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Otaki or Ōtaki may refer to: Places *Ōtaki (New Zealand electorate), a parliamentary electorate in New Zealand *Ōtaki, New Zealand, a town in New Zealand *Ōtaki River, a river in New Zealand *Ōtaki, Chiba, a town in Japan *Ōtaki, Saitama, a former village in Japan *Ōtaki, Hokkaido, a former village in Japan *Ōtaki, Nagano, a village in Japan *Otaki, California, a former settlement in Butte County, California, U.S. Ships *, sailing ship *, ship sunk in the action of 10 March 1917 *, ship renamed ''Clan Robertson'' in 1934, ''Stanfleet'' in 1938 and ''Pacific Star'' in 1939, and sunk in 1942 *, ship renamed ''Mahmoud'' in 1976 and ''Natalia'' in 1979, and scrapped in 1984 Other *"Otaki", a 1970 single by The Fourmyula {{disambig, geo, ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōtaki (New Zealand Electorate)
Ōtaki (previously Otaki) is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, spanning part of the west coast of the lower North Island. The bulk of its population comes from the Horowhenua District, but it also takes in part of the northern Kapiti Coast, including the towns of Otaki and Waikanae, and part of Paraparaumu. The current MP for Ōtaki is Terisa Ngobi of the Labour Party. She has held this position since the 2020 election. History In the 1892 electoral redistribution, population shift to the North Island required the transfer of one seat from the South Island to the north. The resulting ripple effect saw every electorate established in 1890 have its boundaries altered, and eight electorates were established for the first time, including Otaki. Otaki was first contested in the 1893 election, and the first member for Otaki was James Wilson, who held the seat for one term until 1896. It was then won by Henry Augustus Field and then, after Henry's death, by his brother Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
