The Electoral Commission has made the decision to redraw electoral boundaries, due to the fact that we are now basing the electorates off the 72 electorates used for the 2020 election, instead of the 71 electorates used for the 2017 election, now that full election data is available for the 2020 election. The number of the electorates themselves will not be changed, and as such the aim of this redrawing is to preserve the existing boundaries.

Summary of changes

• The Waitākere Ranges are transferred from Northland to Waitematā.

• The suburb of New Windsor is now in Auckland Central instead of Waitematā.

• Ōtāhuhu, Papatoetoe and Puhinui are now in Auckland Central instead of Manukau.

• The entirety of the Port Waikato electorate is now in Manukau, resulting in the transfer of towns such as Tuakau, Pōkeno, Meremere and Te Kauwhata from Hauraki to Manukau.

• A small area of the South Waikato council area, seemingly containing no significant population centers, has been transferred from Ikaroa-Rāwhiti to Hauraki.

Map of electorates

Map of electorates with IRL electorates outlined

[Note: Panmure-Ōtāhuhu is split between Auckland Central and Manukau, the only electorate with such a split. The Otara area -- specifically, the Otara East, Otara Central, Ferguson, Otara South, and Otara West statistical areas 2 - has been given to Manukau, while the rest of the electorate is in Auckland Central.]