Mana is a New Zealand electorate, returning a single member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Mana is Barbara Edmonds of the Labour Party. She has held this position since the 2020 general election.
The electorate will be abolished ahead of the 2026 general election.
Population centres The Mana electorate is centred on Porirua city and includes the southern Kapiti Coast district. As of 2025, its boundaries extend from the north Wellington suburb of Linden to the southern edge of the Kapiti Coast Airport. The western boundary is with the Remutaka electorate, running through the Akatarawa Forest and abutting the Hutt South electorate at Boulder Hill.
Population centres within the electorate include Paraparaumu (south of the airport, and east of the railway), Raumati Beach, Raumati South, Paekākāriki, Pukerua Bay, Karehana Bay, Plimmerton, Mana, Camborne, Paremata, Whitby, Pāuatahanui, Porirua and Linden. History The electorate was created for the introduction of mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation in 1996 from the Porirua electorate and from the southern part of the Kapiti electorate, consisting of Paraparaumu south of the airport, Raumati South and Raumati Beach. The 1996 election was won by Labour's Graham Kelly, who was member for the former Porirua electorate.
The electorate was expanded slightly in the 2007 boundary redistribution when parts of Paraparaumu located east of State Highway 1 (now Old State Highway 1) were added from neighbouring Ōtaki. The boundaries went unchanged in the 2013/14 and 2020 redistributions.
Labour members have won the seat in every election. The closest result was in the 2010 Mana by-election where Kris Faafoi succeeded Luamanuvao Winnie Laban and National Party candidate Hekia Parata came second by a margin of 1,080 votes.
The 2025 boundary review required a reduction in North Island electorates by one to reflect nationwide population shifts. The three Wellington City electorates (Rongotai, Wellington Central and Ōhāriu) were all underpopulated. All were abolished with flow-on effects for the wider region. The Mana and Ōtaki electorates were also abolished, with the population of Mana being redistributed to Kenepuru and Kapiti.
Members of Parliament Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at a general election.
Key
Election Winner Graham Kelly Winnie Laban Kris Faafoi Barbara Edmonds
List MPs Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Mana electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.
Election Winner Chris Finlayson Hekia Parata1 Jan Logie1 Hekia Parata Jan Logie Hekia Parata Jan Logie Andy Foster 1 Also contested
Election results 2023 election
2020 election
2017 election
2014 election
2011 election
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,393
2010 by-election
2008 election
2005 election
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2002 election
1999 election
1996 election
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