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Objection

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Mr Hamish Morris

I live in the Bay of Plenty not the Coromandel! Our member represents our area well and I don not believe we should incorporated into the Coromandel who have very different needs than ours.

Objection

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Mayor Garry Webber, Western Bay of Plenty District Council

By using "Bay of Plenty" as the name for this electorate is a gross misnomer as there are many electorates that make up the Bay of Plenty Province.

Objection

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Allan Chesswas and Neil Walker

Please consider our objection to the proposed electoral boundaries below. I have also attached an objection I made at the previous boundary review, which goes into some detail about options for alternative boundaries. I do hope though that in 2019/2020 the entire Stratford district will be able to be pulled together into the Whanganui electorate, which is an easy option for delineating the new boundary.
We would like to make an objection to the proposed electoral boundaries, noting that the boundaries which changed at the last election split rural Stratford from urban Stratford, whereas the whole community is interdependent together in the Stratford District under one territorial authority, and the Stratford township serves as the urban service centre for the wider community. This split makes it very difficult for political institutions to function effectively, without having the same member representing the community in the house. The closest Taranaki King Country electorate office is in Inglewood, 20 minutes north of Stratford, and we have to drive through Stratford to get there. Meanwhile the MP for Whanganui has an electorate office in Stratford.
I note that the populations for each electorate are similar (Taranaki-King Country 63,450, and Whanganui 64,175), but the Taranaki-King Country electorate is projected to grow by 3,125 to 67,300 by 2023, whereas the Whanganui electorate is only projected to grow by 25 to 64,200. This means that the Whanganui Electorate is way below tolerance in 2023 at -9%, which is outside the rules set by Parliament and leaves the electorate population much lower than it should be.
The population of Stratford District that aren’t currently included in the Whanganui electorate would be around 1000 – 1500 based on ward statistics I have seen from past censuses. Shifting this population to join its urban Stratford counterpart in the Whanganui electorate would mean that populations for each electorate would be much more similar and much closer to quota in 2023, and would mean that whole Stratford community would have better integrity at both this election and the next.
If including the entire Stratford rural ward population is considered too many people, there are other alternatives to include smaller portions of the district, which were outlined in an objection submitted by Allan Chesswas in the 2014 review. This earlier objection is attatched for your information.

• Alternative-Whanganui-TKC-Boundarie1.pdf (pdf 1.1 MB)

Objection

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Mrs Vivienne Ferris

I live on the outskirts of Hamilton. It is ridiculous to have my MP based in New Plymouth. I wish to be counted in Hamilton or Waikato. My address is RD9 HAMILTON. Nowhere near New Plymouth. I do not want to vote if my vote is counted in New Plymouth.

Objection

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Mr Bevin Thirkell

We live in palmerston north, however the boundary of the Palmerston North / Rangitikei Electorate runs down the middle of James line putting our half of the street in an electorate that is irrelevant to us.

Objection

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Mrs Wendy Shipman

I live in Menin Road, Raumati Beach. Raumati Beach is divided into two electorates Porirua and Otaki. I find it ludacris and isolating for our community that general election boundaries divide our community when decision making for our area is primarily governed by the Otaki electorate.

Objection

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Mrs Rosemary Young

Waiarapa Electorate covers an area of 3 Regional Councils. Wellington in the South, Horizons in part of the middle and Hawkes Bay in the North.
How can an area so large have "Communities of mutual interest" ?
The Waiarapa M.P. is based approx 2 hours away in Masterton, and the Tukituki M.P. is based 45 Mins away in Hastings, from the 2 main towns of Central Hawkes Bay.

Counter-Objection

Relates to objections

N43-001, N43-002

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Kieran McAnulty MP and Mayor Alex Walker

Please find attached a letter jointly signed by Kieran McAnulty, Labour List MP based in Wairarapa, and Alex Walker, Mayor, Central Hawke’s Bay Council.
The attached letter makes the case for the Wairarapa electorate to be re-named to include reference to Central Hawke’s Bay.
The submissions N43-1 and N43-2 express contradictory positions over the question of the inclusion of Central Hawke’s Bay in the Wairarapa electorate with one arguing for continued inclusion (N43-2) and the other suggesting merger with Tukituki (N43-1). This difference of opinion is likely more widely spread as it reflects the fundamental question as to why Central Hawkes Bay is within the boundaries of the electorate but not embraced within its official name. These concerns may well be met and resolved if the submission of Mr McAnulty and Ms Walker on changing the name were to be adopted.

• 09-01-20-Representation-Commission-signed-joint-letter-with-Alex-Walker-Change-name-of-electorate.pdf (pdf 569 KB)

Objection

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Mike Fryer

I recommend that Wadestown be moved back to Wellington Central, as it retains a stronger community of interest with that area. This should be manageable by adjusting the boundary between Ohariu and Mana.

Objection

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Zoe Carew

Hutt South is an artificial name. I've never heard it used except for the electorate.

Objection

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Robert Davies

The dividing line between Wellington Central and Ohariu cuts through Wilton. I think this is against your general policy and caused problems for one of the candidates last election. Have attached map showing Wilton Boundaries (as of a few years back but I don't think it has changed).

• northland-wilton.pdf (pdf 634 KB)

Objection

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Siri Shannon

I would like to lodge an objection to the boundary between Rongotai and Wellington Central along Adelaide road in Mount Cook. In the local body elections this area was able to vote in the Lambton ward. A person may live on this section of Adelaide road and yet never set foot in Newtown. It makes more sense for the Rongotai electorate to be east of the tunnel, and begin at the north end of Riddiford Street.

• Map-provided-with-objection-N49-001.pdf (pdf 166 KB)

Objection

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Mrs Mary Lafrentz

It is ridiculous to arrange boundaries to suit a population. These keep changing due to the climate, work and many other reasons. For one person to be able to bike around their area, and another need a whole day or more to get from one end to the other is unreasonable and does not provide fair representation to the larger area. West Coast is already a huge committment; to any member, to make it larger is manic.

Objection

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Mr Bryan Scoles

I am a Brightwater resident and object to be included within the Tasman-West Coast Electorate. I consider that my interests are better served by a Nelson located government representative. Given the geographic size of the Tasman-West Coast electorate I consider any specific issues that arose in Brightwater would just be lost to the other big issues that that region suffers from namely the economic decline and population that is occurring on the West Coast.
This proposed boundary change feels as though Brightwater residents views are being sacrificed just to make up the numbers for the population decline on the West Coast. This seems undemocratic.
I work in Richmond and a large number of Brightwater residents work in either Richmond and Nelson and therefore I consider that Brightwater has more connections to this electorate than the Tasman West Coast

Objection

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Vivienne Boulton

Change from Nelson to West Coast electorate - not interested in this change as its not my district. Nelson is my lifestyle, want to vote for my lifestyle in my hometown region of Nelson.