Piako

Piako was a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It was held by Lindsay Tisch MP from 2002 to 2008. The electorate included the population centres of Matamata, Cambridge, Morrinsville, Te Aroha, Waharoa, Waitoa, Waharoa, Huntly, Ngaruawahia, and Ohaupo. Piako was a rural Waikato electorate from 1946 to 1954, then from 1957 to 1978, when it was renamed Matamata. Piako was resurrected for the 2002 general election, replacing Karapiro. Under boundary changes for the 2008 general election, Piako ceased to exist as an electorate. Its population centres were distributed between the neighbouring seats of Hunua and Papakura. Officially, Piako was replaced on paper by the seat of Waikato. Piako and its predecessors have always been considered...