Election 2014: Waiariki as it happens

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Final count

Flavell 7973
Waititi 4965
Sykes 4482
Spellman 265

11.15pm

Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell says he will spend next 3 years showing how much he values the support he has.

10.40pm

There's a party going on at Waiteti Marae. The final votes are being counted but Te Ururoa Flavell will soon be confirmed as the Waiariki MP.

10.15pm

Almost 96 per cent of votes have been counted and Maori Party leader Te Ururoa Flavell is all but confirmed as the MP for Waiariki.

Flavell 7751
Waitit 4829
Sykes 4369
Spellman 256

9.30pm

Annette Sykes, the Internet Mana candidate for Waiariki, has officially conceded. In an exclusive interview with the Rotorua Daily Post, she said the left had split the vote.

Meanwhile, Labour's Kelvin Davis is just ahead of Hone Harawira in Te Tai Tokerau. A loss for Harawira would be disastrous for Internet Mana.

8.55pm

Rawiri Waititi is at the Te Kaha Beach Resort with 300 supporters.

"It's going really well, we're really pleased with our campaign. The numbers show we've made a huge dent at Waiariki. Te Ururoa was always going to be hard to beat as the incumbent and Annette Sykes is a high profile lawyer and activist so we knew it would be tough but we're really pleased with how things are going."

8.52pm

Flavell 2635
Waititi 1780
Sykes 1709
Spellman 97

8.28pm

21.3 per cent in total.

Flavell holds his lead in Waiariki with 2858.

Sykes has 1722.

Waititi on 1670.

Spellman 81.

Labour 2279.

Maori Party 1654.

Mana 867.

NZ First 756.

8pm

Maori Party leader Te Ururoa Flavell said that he hadn't had a good chance yet to look at all the results, hopes to leave Waiteti Marae soon and head home to catch up on what is happening.

"One result I'm looking at is my own, I'm pretty comfortable and feel good having been able to do all the work. "

Flavell surges ahead in Waiariki with 2683.

Sykes has 1507.

Waititi on 1454.

Spellman 73.

Labour 1961.

Maori Party 1558.

Mana 783.

NZ First 686.

Green 418.

National 290.

7.40pm

Te Ururoa Flavell is ahead with 2381 of the votes counted so far. Annette Sykes (Internet Mana) is in second with 1353.

In the party vote, Labour are ahead with 1675 votes, Maori Party on 1391 and Internet Mana on 718.

7.20pm

There had been 1019 votes counted for Te Ururoa Flavell with Rawiri Waititi in second on 725. In the party vote Labour had 908 votes with Maori Party on 561.