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N04-057 Ms Caroline Milner Objection Name

Ms Caroline Milner


Objection

Helensville
This objection does not relate to a boundary change
This objection relates to a name change

Ms Caroline Milner

I don’t believe the name Helensville is a representative name for the region this covers and would propose RODNEY which is more respresentative

Suggested solution

RODNEY
N04-058 Grahame Powell Objection Name

Grahame Powell


Objection

Helensville
This objection does not relate to a boundary change
This objection relates to a name change

Grahame Powell

The name Helensville is inappropriate.
1. It does not adequately describe the area of the electorate.
2. People in the north of the electorate do not wish to be known as Helensville as it does not describe well or include the rapidly growing areas of Warkworth + Wellsford. Warkworth is projected to have a future population of 25,000 very soon.
3. We do not want a name in the Maori language.

Suggested solution

The new electorate should retain the former name RODNEY as most of the new electorate was RODNEY electorate and this is what most of my contacts prefer.
N04-601 Stephen Doyle Counter-Objection Name

Stephen Doyle


Counter-Objection

Helensville

Relates to objections

N04-007, N04-025, N04-029, N04-037
This objection does not relate to a boundary change
This objection relates to a name change

Stephen Doyle

This counter-objection is in support of N04-007, N04-025, N04-029 and N04-037.

I am hugely in favour of a name change for this electorate.
Please rename it Kaipara.
N04-602 Sel Miller Counter-Objection Name

Sel Miller


Counter-Objection

Helensville

Relates to objections

N04-020
This objection does not relate to a boundary change
This objection relates to a name change

Sel Miller

This counter-objection is in support of N04-020.

I certainly do not want Rodney to change its name to Helensville!
How ridiculous!
N04-603 Helen Parkes Counter-Objection Name

Helen Parkes


Counter-Objection

Helensville

Relates to objections

N04-057, N04-019, N04-024, N04-030
This objection does not relate to a boundary change
This objection relates to a name change

Helen Parkes

This counter-objection is in support of N04-019, N04-024, N04-030 and N04-057.

I object strongly to the proposed name change of the Rodney Electorate to Helensville. As a Leigh resident it has no relevance to the region I live in. Rodney However is a well recognised region that encompasses towns and villages from west to east coast north of Auckland and as such the name should be retained.
N10-001 Doreen Seagar Objection Boundary

Doreen Seagar


Objection

Kelston
This objection relates to a boundary change
This objection does not relate to a name change

Doreen Seagar

I live in Titirangi, a bush and Waitakere Ranges region. We have vastly different needs for representation than urban Kelston. I know this as I have lived in Kelston also. It's not just about numbers of population when drawing electoral boundaries, it's also about our environmental needs and connection to the land that needs considering.

Suggested solution

Adjust boundary so we are included in the Waitakere electorate or back into New Lynn as we have been before.
N11-001 Scott Hindman Objection Name

Scott Hindman


Objection

New Lynn
This objection does not relate to a boundary change
This objection relates to a name change

Scott Hindman

I believe this electorate should be named "Waitākere" rather the New Lynn. The area covers the entire Waitākere Ranges, much of the area is in the Waitākere Local Board area. Historically this area was Waitākere City.
New Lynn is not the closest shopping or business area for many people that live in the Waitākere ranges. The Waitākere Ranges are a well known & loved natural feature of West Auckland.

Suggested solution

Change the name of the New Lynn Electorate to Waitākere.
N11-002 Jeanette Anderson Objection Name

Jeanette Anderson


Objection

New Lynn
This objection does not relate to a boundary change
This objection relates to a name change

Jeanette Anderson

New Lynn is a very localised area of Central/West Auckland, the new proposed electorate will stretch over a vast proportion of the Waitakere Ranges and a much wider are than that of anything remotely New Lynn. A better application of a name will reduce voter confusion

Suggested solution

Reestablish the Waitakere electorate
N11-003 Liberal Democrats NZ Objection Boundary

Liberal Democrats NZ


Objection

New Lynn
This objection relates to a boundary change
This objection does not relate to a name change

Liberal Democrats NZ

Object to inclusion of Waitakere Ranges in New Lynn.
Kelston separates New Lynn from the Waitakere Ranges, linked only by Huia Rd. However Kelston is immediately east of the Waitakere Ranges, and is linked to them by Henderson Valley Rd, Forest Hill Rd, Bruce McLaren Rd, Seymour Rd, Parrs Cross Rd, West Coast Rd, Tawini Rd, Konini Rd, Kohu Rd and Scenic Drive.

Suggested solution

Transfer Waitakere Ranges (formerly in Helensville) to Kelston.
Transfer Waterview and the Rosebank Peninsula to New Lynn.
In the past, Waterview and Rosebank have been part of the New Lynn Electorate. They immediately neighbour Avondale central and comprise part of its local community. Waterview and the Rosebank are linked to Kelson only by Rata St bridge over the Whau River, which is the natural community boundary.
N11-601 Linda Cooper Counter-Objection Boundary, name

Linda Cooper


Counter-Objection

New Lynn

Relates to objections

N11-003
This objection relates to a boundary change
This objection relates to a name change

Linda Cooper

To the Panel Members - I offer my submission in support of the proposed New Lynn electorate. Please accept My bullet points below.
Proposed configuration much closer to former Waitakere electorate with which people identified very strongly.
The Waitakere City Council New Lynn ward was part of the West. Also West Coast beaches and Waitakere Ranges residents identify with West Auckland not Helensville/Rodney area.
When Helensville boundary changed 6 years ago the West Auckland people south of Muriwai where aghast at being part of Helensville and not being Waitakere. I think they will welcome this change and restoration of community of interest.
I know for rural NZ the long distances to towns are a normal situation but in Auckland being more highly populated we are used to services and connections being closer. In this case for an Auckland electorate to have Helensville in the north of the current electorate a hour and a half drive from Whatipu in the south is quite anomalous in a large metropolitan city. (73km distance) This change would be more logical as New Lynn town is much closer and roads naturally lead there.
The Waitakere Ranges area has to sit within either Helensville (north), New Lynn (south-east) or Te Atatu / Kelson (east). Thankfully, Te Atatu and Kelston are not proposed to have boundary changes, hence any argument which would see these urban electorates expanded westwards into the ranges seem unlikely. So it's probably a battle between Helensville and New Lynn as to where the Waitakeres go...
As a semi-rural zone, the current part of New Lynn electorate which fringes the north side of the Manukau Harbour, as well as Titirangi, could be considered an expanded rural-west Auckland community.
The small seaside coastal communities around the Waitakeres share some similar characteristics and life-style aspects as New Lynn's current rural areas.
The people who live in Waitakere tend to commute to both Henderson and New Lynn for local shopping and community purposes. I therefore emphasie the commute to New Lynn as the nearest major shopping and community hub.
Scenic Drive is one of the key arterial routes which links directly from all the way from Swanson to Piha Rd (to Piha, Anawhata, Karekare) and through Titirangi into New Lynn, and then wider Auckland. There aren't really any key pieces of infrastructure which link into the Helensville electorate.
The Waitakeres are culturally "Westie", and hence should sit within a West Auckland electorate. Helensville on the other hand is very much a rural and semi-rural north/north west Auckland electorate.
Communities in and around Waiwera and further north towards Warkworth and Wellsford have very little in common with people living in the Waitakeres, and nor do they share key infrastructure.
Those in the Waitakeres share a DHB, Licensing Trusts (Portage and Waitakere), and Local Boards and Council representatives. This is not shared by the vast majority of the existing Helensville electorate.

Comments from a Piha local resident (west coast Auckland currently in Helensville electorate) -
We are on Rural Delivery
Our real address is [redacted] Beach Valley Rd, RD 2, New Lynn, Auckland 0772.
Also New Lynn is where many of us shop along with Glen Eden. Have no connection with Helensville. It's way up north west. Even Bethells and Muriwai would connect with Westgate and Henderson rather than go north. We head east and south to shop, doctors, hospital, police, shopping mall, movies etc.

Suggested solution

I support the proposal as it is. Though calling the electorate Waitakere might be more inclusive of the communities of interest.
I support N11-001, N11-002 both suggesting that the name of New Lynn electorate in its proposed form be Waitakere. A very large part of the proposal includes the former territory of the Waitakere City Council and therefore the community will relate to the name whether they live in New Lynn suburb or Piha further north west. It would be an elegant and relateable solution.
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