Rimutaka

Rimutaka is an electorate returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current representative is Chris Hipkins. He is a member of the Labour Party, and has represented the seat since 2008. Rimutaka covers an area of the Hutt Valley stretching from the Rimutaka Ranges, for which it is named, through Upper Hutt to the Lower Hutt suburbs of Taitā, Stokes Valley and Kelson. Boundary changes effective from the 2008 election meant that the suburb of Belmont moved from the Ōhariu electorate (previously called Ohariu-Belmont) to become part of Rimutaka. Rimutaka was created in 1996 ahead of the change to Mixed Member Proportional voting. It was created by merging the old Upper Hutt-based seat of Heretaunga with Stokes...