Karapiro

Karapiro was a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate from 1996 to 2002. It was in the Waikato, and was a rural and safe National seat, held by John Luxton and then Lindsay Tisch. The electorate includes the following population centres: Karapiro was created as an electorate in the first MMP general election of 1996, replacing the Matamata electorate. John Luxton won the seat in 1996, but he stood aside in 1999 for Lindsay Tisch, and went on the party list. In the 2002 general election it was replaced by the Piako electorate, which was won by Lindsay Tisch.