Waiariki — Māori electorate report

Political profile & infrastructure context

2023 political profile

MP (2023): Rawiri Waititi

Party: Te Pāti Māori

Winning margin: 52.2%

Winner vote share: —

Turnout: 70.84%

Electoral population: 67,111

Infrastructure context

Pipeline projects are tracked at the regional level. See the Waiariki region report and the live map for project-level exposure and completion-probability scores.

Sources & methodology. Project data from Te Waihanga's National Infrastructure Pipeline and public records. Completion Probability is a transparent heuristic (see https://nz-infrawatch.pages.dev/methodology/probability/). Approximations are flagged; no figures are fabricated. © 2026 NZ InfraWatch.