✨ Electoral Boundary Objections




3738 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 126

Objection 413 Whakatane & Opotiki District Councils and 1289 other signatories

See Objection 417 (33) East Cape for general reasons.

Suggested solution That all of the Opotiki district be transferred to the Bay of Plenty and areas of the Kaimai and Papamoa Wards transferred to Coromandel and Tauranga respectively to improve communities of interest and meet the population requirements of the revised Bay of Plenty Electorate.

Objection 463 Young Nats Kaimai

See Objection 462 (25) Tauranga for general reasons and suggested solution.

Suggested solution Whakatane is the communal and service centre for Eastern Bay of Plenty and East Cape Region.

Objection 412 P Garrett

Objects to Welcome Bay being in the Bay of Plenty electorate as its community of interest lies towards Tauranga..

Suggested solution Revert to the old Kaimai boundaries.

Objection 580 D R Mellow

Similar to Objection 192.

Suggested solution The boundary could be placed along the natural boundary for the drainage easement from State Highway 2 through to the ocean.

Objection 579 A Hall & 20 other signatories

See Objection 603 (33) East Cape for general reasons

Suggested solution The southern boundary of East Cape be the northern boundary of Hastings district. To compensate, Murupara, Te Whaiti, Ruatahuna, Minganui, and Taneatua, which have strong links with Opotiki be added to East Cape.

Objection 581 The New Zealand Labour Party

Objects to the proposed electorate boundaries of Bay of Plenty, East Cape, Napier, Takapau, Wairarapa, Rangitikei, Taupo, and Rotorua electorates.

See Objection 612 (34) Napier for general reasons and suggested solution

Objection 801 M A C Blanshard, Chairman, Greenwood Park Village

Objects to the inclusion of Greenwood Park village in the proposed



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πŸ›οΈ Objection to Bay of Plenty Electorate Boundaries

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
Electoral Boundaries, Bay of Plenty Electorate, Whakatane, Opotiki, Kaimai, Papamoa
  • P Garrett, Objects to Welcome Bay inclusion
  • D R Mellow, Objects to boundary placement
  • A Hall, Objects to East Cape boundary
  • M A C Blanshard (Chairman), Objects to Greenwood Park inclusion