Writ for Maori Election
To the Returning Officer for the Western Maori Electoral District.
IN pursuance of section 186 of the Electoral Act 1927, I hereby authorize and require you to proceed, according to law, to the election of a member of Parliament to serve in the House of Representatives for the Western Maori Electoral District.
I further direct that you cause the nominations for the said member to be received at the office of the Justice Department, Lambton Quay, Wellington, not later than noon on the 22nd day of October 1954, and, in the event of the election being contested, that the poll shall be taken on the 13th day of November 1954.
You are further required to endorse on this writ the name of the person so elected, and to return the writ to me on or before the 2nd day of December 1954.
Dated at Wellington this 13th day of October 1954.
A. G. HARPER, Clerk of the Writs.
Riti mo te Pootitanga Maori
Ki te Apiha Whakahaere Pooti mo te Rohe o te Taihauauru.
RUNGA i te whakahaerenga o tekiona 186 o te Ture Pooti Mema mo te Paremete 1927, tenei ahau ka whakamana ka whakahau hoki i a koe kia whakahaerea e koe i runga i nga huarahi o te Ture he tikanga e pootitia ai he mema mo te Paremete hei mahi i nga mahi i roto i te Whare o nga Mangai o te Iwi mo te Rohe Pooti o te Taihauauru.
A tenei hoki ahau ka whakahau mau e whakarite kia tae nga whakaingoatanga mo taua mema ki te Tari Kai-whakawa, Lambton Quay, Poneke, a te 12 o nga haora i te awatea o te 22 o nga ra o Oketopa 1954, a ki te meatia i reira kia pootitia te mema heoi me tu te pooti a te 13 o nga ra o Noema 1954.
E whakahaua atu ana hoki kia tuhia e koe ki tua o tenei riti te ingoa o te tangata i whakaturia peratia, ka mutu ka whakahoki mai i te riti ki a au a te 2 o nga ra o Tihema 1954, i mua mai ranei.
I tuhia ki Poneke i tenei te 13 o nga ra o Oketopa 1954.
A. G. HARPER, Karaka o nga Riti.
Maori Electoral Rolls
WHEREAS pursuant to section 185 of the Electoral Act 1927, the boundaries of the several Maori Electoral Districts have, by Proclamation dated 10 March 1954, been redefined and declared:
Now, therefore, I, Thomas Clifton Webb, the Minister in Charge of the Electoral Department, hereby publish that I have received notice from the Chief Electoral Officer of new rolls formed in respect of the undermentioned districts, that is to say:
Eastern Maori.
Southern Maori.
Northern Maori.
Western Maori.
T. CLIFTON WEBB,
Minister in Charge of Electoral Department.
Wellington 13 October 1954.
Polling Places Appointed, Maori Electoral Districts
C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
PURSUANT to the Electoral Act 1927, I, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby abolish all existing polling places and hereby appoint the places mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be polling places for the Maori electoral districts therein specified.
Nga Whare Pooti kua whakaritea mo nga Rohe Pooti Maori i raro i te Ture Pooti Mema mo te Paremete 1927
C. W. M. NORRIE, Kawana-Tianara
RUNGA i te Ture Pooti Mema mo te Paremete 1927, ko ahau, ko Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, te Kawana-Tianara o Niu Tireni, tenei ka whakakore i nga whare pooti katoa o mua atu, a tenei ka whakarite i nga whare e mau nei nga ingoa i roto i te Kupu Apiti ki tenei hei wharepooti mo nga rohe pooti Maori e whakaturia nei i roto i taua Kupu Apiti.
SCHEDULE (KUPU APITI)
Eastern Maori Electoral District--
Te Rohe Pooti o te Tairawhiti--
Anaura Bay, Maori School.
Arapuni, Workers' Hall.
Athenree, Tanner Point Road, Taupoiro Hall.
Bartletts, Public School.
Bethlehem, Paeroa Maori School.
Cape Runaway, Maori School.
Colville, Public Hall.
Coromandel, Public School.
Gisborne, Opera House.
Hangaroa, Public School.
Hautarapa, Old Shop.
Hicks Bay, Maori School.
Hikutaia, Public Hall.
Hiruharama, Maori School.
Horopera, Maori School.
Horohoro, Maori School.
Horohoro (Rongomaipapa), Maru-a-Hangaroa Meeting-house.
Ihungia, School Building.
Kaimai, Public School No. 1.
Kaingaroa Forest, H.Q., Hall.
Katikati, District High School.
Kawerau, Dining Hall.
Kawerau, Recreation Hall.
Kennedys Bay, Maori School.
Kinleith, N.Z. Forest Products Ltd.'s Main Office.
Kopu, Public Hall.
Koputauaki, Koputauaki School.
Koutu (Rotorua), Tumahaurangi Meeting-house.
Kutarere, Public School.
Manaia (Coromandel), Hall.
Makaraka, Public School.
Makarika, Public School.
Maketu, Maori Meeting-house.
Mamaku, Memorial Hall.
Mangahanea, Dining Hall.
Mangatuna, Maori School.
Manoeka, Runanga House.
Manutuke, Maori Battalion Hall.
Maraenui, Maori School.
Marangairoa, Wool Shed.
Matahii, Runanga House.
Matahina, Hall.
Matakana Island, Te Kotukutuku Maori School.
Matapihi, Maori School.
Matapu, Homestead.
Matata, Maori School.
Matawai, Public School.
Maungaroa, Kaiao Meeting-house.
Maungatapu, Maori School.
Maungatautari, Maori Hall.
Minginui Forest, Public School.
Motiti Island, Maori School.
Mourea, Takinga Runanga House.
Muriwai, Public School.
Murupara, Fell's Hall.
Ngahina (Ruatoki West), Tawera Maori School.
Ngapuna, Apumoana Runanga House.
Ngatapa, Public School.
Ngatira, Runanga House.
Ngongataha, Centennial Hall.
Ohinemutu, Tamatekapua Meeting-house.
Okauia Tangata Maori Meeting-house.
Okoroire, Waiomou Road, Public School.
Omaio, Maori School.
Omarumutu, Maori School.
Onetohunga, L. W. Marsh's Residence.
Opotiki, Maori Mission Hall.
Otamarakau, Runanga House.
Otaramarae, Houmaitawhitu Meeting-house.
Owhata, Hinemaru Dining Room.
Paeroa, Courthouse.
Pakihi, East Cape Public School.
Papamoa, Maori School.
Paroa-te-totara, Maori School.
Pinedale, Public Hall.
Pongakawa State Forest, Headquarters Camp, Social Hall.
Poroporo, Maori School.
Potaka, Maori School.
Pouawa, School Building.
Puha, Public School.
Puketawai, Meeting-house.
Putaruru, Courthouse.
Rangitukia, Maori School.
Rangiuru, Te Matai, Maori School.
Raukokere, Maori School.
Reporoa, Public School.
Reporua (Ruatoria), Meeting-house.
Rere, Public School.
Rotorua, Maori Land Court.
Ruamata, Runanga House.
Ruatahuna, Mr Whare Kura's Residence.
Ruato, Pumanawa-e-waru-o-te-Arawa Meeting-house.
Ruatoki, Tumatauenga Hall.
Ruauxoria, Whakarua Park Pavilion.
Selwyn (Te Poi), Rengarenga Meeting-house.
Taheke, Hinerangi Dining Room.
Tahunga, A. C. Steele's Homestead.
Taneatua, Hall.
Tapu, Public School.
Tauranga, Town Hall, Supper Room.
Tauriko, Public School.
Tawatawa, Maori School.
Tawhareparae, Public School.
Te Araroa, Rongomaitapu Dining Hall.
Te Awahou, Tawakeheimoa Meeting-house.
Te Kaha, Meeting-house.
Te Kahika, Matahoe Meeting-house.
Te Karaka, Public School.
Te Kie Kie, Runanga House.
Te Puia Springs, County Council Office
Te Poi, Te Awamutu Pa, Meeting-house.