Backgrounder on Maungakiekie Electorate; Q & A with Pacific Candidates; Lotu-Iiga and Lole-Taylor
Posted: September 18, 2008 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Community, Current, NZ General Election 2008, NZPacific, Politics | Tags: carol beaumont, CTU, labour mp vui mark gosche, le aufa'amulia asenati lole-taylor, maori party, maungakiekie, national, nz first, NZ General Election 2008, nz pacific news, nzpacific news, peseta sam lotu-iiga, vui mark gosche, winston peters Leave a commentAuckland’s Maungakiekie electorate includes the suburban communities of Penrose, Ellerslie, One Tree Hill, and the Panmure Basin. It was partly redrawn in 2007 and now also includes Royal Oak, Onehunga, and Point England.
The seat is currently held by Labour MP for Maungakiekie Vui Mark Gosche who’s stepping down from politics to be closer to his family in Auckland. Vui has served as electorate MP for Maungakiekie for 8 year…winning a 6450 voting majority over his nearest rival, National’s Paul Goldsmith. The latter scored less than 10,000 votes. Read the rest of this entry »
Archives to March 2010 - PEW 
Your Words