3072 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 146

Ward, which has no community of interest with the Eastern Bay of Plenty. Suggests:

(1) add to the Eastern Bay of Plenty Electorate either all of that part of the Whakatane District to the west of the Rangitaiki River and north of the Kawerau District or at least that portion of the above area which is part of the Rangitaiki Plain, consisting of Awakaponga and Otakiri Districts and the towns of Matata and Edgecumbe.

(2) take out of the Eastern Bay of Plenty Electorate and put into the Gisborne Electorate either all of the Wiakohu Ward or as much as Gisborne’s electoral population allows of the above ward, which is in the Te Karaka area.

044 Gisborne

Objection 0066 R D C Burland and 67 others

Object to the inclusion of Kanakanaia in the Eastern Bay of Plenty Electorate on the grounds of community of interest with Gisborne Electorate. Kanakanaia is within the Gisborne District Council boundaries and service, schooling and road access links are with the Gisborne Electorate. Seek the inclusion of Kanakanaia in the Gisborne Electorate by moving the Gisborne/Eastern Bay of Plenty boundary west to the Waingaromia River along a line from its source to its junction with the Waipaoa River south of Whatatutu. The new boundary would then join up with the present Gisborne Electorate at that point near State Highway 2.

047 Waikaremoana

Objection 0927 Napier City Council

(a) Objects to Bay View/Whirinaki areas remaining within the Waikaremoana Electorate on grounds of community of interest. Suggests both areas should be included within the Napier Electorate.

(b) Objects to the Taradale area bounded by Warwick Crescent, Church Road and nearby Avenue and Avondale Roads, a significant feature of the Taradale “community of interest”, remaining within the Waikaremoana Electorate. Suggests the land in question be transferred to the Hawke’s Bay Electorate.

(c) Objects to a significant extension to the Napier Electorate boundaries, in the form of the area of the City to the north of Kennedy Road, Gloucester Street, Avenue Road and Avondale Road. Not all of this area has a direct “community of interest” with central Napier. Suggests the area of Greenmeadows West immediately to the north of Mission Road and part Auckland/Avondale and Park Roads, should be included within the Napier Electorate, whilst the area of Greenmeadows West immediately to the south of these roads, should be included within the Hawke’s Bay Electorate.

048 New Plymouth

Objection 0793 The New Zealand Labour Party

Objects to the proposed boundaries between Taranaki and New Plymouth Electorates on the grounds that further technical adjustments should be made to rationalise this boundary. Seeks the movement of the balance of Okato Ward, New Plymouth District into Taranaki Electorate and more extensive use of the Te Henui Stream as a boundary, notably in the Junction Road area.

Objection 0925 B Francis and V Hickland and 898 others

Object to the continued exclusion of Fitzroy and Strandon from the New Plymouth Electoral District. This area is one of the oldest suburbs of New Plymouth.

049 Taranaki

Objection 0794 The New Zealand Labour Party

Objects to the proposed boundaries between King Country and Taranaki Electorates on the grounds that a technical adjustment would allow the balance of Waitara Ward, New Plymouth District to be included in King Country Electorate.

051 Wanganui

Objection 0264 C J and M H Campion and 2 others

Object to the proposed boundary between Wanganui and Waitotara Electorates on the grounds of community of interest. Seek that the deleted area on the northern Wanganui boundary be reinstated within Wanganui and suggest that the area north of the Wanganui-Marton Railway on the east side of Wanganui River could instead be deleted, being more geographically separated from central Wanganui. Also seek the inclusion in Wanganui of the area of St Johns Hill around the north side of Virginia Lake, preferably to Eaton Crescent and also including the outermost suburbs of Aramoho and Castlecliff.

Objections 0266, 0829, 0899-0904, 0936 M W and P R Falloon and 127 others.

Similar to Objection 0264

Objection 0818 G Seymour.

Objects to the electorate name of Wanganui on the grounds that the word Wanganui is misspelt and does not correspond with the practice of the tangata whenua or the feature from which the name is derived—the Whanganui River. Suggests that the name of the electorate be changed to Whanganui.

Objection 0896 C J Campion and 121 others.

Copies of a form letter from residents of Wanganui who object to being placed in Waitotara Electorate as a result of proposed boundary changes on the grounds of community of interest with Wanganui Electorate.

Objections 0897, 0898 F and B Bullock and 1 other.

Form letter. Similar to Objection 0264.

052 Rangitikei

Objection 0941 C T and C Hansen

Object to the area transferred from Waitotara to Rangitikei Electorate on the grounds that the option suggested better meets the criteria under the Act. Suggest the northern boundary of the Horowhenua Electorate run from the mouth of the Rangitikei River through to its nearest point of contact with Tangimoana Road, then east along Tangimoana Road to the intersection with Rosina Road, then east along Rosina Road, continuously east along Kaimatarau Road to where it ends adjacent to the Oroua River then south along the Oroua River to Rangiotu, which is at the north eastern tip of the existing Horowhenua Electorate boundary. Alternatively that there be some lesser extension of the northern boundary suggested which respects community of interest and topographical features.

055 Horowhenua

Objection 0792 The New Zealand Labour Party

Objects to the proposed boundaries between Horowhenua and Rangitikei Electorates on the grounds that the proposed boundary is an artificial construct.

Seeks the use of quota tolerances to allow the reinstatement of the 1987 boundary which better meets the criteria of the Electoral Act.