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The Northern Maori by-election of 1980 was a by-election for the Northern Maori electorate during the 39th New Zealand Parliament. It was prompted by the resignation of Matiu Rata a former member of the Labour Party who was establishing a new group Mana Motuhake. Rata believed that contesting a by-election would give him a mandate for his change of allegiance. In the end however the seat was won by Bruce Gregory the new Labour Party candidate.