Find results and statistics for the 2018 Māori Electoral Option.
The 2018 Māori Electoral Option ran from 3 April to 2 August 2018.
The Māori Electoral Option is a chance for anyone who’s of Māori descent and enrolled to vote to choose which electoral roll to be on — the general roll or the Māori roll.
Learn more about Māori Electoral Options
Results and statistics for the 2018 Māori Electoral Option
Final results for the 2018 Māori Electoral Option
Changes to electoral roll type
New enrolments of Māori descent
Impact on rolls
Total rolls at end of option
Māori Roll to General Roll (A)
General Roll to Māori Roll (B)
General Roll (C)
Māori Roll (D)
Net Impact on Māori Roll +/(-) (E)
Net Impact on General Roll +/(-) (F)
Māori on Māori Roll
Māori on General Roll
10,163
7,956
1,808
3,407
1,200
4,015
247,494 (52%)
224,755 (48%)
Column E = B-A+D
Results by general electorate for the 2018 Māori Electoral Option
Electorate
Māori Roll to General Roll
General Roll to Māori Roll
Net Impact on Roll +/(-)
New Māori Descent Enrolments
Final Impact on Roll +/(-)
Auckland Central
75
79
-4
13
9
Bay of Plenty
221
178
43
46
89
Botany
47
36
11
16
27
Christchurch Central
90
81
9
12
21
Christchurch East
116
94
22
28
50
Clutha-Southland
99
87
12
25
37
Coromandel
197
144
53
27
80
Dunedin North
80
105
-25
42
17
Dunedin South
98
95
3
13
16
East Coast
705
456
249
100
349
East Coast Bays
44
34
10
11
21
Epsom
44
57
-13
12
-1
Hamilton East
164
127
37
29
66
Hamilton West
260
202
58
22
80
Helensville
122
109
13
20
33
Hunua
136
83
53
28
81
Hutt South
165
121
44
21
65
Ilam
66
53
13
17
30
Invercargill
176
126
50
20
70
Kaikoura
137
94
43
22
65
Kelston
102
96
6
18
24
Mana
198
129
69
32
101
Mangere
102
96
6
13
19
Manukau East
87
97
-10
23
13
Manurewa
183
144
39
37
76
Maungakiekie
131
105
26
15
41
Mt Albert
109
110
-1
12
11
Mt Roskill
53
53
0
9
9
Napier
281
176
105
43
148
Nelson
119
74
45
20
65
New Lynn
58
70
-12
11
-1
New Plymouth
177
174
3
48
51
North Shore
58
63
-5
14
9
Northcote
102
63
39
44
83
Northland
567
332
235
78
313
Ohariu
79
63
16
19
35
Otaki
211
146
65
30
95
Pakuranga
48
53
-5
12
7
Palmerston North
184
153
31
40
71
Papakura
268
137
131
42
173
Port Hills
92
80
12
17
29
Rangitata
70
77
-7
16
9
Rangitikei
224
164
60
33
93
Rimutaka
201
120
81
39
120
Rodney
105
85
20
22
42
Rongotai
86
128
-42
14
-28
Rotorua
412
328
84
60
144
Selwyn
102
89
13
20
33
Tamaki
47
77
-30
14
-16
Taranaki-King Country
223
171
52
46
98
Taupo
261
224
37
44
81
Tauranga
188
127
61
42
103
Te Atatu
114
117
-3
18
15
Tukituki
285
197
88
54
142
Upper Harbour
94
94
0
15
15
Waikato
187
165
22
25
47
Waimakariri
98
76
22
23
45
Wairarapa
235
170
65
42
107
Waitaki
86
79
7
20
27
Wellington Central
72
106
-34
11
-23
West Coast-Tasman
157
71
86
11
97
Whanganui
228
160
68
58
126
Whangarei
360
276
84
64
148
Wigram
77
80
-3
16
13
General Rolls Total 10,163 7,956 2,207 1,808 4,015
Results by Māori electorate for the 2018 Māori Electoral Option
Māori Electorate
General Roll to Māori Roll
Māori Roll to General Roll
Net Impact on Roll +/(-)
New Māori Descent Enrolment
Final Impact on Roll +/(-)
Hauraki-Waikato
962
1,349
-387
451
64
Ikaroa-Rawhiti
963
1,435
-472
577
105
Tamaki Makaurau
1,033
1,087
-54
317
263
Te Tai Hauauru
1,104
1,444
-340
482
142
Te Tai Tokerau
1,206
1,564
-358
722
364
Te Tai Tonga
1,715
1,977
-262
457
195
Waiariki
973
1,307
-334
401
67
Māori Rolls Total 7,956 10,163 -2,207 3,407 1,200
Totals for all electorates for the 2018 Māori Electoral Option
General Roll to Māori Roll and
New Māori Descent Enrolment
Total
18,119
5,215
Progressive results for the 2018 Māori Electoral Option
Changes to Electoral Roll Type
New Enrolments of Māori Descent
Impact on Rolls to date
Māori Roll to General Roll (A)
General Roll to Māori Roll(B)
General Roll(C)
Māori Roll(D)
Net Impacton Māori Roll+/(-) (E)
Net Impacton General Roll+/(-) (F)
3 April to 2 July 2018
9,274
6,728
1,402
2,114
(432)
3,948
3 April to 30 May 2018
8,538
5,950
764
1,162
(1,426)
3,352
3 April to 1 May 2018
7,093
4,610
215
431
(2,052)
2,698
Column E = B-A+D
