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2010 Triennial Election
Triennial elections for elected members of all local bodies throughout New Zealand
will be conducted by postal vote, on Saturday 9 October 2010.
The elections will be conducted under the provisions of the new Local Electoral Act 2001, the Local Electoral Regulations 2001, and the Local Government Act
2002.
Positions
Subject to the outcome of the Royal Commission on Auckland's Governance (expected end of March 2009), elections will be held for the following positions:
- mayor
- councillors (between one and four councillors depending on ward, but
totalling 19 altogether)
- community board members (between five and six members depending on
community, but totalling 52 altogether)
- Auckland Regional Council members (four regional councillors for the
Auckland constituency, with a total of 13 region-wide)
In addition, elections will be held for the following other organisations:
- Auckland District Health Board members (seven members elected 'at large')
- Portage Licensing Trust members (three members for Avondale, Blockhouse
Bay and part Mt Albert electors only)
- Mt Wellington Licensing Trust members (six members for Mt Wellington
electors only).
2010 Election timetable
You can download the timetable for 2010 Local Body Elections
2010 triennial election timetable (15kb)
PDF
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view PDFs download Acrobat Reader from the
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website. Further
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to view PDFs.
How to enrol
To vote and stand in elections you need to be
registered on the electoral roll.
You can register or check your enrolment details by:
- completing the appropriate form at any Post
Shop
- telephoning 0800 ENROLNOW (0800 367 656)
- visiting the Electoral Enrolment Centre website
on www.elections.org.nz.
Those eligible to vote at the elections are all resident electors and
non-resident ratepayer electors whose names appear on the electoral rolls when
they close.
Resident roll
All parliamentary electors are automatically enrolled on the local body
residential electoral roll at the address where they live.
Any changes to the resident roll (address details, postal details, etc) should be made by:
- completing the appropriate form at any Post Shop
- telephoning 0800 ENROLNOW (0800 367 656)
- accessing the Electoral Enrolment Centre website on www.elections.org.nz.
Ratepayer roll
If a person is on the parliamentary roll in one area and pays rates on a
property in another area, they may be eligible to be enrolled on the
non-resident ratepayer roll. A firm, company, corporation or society paying
rates on a property, may nominate one of its members or officers as a ratepayer
elector (providing the nominated person resides outside of the area). Ratepayer
roll enrolment forms are available:
To
view PDFs download Acrobat Reader from the
Adobe
website. Further
help on how
to view PDFs.
Any changes to the ratepayer roll should be made at the council's electoral
office.
If you would like to know which ward you are in see the ward boundary maps.
Electoral system
The First Past the Post electoral system will be used for all elections
except for the Auckland District Health Board election and the Portage Licensing
Trust election which will use the
Single
Transferable Voting electoral system.
Voting
Voting will be conducted by postal vote.
Voting
documents will be sent to all eligible electors by post from Friday 17 September
2010.
The voting period will be the three weeks (Friday 17 September to noon,
Saturday 9 October 2010).
Auckland District Health Board elections
The STV (Single Transferable Voting) electoral system will be used for the
Auckland DHB issue which Auckland City Council is required to conduct on behalf
of the ADHB. You can find further information on this subject by clicking on the
following links:
Auckland City Council election 2007
Click here for the results of the 2007 Auckland City Council
elections.
Contact details
For further information regarding these elections, please contact the
electoral office:
| Telephone: |
(09) 379 2023 |
| Fax: |
(09) 307 7443 |
| Email: |
dale.ofsoske@aucklandcity.govt.nz |
| Write to: |
Electoral officer
Auckland City Council
P O Box 5135
Wellesley Street
Auckland |
Updated December 2009
