2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 January 2017 2013 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election New Zealand 2013 parliamentary no 2011 New Zealand general election 2011 general 2014 New Zealand general election 2014 general y 2013 06 29 33.13% 100px Meka Whaitiri New Zealand Labour Party 4,590 40.90% 19.81pp 100px Te Hamua Nikora Mana Party (New Zealand) 2,931 26.12% 11.84pp ma‾-o•ri Na Raihania Māori Party 2,229 19.86% 3.24pp 100px Marama Davidson Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 1,251 11.15% 11.15pp Ikaroa-rawhiti electorate 2008.png 200px MP Parekura Horomia New Zealand Labour Party Meka Whaitiri New Zealand Labour Party A by-election was held in the New Zealand electorate of Ikaroa-Rāwhiti on 29 June 2013. The seat was vacated by the death of incumbent member of parliament Parekura Horomia two months earlier, who had represented the electorate for the Labour Party since its inception for the 1999. The election was won by Labour's Meka Whaitiri. Date Horomia died on 29 April 2013. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10880438 Labour MP Parekura Horomia dies The New Zealand Herald 29 April 2013 Once the Registrar of Birth and Deaths receives the registration of death for a sitting MP, they must inform the Speaker of the House within 12 hours, http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0087/latest/DLM308558.html Section 58: Registrar of Births and Deaths to notify Speaker of death of member – Electoral Act 1993 No 87 (as of 1 July 2012) – New Zealand Legislation Parliamentary Counsel Office 9 May 2013 and then the Speaker must publish, without delay, the notice of vacancy of the seat in the New Zealand Gazette. The notice was published in the Gazette on 8 May 2013. Carter David David Carter (politician) 8 May 2013 Notice of Vacancy in Seat in House of Representatives New Zealand Gazette 2013 51 1517 New Zealand Government https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2013-ps2588 The Governor-General must issue the writ for a by-election to fill a vacant electorate seat within 21 days of the Gazette notice (i.e. 29 May 2013). http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0087/latest/DLM309454.html Section 129: By-elections for members representing electoral districts – Electoral Act 1993 No 87 (as of 1 July 2012) – New Zealand Legislation Parliamentary Counsel Office 9 May 2013 The writ must be returned with the successful candidate within 50 days of its issue,http://www.legislation.co.nz/act/public/1993/0087/latest/DLM309482.html#DLM309482 Electoral Act 1993, Sec. 139 Legislation.co.nz 17 August 2011 5 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120114123024/http://www.legislation.co.nz/act/public/1993/0087/latest/DLM309482.html#DLM309482 14 January 2012 dead dmy-all which means the writ must be returned, and therefore the election must have taken place, by 18 July 2013. As polling day must be a Saturday, and two weeks are generally required for the counting of special votes, the last possible polling day is therefore Saturday 29 June 2013. After the notice of vacancy was published, Prime Minister John Key announced the by-election date has been set as Saturday 29 June 2013.Chapman Kate June by-election for Horomia's seat http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/8648229/June-by-election-for-Horomias-seat 10 May 2013 Stuff 8 May 2013 Candidates Seven candidates were contesting the by-election.Ikaroa-Rāwhiti By-election Candidates Announced http://www.elections.org.nz/news-media/ikaroa-r%C4%81whiti-election-candidates-announced Elections New Zealand 5 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006152606/http://www.elections.org.nz/news-media/ikaroa-r%C4%81whiti-election-candidates-announced 6 October 2014 dead It was won by Meka Whaitiri of the Labour Party.Ikaroa-Rawhiti goes to the vote http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/8859010/Ikaroa-Rawhiti-goes-to-the-vote 29 June 2013 Stuff 29 June 2013 The following candidates contested the election: The Labour Party selected Meka Whaitiri, CEO of Ngāti Kahungunu. Other candidates who had sought nomination were Ngāti Kahungunu board member Hayden Hape, health specialist Molly Keelen-Para, Hastings district councillor Henare O'Keefe, development advisor Tāmati Olsen, and broadcaster Shane Taurima.Burr Lloyd Labour's potential Horomia replacements https://www.newshub.co.nz/politics/labours-potential-horomia-replacements-2013052311 https://web.archive.org/web/20160423034903/http://www.newshub.co.nz/politics/labours-potential-horomia-replacements-2013052311 dead 23 April 2016 3 News 25 September 2021 Duo vie for Labour position https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/duo-vie-for-labour-position/3JYZQZZAQOYGYJLNCHHSICTAEI/ 25 September 2021 15 May 2013 Hawke's Bay Today Broadcaster eyes vacancy http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10883457/ 19 May 2013 15 May 2013 The New Zealand Herald Claire TrevettShane Taurima joins race for Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/shane-taurima-joins-race-ikaroa-rawhiti-election-5442967 TVNZ 20 May 2013Hape noncommittal http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/8628622/Hape-noncommittal 19 May 2013 3 May 2013 Manawatu Standard Mathew Grocott The Māori Party selected Na Raihania, who contested the same seat for them in the last general election.Māori Party announces Na Rongowhakaata Raihania as Candidate for Ikaroa Rāwhiti by-election (press release) http://www.maoriparty.org/index.php?pag=nw&id=1992&p=m257ori-party-announces-na-rongowhakaata-raihania-as-candidate-for-ikaroa-r257whiti-byelection.html https://archive.today/20130704045845/http://www.maoriparty.org/index.php?pag=nw&id=1992&p=m257ori-party-announces-na-rongowhakaata-raihania-as-candidate-for-ikaroa-r257whiti-byelection.html dead 4 July 2013 Maori Party 19 May 2013 18 May 2013 Prison officer to represent Maori Party in by-election https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-ao-maori/135630/prison-officer-to-represent-maori-party-in-by-election 19 September 2026 RNZ 20 May 2013 en-nz Two other candidates, Te Rangihau Gilbert and Mark Kopua, had also sought the nomination. The Mana Party selected Te Hamua Nikora, a television presenter, as its candidate for the by-election.Mana announces Ikaroa-Rawhiti candidate http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/135747/mana-announces-ikaroa-rawhiti-candidate Radio New Zealand 23 May 2013 The other person who had been considered for nomination was kōhanga reo manager Leon Hawea.Mana chooses potential candidates for Ikaroa/Rawhiti http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/135417/mana-chooses-potential-candidates-for-ikaroa-rawhiti 19 May 2013 17 May 2013 Radio New Zealand The Green Party selected environmentalist and human rights advocate Marama Davidson. Greens select child abuse campaigner for Ikaroa-Rawhiti http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10886243 26 May 2013 Adam Bennett The New Zealand Herald 26 May 2013Marama Davidson selected as Green Party candidate for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti (press release) http://www.greens.org.nz/press-releases/marama-davidson-selected-green-party-candidate-ikaroa-r-whiti Green Party 26 May 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130904040806/https://www.greens.org.nz/press-releases/marama-davidson-selected-green-party-candidate-ikaroa-r-whiti 4 September 2013 dmy-all The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party selected lawyer and cannabis law reform advocate Michael Appleby.Vote Michael Appleby in the Ikaroa Rawhiti By-election http://alcp.org.nz/vote2014/node/2 Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 5 June 2013 https://archive.today/20130628021038/http://alcp.org.nz/vote2014/node/2 28 June 2013 dead dmy-all Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party launch By-Election campaign (press release) http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1306/S00020/aotearoa-legalise-cannabis-party-launch-by-election-campaign.htm Scoop.co.nz 5 June 2013 Two independents contested the by-election: Adam Holland and Maurice Wairau. Impact TV3 political editor Patrick Gower reported two days before the election that, according to sources within the Labour caucus, Labour leader David Shearer has been put on notice and given two months to achieve better poll results, or else face a leadership challenge.Gower Patrick Shearer put on notice by Labour MPs http://www.3news.co.nz/Shearer-put-on-notice-by-Labour-MPs/tabid/1607/articleID/303006/Default.aspx 27 June 2013 TV3 News 27 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140328115347/http://www.3news.co.nz/Shearer-put-on-notice-by-Labour-MPs/tabid/1607/articleID/303006/Default.aspx 28 March 2014 dead This followed recent polls for the next general election that showed Labour in the low 30 percent, (e.g. the Herald-DigiPoll from mid-June that showed Labour at 30.9%, with a margin of error of 3.6%. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10893025 Poll shock: Labour, Shearer take dive as Nats roll on Audrey Young The New Zealand Herald A5 26 June 2013 26 June 2013), although the party was well up on its 2011 general election result of 27.48 percent. Earlier in the week, Shearer had downplayed Labour's hopes for winning the by-election, despite the party having held the electorate since its inception for the 1999 and expected by mainstream media to again win the by-election.Rutherford Hamish Poll win seen as crucial for David Shearer http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/national/8851945/Poll-win-seen-as-crucial-for-David-Shearer 27 June 2013 The Press 28 June 2013 Matt McCarten of the Mana Party claimed that sources within the Māori Party had told him that if Mana came ahead of their party, they would make amends, and commentators agreed that a strong result for Mana away from their Northland base would spell the end to the Māori Party's claim to be independent political voice for tangata whenua. Right-wing political blogger David Farrar called the poll result "a good victory for Labour", and commented that Whaitiri "could be one of the better Labour MPs".Farrar David Ikaroa-Rawhiti byelection: a good victory for Labour http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/ikaroa-rawhiti-byelection-good-victory-labour-ck-142212 30 June 2013 National Business Review 30 June 2013 David Farrar (New Zealand) 1 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130701230742/http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/ikaroa-rawhiti-byelection-good-victory-labour-ck-142212 dead Results References Category:2013 elections in New Zealand Ikaroa-Rawhiti 2013 Category:Māori electorates Category:June 2013 in New Zealand