Results are pouring in across the Waikato with some tight races in a few key seats. 

It is shaping up as a tight race in the Hauraki-Waikato Māori electorate. 

With 12 per cent of the vote counted, Te Pati Māori candidate Hana-Rawhiti Mapi-Clarke 2083 votes is ahead of sitting MP Nanaia Mahuta 1894. 

Coromandel 9% 

Scott Simpson, National 5,505 

Beryl Riley, Labour 1,752 

Waikato 19% 

Tim van de Molen, National 8,599 

Jamie Toko, Labour 2,358 

Hauraki-Waikato 12% 

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, Te Pāti Māori 2,083 

Nanaia Mahuta, Labour 1,894 

Taranaki King Country 25% 

Barbara Kuriger, National 9,132 

Angela Roberts, Labour 3,949 

Hamilton West 13% 

Tama Potaka, National 3,590 

Myra Williamson, Labour 2,134 

Hamilton East 3% 

Ryan Hamilton, National 24 

Gerogie Dansey, Labour 13 

Te Tai Hauru 17% 

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Te Pāti Māori Party 4,633 

Soraya Peke-Mason, Labour 2,048 

Taupō 24% 

Louise Upston, National 13, 238 

Aladdin Al-Bustanji, Labour 4,144 

Waiariki 20% 

Rawiri Waititi 7,211 

Toni Boynton 1,944 

In Waiariki, 18.5 per cent of the votes, 9507 votes, have been counted. Te Pati Maori’s Rawiri Waititi received 7015 votes, Labour’s Toni Boynton received 1884 votes.