✨ Electoral Boundary Objections




3758 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 126

Napier electorate. This reduces the Napier quota variance from +4.5% down to +2.5%.

Objection 420 T Wright Electorate Chairperson Hawkes Bay National Party & R Price Electorate Chairperson Napier National Party

Objects to the proposed boundaries for the Napier electorate on the grounds that the proposed boundaries divide the Napier urban area and the Napier City Council district. The Hastings suburb of Flaxmere has no relationship whatsoever with Napier. That both Bay View and Poraiti are excluded from Napier.

Suggested solution The Hastings suburb of Flaxmere be included in the Tukituki/Takapau/Hastings electorate; Poraiti and Bay View be included in the Napier electorate; and the Napier electorate include all of the Napier City Council authority area plus the Clive ward of Hastings District Council plus Moteo, Puketapu, Eskdale and Whirinaki.

Objection 28 G Ormsby & L Campbell

Objects to the proposed name of Napier on the grounds set out in Objection 07 (01) Northland.

Suggested solution To call the electorate Ahuriri because of its historical association with the area and its links with the tangata whenua of the electorate

Objection 243 Hawkes Bay Alliance

Objects to the proposed name of Napier.

Suggested solution To call the electorate Ahuriri on the grounds that the name has historical and cultural significance. Ahuriri was one of the first settled areas of the city.

Objection 421 T Wright Electorate Chairperson, Hawkes Bay National Party and R Price Electorate Chairperson, Napier National Party

Objects to the proposed name of Napier.

Suggested solution To call the electorate Hawkes Bay on the grounds that this would reflect more exactly the nature of the proposed seat based on Napier City but including the Clive Ward, Esk Valley and some rural Hawke’s Bay.

Objection 467 Napier City Council

Objects to the exclusion of the settlements of Bay View, Poraiti, Eskdale and Whirinaki on the grounds that they have a closer social and economic community of interest with Napier and that their inclusion would be practical, sensible, relatively easily understood



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πŸ›οΈ Objection to proposed boundaries of Napier electorate (continued from previous page)

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
Electoral Boundaries, Napier, Hawkes Bay, Flaxmere, Bay View, Poraiti
  • T Wright, Objects to proposed boundaries
  • R Price, Objects to proposed boundaries

πŸ›οΈ Objection to proposed name of Napier electorate

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
Electoral Names, Napier, Ahuriri
  • G Ormsby, Objects to proposed name
  • L Campbell, Objects to proposed name

πŸ›οΈ Objection to proposed name of Napier electorate

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
Electoral Names, Napier, Ahuriri

πŸ›οΈ Objection to proposed name of Napier electorate

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
Electoral Names, Napier, Hawkes Bay
  • T Wright, Objects to proposed name
  • R Price, Objects to proposed name

πŸ›οΈ Objection to exclusion of settlements from Napier electorate

πŸ›οΈ Governance & Central Administration
Electoral Boundaries, Napier, Bay View, Poraiti, Eskdale, Whirinaki