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Kua tangohia i te rārangi ingoa kaipōti he kotahi i roto i te tokorima o ngā māori kua oti te whakauru

Jun 4, 2008 | Media release

Tata ki te 50,000 ngā tāngata kua tangohia i te rārangi ingoa kaipōti i te marama kua hipa atu nei – otirā, kotahi i roto i te tokorima he Māori nō Aotearoa.

I roto i te marama kua hipa, kua kitea te whiunga whakauru a te Pokapū Whakauru Kaipōti he 49,641 rawa ngā tāngata kua tangohia i te rārangi kaipōti, kua whakahokia mai hoki ā rātou mōkihi whakahounga i te mea kāore i tae rawa ki a rātou.

11,457 ngā Māori kua whakakāhoretia ki te pōti
7,352 ngā tāngata kua whakauru ki te rārangi ingoa Māori
4,105 ngā tāngata kua whakauru ki te rārangi ingoa Whānui

“He nuinga teitei tonu ēnei tau e kōrero nei tātou mō ngā tāngata kua tangohia i te rārangi ingoa kaipōti nō te mea kua hūnuku tō rātou wāhi noho, ā, kāhore i whakahouhia ā rātou kōrero kaipōti. Kāti, me whakauru anō rātou ināianei kia kautehia ā rātou pōti ā ngā pōtitanga i tēnei tau,” e kī ana a Murray Wicks, Kaiwhakahaere ā-Motu, Pokapū Whakauru Kaipōti.

Ko Waengapū o Te Whanganui-a-Tara, ko Ōtepoti ki te Raki, ko Te Ikaroa Rāwhiti, ko Waiariki, ko Waengapū o Tāmaki-makau-rau hoki, ko ēnei ngā rohe i nui rawa ngā kaipōti kua tangohia i te rārangi ingoa.

19,753 (40 ōrau)] o rātou i tangohia i te rārangi ingoa nō ngā tāngata e 18 tau ki te 29 tau te pakeke.

“Ina hūnuku koe i tō whare, i tō kāinga noho rānei, me whakahouhia e koe ō taipitopito kaipōti hei tiaki ka whaimana tonu koe ki te pōti,” e kī ana a Wicks. “Kāore anō kia tūreiti rawa mō ngā tāngata ki te whakauru. E whakahau ana mātou kia meatia e rātou ināianei tonu, kia takatū ai ina heipū ngā pōtitanga.

“Ki te mea kāore i tae atu ki a koe tētahi mōkihi whakahou whakaurunga i ngā rā tīmata o Haratua, kāti, me whakauru anō koe.

“He ngāwari noa iho te whakauru. E wātea ana ngā puka whakauru mā te waea ā-kōnui koreutu i tō ingoa me tō wāhi noho ki 3676, mā te haere ā-ipurangi ki www.elections.org.nz, mā te haere rānei ki tētahi Toa Poutāpeta, mā te waea rānei ki 0800 ENROL NOW (0800 36 76 56). Ka taea hoki ō taipitopito te tirohia, te whakahou anō ā-ipurangi i te paetukutuku,” e kī ana a Wicks.

Ko te kōkiri whakauru nei, kei roto nei anō tētahi hōtaka rongorau, hōtaka whakawhiti kōrero hoki, tae atu ki te mahi i roto i te hapori kia taea ai e ngā tāngata e tau ana ki te pōti, ka haere tonu taea noatia te rā i mua i te rā pōtitanga

Kua kotahi marama tēnei kōkiri e haere ana, otirā, he 90.4 ōrau o te whakatautatanga mō te taupori māraurau, kei te tika tā rātou whakaurunga ki te pōti.

Mō ētahi pārongo anō, whakapā ki a Murray Wicks, Kaiwhakahaere ā-Motu, Pokapū Whakauru Kaipōti, waea (04) 801 0701, (027) 249 4508 rānei.

Number of electors removed from the electoral roll since 5 May 2008 by electorate

01 Auckland Central	1,207	36 Ōtaki	519
02 Bay of Plenty	628	37 Pakuranga	608
03 Botany	649	38 Palmerston North	955
04 Christchurch Central	977	39 Papakura	554
05 Christchurch East	475	40 Port Hills	635
06 Clutha-Southland	595	41 Rangitata	530
07 Coromandel	487	42 Rangitīkei	535
08 Dunedin North	1,429	43 Rimutaka	629
09 Dunedin South	620	44 Rodney	530
10 East Coast	643	45 Rongotai	1,113
11 East Coast Bays	487	46 Rotorua	852
12 Epsom	768	47 Selwyn	151
13 Hamilton East	1,013	48 Tāmaki	504
14 Hamilton West	892	49 Taranaki-King Country	404
15 Helensville	556	50 Taupō	718
16 Hunua	380	51 Tauranga	915
17 Hutt South	907	52 Te Atatū	815
18 Ilam	716	53 Tukituki	689
19 Invercargill	632	54 Waikato	419
20 Kaikōura	473	55 Waimakariri	228
21 Mana	532	56 Wairarapa	472
22 Māngere	561	57 Waitakere	708
23 Manukau East	738	58 Waitaki	576
24 Manurewa	608	59 Wellington Central	1,689
25 Maungakiekie	899	60 West Coast-Tasman	477
26 Mt Albert	869	61 Whanganui	392
27 Mt Roskill	605	62 Whangarei	509
28 Napier	722	63 Wigram	832
29 Nelson	759	64 Hauraki-Waikato	1,045
30 New Lynn	592	65 Ikaroa-Rāwhiti	1,157
31 New Plymouth	697	66 Tāmaki Makaurau	970
32 North Shore	526	67 Te Tai Hauāuru	1,005
33 Northcote	692	68 Te Tai Tokerau	902
34 Northland	465	69 Te Tai Tonga	1,093
35 Ōhariu	532	70 Waiariki	1,180
		TOTAL	49,641

NB: a number of electorate names have macrons

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