30 electorates

The Single Transferable Vote system requires dividing New Zealand into 24-30 large electorates, with each electorate represented by between 3 and 7 MPs. The general idea is that electorates should be large (in population) in the main urban centres, and smaller (with proportionately fewer MPs) in rural and provincial areas. We think that having 30 electorates is rather more plausible than 24, as it enables rural electorates to be kept to a more manageable geographic size. We have assumed the following electorates for STV, taking the 70 electorates used in the 2008 election as a starting point.

New electorate

Name

Number of MPs

Corresponding electorate(s) in 2008

0Northland4Northland (12/28), Whangarei (12/28), Rodney (4/28)
1Northern Gateway4Rodney (8/28), East Coast Bays (1/28), Helensville (12/28), Waitakere (7/28)
2North Shore5Northcote (12/35), North Shore (12/35), East Coast Bays (11/35)
3Waitakere5Waitakere (5/35), Te Atatu (12/35), New Lynn (12/35), Mt Albert (6/35)
4Auckland Central7Auckland Central (12/49), Mt Albert (6/49), Mt Roskill (12/49), Epsom (12/49), Tamaki (7/49)
5Auckland East5Maungakiekie (12/35), Tamaki (5/35), Pakuranga (12/35), Manukau East (6/35)
6Manukau6Mangere (12/42), Manukau East (6/42), Botany (12/42), Manurewa (12/42)
7Papakura3Papakura (12/21), Hunua (9/21)
8Hamilton4Hamilton East (12/28), Hamilton West (12/28), Waikato (4/28)
9Waikato-Coromandel3Hunua (3/21), Waikato (8/21), Coromandel (10/21)
10Western Bay of Plenty4Tauranga (12/28), Bay of Plenty (12/28), Coromandel (2/28), Rotorua (2/28)
11Ruapehu3Taranaki-King Country (8/21), Taupo (7/21), Rangitikei (6/21)
12Taranaki-Whanganui4New Plymouth (12/28), Taranaki-King Country (4/28), Whanganui (12/28)
13Eastern Bay of Plenty3East Coast (6/21), Rotorua (10/21), Taupo (5/21)
14Hawkes Bay3Tukituki (3/21), Napier (12/21), East Coast (6/21)
15Wairarapa3Wairarapa (12/21), Tukituki (9/21)
16Manawatu-Horowhenua4Palmerston North (12/28), Rangitikei (6/28), Otaki (10/28)
17Rimutaka4Mana (12/28), Rimutaka (12/28), Otaki (2/28), Ohariu (2/28)
18Wellington7Wellington Central (12/49), Rongotai (12/49), Hutt South (12/49), Ohariu (10/49), Kaikoura (3/49)
19Tasman3Nelson (12/21), West Coast-Tasman (5/21), Kaikoura (4/21)
20North Canterbury3Waimakariri (12/21), Kaikoura (5/21), Christchurch East (4/21)
21Christchurch Central5Christchurch Central (12/35), Ilam (12/35), Christchurch East (8/35), Wigram (3/35)
22Port Hills3Port Hills (12/21), Wigram (9/21)
23Mid-Canterbury3Selwyn (12/21), Rangitata (9/21)
24Dunedin4Dunedin North (12/28), Dunedin South (12/28), Waitaki (4/28)
25Otago-Westland3Waitaki (8/21), Rangitata (3/21), West Coast-Tasman (7/21), Clutha-Southland (3/21)
26Southland3Invercargill (12/21), Clutha-Southland (9/21)
27Northern Maori4Te Tai Tokerau (12/28), Tamaki Makaurau (12/28), Hauraki-Waikato (4/28)
28Central Maori4Te Tai Hauauru (8/28), Waiariki (12/28), Hauraki-Waikato (8/28)
29Southern Maori4Te Tai Tonga (12/28), Ikaroa-Rawhiti (12/28), Te Tai Hauauru (4/28)