck 11,863 28.9% 10,518 25.3%
Green Nick Ratcliffe 2,383 5.8% — 3,284 7.9%
ACT Rob Douglas 2,016 4.9% — 5,117 12.3%
NZ Loyal Rob Hulman 1,030 2.5% — 620 1.5%
Legalise Cannabis Romana (Marnz) Manning 631 1.5% 228 0.5%
Independent Michael Ngahuka 379 0.9% —
Independent Melanie Lorraine Petrowski 181 0.4%
Independent Allister David Tosh 66 0.2%
Independent Michael Ponk 45 0.1%
Animal Justice   68 0.2%
DemocracyNZ   71 0.2%
Freedoms NZ   123 0.3%
Leighton Baker Party   35 0.1%
New Conservatives   64 0.2%
New Nation   14 0.0%
NZ First   2550 6.1%
NewZeal   432 1.0%
Te Pāti Māori   410 1.0%
Opportunities   587 1.4%
Women's Rights   39 0.1%
Informal votes 507 264
Total valid votes 41,082 41,589
Turnout 41,863
National gain from Labour Majority 10118 +24.2%
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2020 election

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2020 general election: Tukituki[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Anna Lorck 19,132 45.51 +5.38 20,300 47.93 +13.90
National Red XN Lawrence Yule 17,542 41.72 −5.70 12,524 29.57 −19.46
Green Chris Perley 1,808 4.30 −0.83 2,273 5.36 0.26
ACT Jan Daffern 1,051 2.50 — 3,745 8.84 +8.50
New Conservative Nick McMinn-Collard 685 1.62 +1.08 902 2.12 +1.79
Legalise Cannabis Marnz Manning 521 1.23 — 204 0.48 +0.17
Advance NZ Carl Peterson 336 0.79 — 396 0.93 —
ONE Melanie Lorraine Petrowski 175 0.41 — 104 0.24 —
Future Youth Allister David Tosh 50 0.11 −0.10
NZ First   869 2.05 −5.78
Opportunities   454 1.07 −0.87
Māori Party   162 0.38 +0.03
Outdoors   33 0.07 +0.01
Sustainable NZ   25 0.05 —
Social Credit   20 0.04 −0.01
Vision NZ   19 0.04 —
TEA   5 0.01 —
Heartland   5 0.01 —
Informal votes 737 309
Total valid votes 42,037 42,349
Turnout 42,349
Labour gain from National Majority 1,590 3.78 −3.52
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2017 election

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2017 general election: Tukituki[20]
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Lawrence Yule 18,280 47.42 −4.58 19,166 49.03 −2.78
Labour Anna Lorck 15,467 40.13 +6.33 13,302 34.03 11.27
NZ First Joe Kairau 2,027 5.26 — 3,062 7.83 +0.17
Green Chris Perley 1,977 5.13 −0.92 1,993 5.1 −3.44
Conservative Roger Larkins 209 0.54 −4.85 129 0.33 −6.21
Future Youth Allister David Tosh 82 0.21 —
Democrats Dick Ryan 51 0.13 −0.14 18 0.05 ±0
Opportunities   758 1.94 —
Māori Party   135 0.35 −0.16
ACT   134 0.34 −0.06
Legalise Cannabis   123 0.31 −0.11
Ban 1080   40 0.1 −0.04
United Future   33 0.08 −0.08
People's Party   30 0.08 —
Outdoors   24 0.06 —
Mana   9 0.02 −0.66[a]
Internet   6 0.02 −0.66[b]
Informal votes 454 128
Total valid votes 38,547 39,090
National hold Majority 2,813 7.3 −10.9
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2014 election

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2014 general election: Tukituki[21]
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Green tickY Craig Foss 18,537 52.00 −6.42 18,680 51.81 −0.79
Labour Anna Lorck 12,047 33.80 +4.50 8,205 22.76 −1.38
Green Chris Perley 2,156 6.05 −0.94 3,078 8.54 −1.12
Conservative Stephen Jenkinson 1,920 5.39 +2.14 2,357 6.54 +2.74
Legalise Cannabis Romana (Marnz) Manning 355 0.96 −0.08 150 0.42 −0.16
ACT Duncan Lennox 163 0.46 −0.30 144 0.40 −1.06
Democrats Dick Ryan 97 0.27 +0.05 18 0.05 +0.01
NZ First   2,357 7.66 +1.81
Internet Mana   244 0.68 +0.34
Māori Party   185 0.51 −0.26
United Future   59 0.16 −0.49
Ban 1080   50 0.14 +0.14
Civilian   12 0.03 +0.03
Focus   5 0.01 +0.01
Independent Coalition   4 0.01 +0.01
Informal votes 368 135
Total valid votes 35,643 36,057
National hold Majority 6,490 18.20 −11.18
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2011 election

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2011 general election: Tukituki[12]
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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Green tickY Craig Foss 19,378 58.42 +1.24 17,935 52.60 +2.36
Labour Julia Haydon-Carr 9,718 29.30 −5.67 8,231 24.14 −8.01
Green Jim MacDonald 2,319 6.99 +1.89 3,294 9.66 +3.64
Conservative Stephen Jenkinson 1,078 3.25 +3.25 1,296 3.80 +3.80
Legalise Cannabis Romana (Marnz) Manning 352 1.06 +1.06 198 0.58 +0.22
ACT Robert Burnside 252 0.76 −0.73 498 1.46 −2.89
Democrats Barry Pulford 74 0.22 +0.02 15 0.04 −0.02
NZ First   1,995 5.85 +2.68
Māori Party   263 0.77 −0.10
United Future   220 0.65 +0.10
Mana   117 0.34 +0.34
Libertarianz   19 0.06 +0.03
Alliance   17 0.05 −0.04
Informal votes 787 225
Total valid votes 33,171 34,098
National hold Majority 9,660 29.12 +6.90
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Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,708[22]

2008 election

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2008 general election: Tukituki[11]
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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Green tickY Craig Foss 20,103 57.18 17,904 50.24
Labour Rick Barker 12,292 34.96 11,457 32.15
Green Quentin Duthie 1,792 5.10 2,146 6.02
ACT Duncan Lennox 523 1.49 1,552 4.35
Progressive Dawn Patchett 270 0.77 309 0.87
Alliance Thomas O'Neill 104 0.30 32 0.09
Democrats Barry Pulford 73 0.21 22 0.06
NZ First   1,129 3.17
Māori Party   310 0.87
United Future   196 0.55 –
Bill and Ben   187 0.52
Kiwi   135 0.38
Legalise Cannabis   127 0.36
Family Party   63 0.18
Pacific   37 0.10
Workers Party   14 0.04
Libertarianz   10 0.03
RAM   5 0.01
RONZ   4 0.01
Informal votes 284 134
Total valid votes 35,157 35,639
National hold Majority 7,811 22.22
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2005 election

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2005 general election: Tukituki[10]
Notes:

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Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Craig Foss 17,239 49.31 +17.83 16,487 46.50
Labour Red XN Rick Barker 14,837 42.44 −9.47 13,353 37.66
Green Liz Earth 1,171 3.35 1,373 3.87
United Future Jocelyn Smith 670 1.92 856 2.41
Māori Party Ngahiwi Tomoana 541 1.55 256 0.72
ACT John Ormond 456 1.30 407 1.15
Direct Democracy Scott Burch 49 0.14 10 0.03
NZ First   1,852 5.22
Progressive   458 1.29
Destiny   183 0.52
Legalise Cannabis   87 0.25
Christian Heritage   50 0.14
Alliance   22 0.06
99 MP   14 0.04
Democrats   13 0.04
One NZ   10 0.03
Libertarianz   8 0.02
Family Rights   6 0.02
RONZ   3 0.01
Informal votes 329 135
Total valid votes 34,963 35,454
National gain from Labour Majority 2,402 6.87 +27.30
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1999 election

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

Notes

  1. [a]
    2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election
  2. [b]
    2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election

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