 The Kaimai was established by incorporating some suburbs that had belonged to the electorate, getting the southern part of the abolished electorate, and gaining Te Puke from the abolished electorate.Other than Te Puke, population centres of the original electorate included Mount Maunganui, Katikati, Welcome Bay, Maungatapu, Papamoa, and Waihi Beach.As a result of electoral redistribution prior to the , the Kaimai electorate was abolished and its area split between the , , and electorates.