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Ikaroa-Rāwhiti By-Election Candidates Announced
MEDIA RELEASE
Wednesday 5 June
2013
Electoral
Commission
Te Kaitiaki Take
Kōwhiri
IKAROA-RĀWHITI BY-ELECTION
CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED
The Electoral Commission has released the candidate and voting place details for the Saturday 29 June by-election in the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate.
Seven candidates are seeking election as the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti Member of Parliament, and 110 voting places will be open on Election Day.
Nominations for the
by-election have closed, and the following candidates have
been confirmed:
| Candidate Name | Party |
| APPLEBY, Michael | Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party |
| DAVIDSON, Marama | Green Party |
| HOLLAND, Adam | Independent |
| NIKORA, Te Hāmua | Mana |
| RAIHANIA, Na Rongowhakaata | Māori Party |
| WAIRAU, Maurice | Independent |
| WHAITIRI, Meka | Labour Party |
“Now that nominations have closed, the Electoral Commission will begin printing and distributing ballot papers, to be ready for the start of advance voting on Wednesday 12 June,” says Robert Peden, Chief Electoral Officer.
“Ikaroa-Rāwhiti voters who will be outside their electorate on Saturday 29 June should vote in advance, because voting places will only be available inside the electorate on Election Day,” says Mr Peden.
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Advance voting will be available from Wednesday 12 June for the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate.
“Advance voting places are in many places throughout the electorate, and people can also vote at the offices of Registrars of Electors throughout the country and at the Electoral Commission in Wellington,” says Mr Peden. “Full information about where, when and how to vote in advance is available on our website www.elections.org.nz or by calling 0800 36 76 56.”
The following advance voting places will be
open in the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate:
| Ikaroa-Rāwhiti Advance Voting Places | ||
| Suburb | Address | Hours |
| Dannevirke | The Hub, Allardice Street | Wed 26 Jun - Fri 28 Jun 10am - 4pm |
| Featherston | Featherston Public Library, 74 Fitzherbert Street | Wed 26 Jun - Fri 28 Jun 10am - 4pm |
| Flaxmere | Flaxmere Public Library, 9 Swansea Road | Wed 12 Jun - Fri 14
Jun 10am - 4pm Mon 17 Jun - Fri 21 Jun 10am - 4pm Sat 22 Jun 10am - 2pm Mon 24 Jun - Fri 28 Jun 10am - 4pm |
| Gisborne | Treble Court Mall (McDonald's entrance) | Wed 12 Jun - Fri 14 Jun 10am -
4pm Mon 17 Jun - Fri 21 Jun 10am - 4pm Late night: Thu 20 Jun 5pm - 8pm Mon 24 Jun - Fri 28 Jun 10am - 4pm Late night: Thu 27 Jun 5pm - 8pm |
| Hastings City | Hastings Baptist Church, 205 Lyndon Road | Wed 12 Jun - Fri 14 Jun 10am
- 4pm Mon 17 Jun - Fri 21 Jun 10am - 4pm Sat 22 Jun 10am - 4pm Mon 24 Jun - Fri 28 Jun 10am - 4pm Late night: Thu 27 Jun 4pm - 8pm |
| Makauri | Makauri School, 120 King Road | Wed 26 Jun 1pm - 3pm |
| Masterton | Ground Floor Departmental Building, 31-35 Chapel Street | Mon 17
Jun - Fri 21 Jun 10am - 4pm Sat 22 June 10am - 2pm Mon 24 Jun - Fri 28 Jun 10am - 4pm |
| Naenae | Naenae Community Library, Hillary Court | Mon 17 Jun - Fri 21 Jun 10am
- 5pm Sat 22 Jun 10am - 3pm Mon 24 Jun - Fri 28 Jun 10am - 5pm |
| Napier | Old Big Save Furniture Building, 107 Carlyle Street | Wed 12 Jun - Fri 14 Jun
10am - 4pm Mon 17 Jun - Fri 21 Jun 10am - 4pm Sat 22 Jun 10am - 4pm Mon 24 Jun - Fri 28 Jun 10am - 4pm Late night: Thu 27 Jun 4pm - 8pm |
| Norsewood | Norsewood School, Coronation Street | Mon 24 Jun 10am - 4pm |
| Ormond | Ormond School, 45 Whitmore Road | Wed 26 Jun 10am - 12pm |
| Pongaroa | Pongaroa School, 9 Makomako Street | Tue 25 Jun 10am - 4pm |
| Rere | Rere School, 3294 Wharekopae Road | Thu 27 Jun 10am - 12pm |
| Ruatoria | Te Kura Kaupapa Māori O Te Waiu O Ngati Porou, 13 Tuparoa Road | Mon 24 Jun - Fri 28 Jun 10am - 4pm Late night: Thu 27 Jun 5pm - 8pm |
| Stokes Valley | Koraunui Marae, 146 Stokes Valley Road | Mon 24 Jun - Wed 26 Jun 10am - 5pm Thu 27 Jun 12:30pm - 5pm Fri 28 Jun 10am - 5pm |
| Taradale | Taradale Town Hall, corner Meeanee & Lee Roads | Mon 24 Jun - Fri 28 Jun 10am - 4pm |
| Tiniroto | Tiniroto School, 14 School Road | Tue 25 Jun 1pm - 3pm |
| Upper Hutt | 177-179 Main Street (next to Pizza Hut) | Wed 12 Jun - Fri 14 Jun
10am - 5pm Mon 17 Jun - Fri 21 Jun 10am - 5pm Sat 22 Jun 10am - 3pm Mon 24 Jun - Wed 26 Jun 10am - 5pm Thu 27 Jun 10am - 7pm Fri 28 Jun 10am - 5pm |
| Waerenga-o-Kuri | Waerenga-o-Kuri School, 1763 Tiniroto Road | Wed 26 Jun 10am - 12pm |
| Wainuiomata | Wainuiomata Community Library, Queen Street | Mon 17 Jun - Fri 21
Jun 10am - 5pm Sat 22 Jun 10am - 3pm Mon 24 Jun - Wed 26 Jun 10am - 5pm Thu 27 Jun 10am - 7pm Fri 28 Jun 10am - 5pm |
| Waipukurau | Waipukurau Public Library, Kitchener Street | Wed 26 Jun - Fri 28 Jun 10am - 4pm |
| Wairoa | Age Concern Centre, 8 Lahore Street | Mon 24 Jun - Fri 28 Jun 10am
- 4pm Late night: Thu 27 Jun 5pm - 8pm |
Advance voting places outside the electorate are available at www.elections.org.nz
On Election Day,
Saturday 29 June, the following voting places will be open
in the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate:
| Ikaroa-Rāwhiti By-Election Voting Places | |||
| Suburb | Address | Suburb | Address Top of Form |
| Ahuriri | Port Ahuriri School, 15 Lever Street | Nuhaka | Nuhaka School, Tamakahu Street |
| Akina | Hastings Central School, 400 Karamu Road South | Omahu | Omahu School, 22 Taihape Road |
| Bay View | King George Hall, 1 Hill Road | Onekawa | Henry Hill School, 13a Dick Place |
| Bridge Pa | Bridge Pa School, 40 Maraekakaho Road | Onekawa | Onekawa Primary School, 235 Kennedy Road |
| Camberley | Community Centre, 703 Kiwi Street | Onekawa | Te Kura Kaupapa Māori O Te Ara Hou, 22 Wycliffe Street |
| Camberley | Hawkes Bay Regional Hospital, Main Entrance, Omahu Road | Otane | Otane School, 35 Higginson Street |
| Carterton | Carterton School Hall, corner Holloway & Dixon Streets | Pahiatua | Pahiatua School Staffroom, 21 Albert Street |
| Carterton | South End School Library, 275 High Street South | Pakipaki | Pakipaki School, 316 Pakipaki Road |
| Clive | Clive Community Hall, 164 Main Road | Parkvale | Parkvale School Hall, 1217 Howard Street |
| Dannevirke | Dannevirke South School Staffroom, corner Stairs & Hunter Streets | Parkvale | Takitimu Performing Arts School, 706 Albert Street |
| Dannevirke | Huia Range School Hall, corner Cole & High Streets (Hall in Cole St) | Patoka | Patoka School, corner Hendley & Puketitiri Roads |
| Eketahuna | Eketahuna School, Albert Street | Patutahi | Patutahi School, 29 Atkins Street |
| Featherston | Featherston School Hall, corner Lyons & Revans Streets | Pirinoa | Pirinoa School, Room 2, Lake Ferry Road |
| Flaxmere | Flaxmere Primary School, 20 Henderson Road | Pomare | Pomare School, 4 Partridge Street |
| Flaxmere | Kimi Ora Community School, 1 Boston Crescent | Porangahau | Porangahau School, Keppel Street |
| Flaxmere | Peterhead School, 10 Peterhead Avenue | Pukehou | Pukehou School, 174 State Highway 2 |
| Frasertown | Frasertown School, 4 Russell Parade | Raupunga | Ngati-Pahauwera Society Offices, 30 Putere Road |
| Frimley | Frimley School, 202 Frimley Road | Raureka | Raureka School Hall, 916 Gordon Road |
| Gisborne | Awapuni School, 129 Awapuni Road | Ruatoria | Te Kura Kaupapa Māori O Te Waiu O Ngati Porou, 13 Tuparoa Road |
| Gisborne | Cobham School, Lytton Road | Silverstream | Silverstream School Hall, 27 Whitemans Road |
| Gisborne | Elgin School, 2 Knox Street | Stokes Valley | Koraunui Marae, 146 Stokes Valley Road |
| Gisborne | Gisborne District Council, 15 Fitzherbert Street | Taita | Avalon Intermediate School, 1041 High Street |
| Gisborne | Gisborne Girls High School, 555 Gladstone Road | Taita | Taita Central School, 33a Churton Crescent |
| Gisborne | Ilminster Intermediate, De Lautour Road | Takapau | Takapau School Hall (Nancy Street entrance) |
| Gisborne | Kaiti School, 517 Wainui Road | Tamatea | Porritt School, 36 Lyttelton Crescent |
| Gisborne | Rutene Road Kindergarten, 128 Rutene Road | Tamatea | Tamatea Intermediate, 15 Freyberg Avenue |
| Gisborne | Waikirikiri School, 7 Pickering Street | Tamatea | Tamatea Primary School, 10 Durham Avenue |
| Greenmeadows | Greenmeadows Primary Public School, 45 Osier Road | Taradale | Bledisloe School, 30a Meeanee Road |
| Greenmeadows | Salvation Army Hall, 56 Tait Drive | Taradale | Taradale Intermediate, 6 Murphy Road |
| Greytown | Greytown School Library, 76 East Street | Taradale | Taradale Primary School, 10 Church Road |
| Hastings City | District Courthouse, 106 Eastbourne Street West | Te Araroa | Te Waha O Rerekohu Area School, 3 Arewhana Street |
| Haumoana | Haumoana School, 7 Raymond Road | Te Awa | Te Awa School, 1a Te Awa Avenue |
| Havelock North | Lucknow School, 42 Elliott Crescent | Te Karaka | Te Karaka Area School, 5 Kanakanaia Road |
| Hicks Bay | Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Kawakawa mai Tawhiti, 22 Wharf Road | Te Puia Springs | Te Puia Springs Service Center |
| Mahia | Te Mahia School, 457 Mahia East Coast Road, RD8 | Tikitiki | Tikitiki School, 33 Rangitukia Road |
| Mahora | Mahora School, 710 Frederick Street | Tikokino | Tikokino School, 43 Owen Street |
| Makaraka | Makaraka School, 137 Main Road South | Timberlea | Timberlea Community Centre, 72 Norana Road |
| Mangateretere | Mangateretere School, 314 State Highway 2 | Tokomaru Bay | Hatea-A-Rangi School, 6 School Road |
| Manutuke | Manutuke School, 59 Waingake Road | Tolaga Bay | Tolaga Bay Area School, Resolution Street |
| Maraenui | Maraenui Bilingual School, 2a Lister Crescent | Totara Park | Totara Park School, 16 California Drive |
| Maraenui | Richmond School, 13a Barnard Avenue | Trentham | Trentham School, 2 Moonshine Road |
| Marewa | Marewa School, 80 Latham Street | Tuai | Tuai Public Hall, corner Main Road & Waikare-Taheke Street |
| Martinborough | Martinborough School Hall, 14 Dublin Street | Upper Hutt | 177-179 Main Street (next to Pizza Hut) |
| Masterton | Frank Cody Lounge, Town Hall, 64 Chapel Street | Waimarama | Waimarama School, 27 Taupunga Road |
| Masterton | Lakeview School Hall Foyer, corner Te Ore Ore & Colombo Roads | Wainuiomata | Pukeatua School, 19 Frederick Street |
| Masterton | Makoura College Hall Foyer, corner Makora Road & Johnstone Street | Wainuiomata | Wainuiomata Intermediate School, 66 Konini Street |
| Masterton | Masterton Intermediate School Hall, 38 Intermediate Street | Wainuiomata | Wainuiomata Union Church, 106 Main Road |
| Matawai | Matawai School, 29 Raumati Street | Waipawa | Waipawa School, Technology Centre, 6 Harker Street |
| Maungaraki | Maungaraki Community Centre, 135 Dowse Drive | Waipukurau | The Terrace School Staffroom, 164 Porangahau Road |
| Mayfair | Karamu High School, 1036 Windsor Avenue | Waipukurau | Waipukurau School Hall, St Marys Road |
| Mayfair | Mayfair School, 1008 Willowpark Road North | Wairoa | Wairoa College, 20 Lucknow Street |
| Muriwai | Muriwai School, 1684 Wharerata Road | Westshore | Westshore School, 13 Ferguson Avenue |
| Naenae | Naenae Kindergarten, 19 Seddon Street | Whangara | Whangara School, 44 Pa Road |
| Napier City | Courthouse, 251 Hastings Street | Whatatutu | Whatatutu School, 24 Te Hau Road |
| Napier South | Nelson Park School, 48 Kennedy Road | Woodville | Woodville School Hall, Vogel Street |
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