It does not contain Great Barrier or Rangitoto islands, as they are in Te Tai Tokerau; Papakura is in Hauraki-Waikato.

[1] In the review of boundaries in 2007, the southern part of Manurewa shifted from Tāmaki Makaurau to the Hauraki-Waikato electorate.

To the north, Glendene and Te Atatū South are now included, while the southern portion now incorporates Flat Bush and Takanini.

[7] Tāmaki Makaurau was formed for the 2002 election from the northern part of the Hauraki electorate.

John Tamihere of the Labour Party was the representative for Hauraki, and he also won the first election in the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate in 2002.

Tamihere spent his six-year parliamentary career dogged by controversy that often overshadowed his work as a minister and, at the 2005 election came ten percent behind Māori Party co-leader Pita Sharples.

Because Tamihere had chosen not to seek a list placing, his parliamentary career was terminated.

Sharples remained the current representative for the electorate until his retirement,[8] when the Labour's Peeni Henare won the seat.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.