New Zealand Gazette – 1994 – No. 126

Page 3741

✨ Electoral Boundary Objections



28 NOVEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3741

Suggested solution Include area in New Plymouth

Objection 592 New Zealand National Party New Plymouth Electorate

Objects to the proposed King Country and New Plymouth boundaries on the grounds of logic. The proposed boundary divides groups with strong community of interest.

Suggested solution New Plymouth electorate should include Inglewood and the area from the sea to Mount Egmont/Taranaki from Waitara to the Stony River; excluding Waitara if this is necessary to adjust the number of electors in the New Plymouth electorate.

Objection 804 New Plymouth, Stratford and South Taranaki District Councils and Taranaki Regional Council

Objects to the proposed boundaries of King Country and Waitotara electorates on the grounds the failure of the Commission to recognise the existence of a distinct Taranaki community of interest. The creation of King Country and Waitotara electorate is inappropriate.

Taranaki people have no community of interest with either King Country or Wanganui. From a historical perspective, until 1977, Taranaki seats had a strong community of interest on the New Plymouth, Egmont and Stratford communities. Taranaki associated with a very dominant topographical feature, Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont. Topographical barriers have acted to reinforce New Plymouth, Stratford and Hawera as major centres of communication.

Suggested solution A Taranaki electorate should be created on a line coterminous with the eastern boundaries of the South Taranaki, Stratford and New Plymouth districts. If necessary could include the townships of Mokau and Awakino in the north. Consequential effects: a) that the proposed electorate to be known as King Country be deleted. b) that the new electorate to be known as Whanganui be established to include the territorial local authority districts of Wanganui and Ruapehu. c) that the remainder of the current King Country electorate be split between the current Taupo, Karapiro and Waikato electorates. With relative ease, the Waitomo district could be included in Taupo and the Otorohanga district could be included in the Waikato and Karapiro electorates. d) minor changes may be necessary to boundaries of the Rangitikei and Rotorua electorates in order to accommodate the population.

If this is unacceptable then alternative more complex arrangements involving the deletion of the Waitotara or Taupo electorates should be considered.



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🏛️ Objection to King Country and New Plymouth Boundaries by New Zealand National Party

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Electoral Boundaries, King Country Electorate, New Plymouth Electorate, Community of Interest

🏛️ Objection to King Country and Waitotara Boundaries by Taranaki Councils

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Electoral Boundaries, King Country Electorate, Waitotara Electorate, Taranaki Community of Interest