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Have your say in the 2019 local government elections

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ver the next six weeks, New Zealand voters will be decide who to support in this year’s local government elections.

In Whakatāne, we have seven candidates standing for Mayor, 18 people standing for five council seats in the Whakatāne/Ōhope Ward and seven standing for the three seats in the Rangitāiki Ward. This shows a heartening level of interest in local government locally, and I know that the elections will be intensely-fought affairs in other centres too, including Tauranga City.

Local government is an important cog in the wheels of government generally, because the people who sit on your council make decisions that help to mould your community and give it direction.

I’ve now spent eighteen years serving as an elected member, 12 of those as Mayor, thanks to the fantastic support of my district community. I would like to say right up front that I have enjoyed every minute of my time as Mayor of the Whakatāne district, and working with my council colleagues to make the district what it is today.

I was elected to council when I was 34 years old and first became Mayor when I was 37, in 1995. As I reflect on that, I wonder how the typical ’60plus’ councillor of the time accepted this young buck. As a young Mayor it was definitely a challenge, and after losing in the 1998 election, I had no thoughts of returning to the council table. Community support encouraged me back and in 2010, I became Mayor once more.

In brief, the success of my time as Mayor of the Whakatāne District is quite simply making sure that council elected members work as a team. I have enjoyed four terms as Mayor and each term, I have created a team of councillors who work together and respect each other’s views. No division within the ranks, but yes, we have had different positions on many matters

that are debated, but in the end, the majority of decisions are accepted by all.

This is because I treat each elected member with respect and acknowledge the expertise and experience they bring to the table. Just like a commercial board, where each person has something to contribute, you still have to make and implement collective decisions, regardless of your individual viewpoint.

So, one key word for me is ‘relationships’. Create relationships with your team, your staff and other stakeholders and there is no holding back.

Whakatāne District Council Mayor, Tony Bonne

In my years at the helm, I have never apologised for the developments that make our place what it is today. There have been many successes and of course a few challenges.

community expects you to lead the response and recovery, and I can tell anyone standing for Mayoralty that they may have stressful times ahead, balanced by the satisfaction that comes from helping those in need.

Overall, under my leadership, I have always supported the provision of infrastructure and developments that will help make our lives better, make our community vibrant and contribute to the creation of jobs for our young.

There have been other challenges too, such as the threat of losing our hospital in the 1990s. Back then, I led a march of 5,000 people to save our hospital and today, Whakatāne has a very modern facility to use.

Some of our key decisions have included making council-owned land for housing, making sure a motor camp that was due to close was re-established on council land, new community facilities such as a museum, library and exhibition centre, indoor pools, wharf space, and parks and playgrounds – all helping to make our district a better place to live, work and play.

Another challenge has been finding ways to deal with the debris flow hazard on the Awatariki fanhead at Matatā. This has been a tremendously difficult situation for everyone involved, but for councillors, it simply comes down to the need to remove people from harm’s way and find ways to allow them to move on with their lives via a meaningful managed retreat process.

Relationships with Iwi are so important and I enjoy making sure we all work together for one goal. This is happening right now with our joint project to create a boat harbour for the district. This is being led by our Māori land owners, Ngati Awa and the council.

It doesn’t matter what is before you, when you are Mayor, you take-on the issue and work with the community, whether it is in Minginui, Edgecumbe or Matatā. The Mayor holds a 24/7 responsibility and I do wish the person that wins in 2019 all the very best.

I do need to mention some of the challenges – like the Edgecumbe flood disaster of 2017. Events like this are a real challenge for a Mayor, as the

As for me, I will be looking forward to my next challenge, selling real estate for Ray White Ōhope.

By Mayor Tony Bonne Whakatāne District Council

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Take your time and vote well!

Here we are, five weeks out from our three-yearly election of our representatives on Whakatāne District Council, BOP Regional Council, and our District Health Board. These local bodies manage our city. Their leadership dictates the quality of water in our rivers, at our beaches and ultimately, that which we drink. They manage domestic waste, sewage and storm water. Councils control development Editor, "Un-tone" - Antoon Moonen and maintenance of our local road network ensuring that pedestrians, cyclists, cars and trucks are able to use these roads safely and efficiently. They provide local parks, halls, libraries, pools and other community facilities.

BOP Regional Council (previously Environment BOP) is responsible for the environmental management of our region and has just declared a climate emergency. Local authorities develop long term and annual ‘city plans’ that dictate how our cities grow, who can do what and where, which has a profound effect on the liveability of cities. Councils administer health standards in restaurants, alcohol licences, public art, and where you can walk your dog. On one hand we want our representatives to listen to our ‘wants’ as a community, but on the other hand we expect them to guide us in the ever increasingly complex task of creating a modern town or city, delivering world class design and facilities.

Different sectors of our community have different expectations of local government. It is important that every sector of our community considers what is important to it and conveys this to elected councillors. We cannot afford to have representatives who are selected by only one sector and who are not committed to outcomes benefiting the wider community.

Have you been well represented by your current representatives? Have they demonstrated that they understand technical issues involved in creating a great city? Have they spent our rates payments wisely? Have they been successful in delivering on their specific election agendas? Do they have specific goals and can they be trusted to pursue vigorously these for the wider good?

I urge you to think carefully about what we want as a community, what we are prepared to contribute to that, and who demonstrates the ability to work as a team to deliver.

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OPINION: The late and laughingly great Robyn Williams once said “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s Party!’”

Let’s hand over the keys to forward thinkers

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or many of us especially those with the south side of sixty on the clock, getting to another Spring is like a lifeline. “Haere mai Summer” we say “Warm us up and breath fire into those cold hangi stones deep inside, who have been lying dormant since the first feijoas of Autumn hit the ground and we hit the heat pumps.”

So, here’s the thing with Spring.

Is it the fare welling of the old and cold or the heralding in of new beginnings and long hot summer’s?

September and Spring for me brings out the inner optimist who seems to have been in slumber mode for far too long. Just when Winter has done its best to turn us into flu filled tissue soaked sad asses, along comes an iti of hope Maori call Koanga (Spring). Ko is to dig and Spring is a time to prepare the land for the growing season, and like my old Coromandel hippy mates used to say “Life is a garden – if we dig it” Driving in to work this morning there was a bit of both saying hi and goodbye all along the side-walks and council approved launching pads, for signs to sell promises by councillors and Mayoral wannabees.

It was the line-up that got me laughing a la Robyn Williams.

In between each photo shopped well-manicuredvote for me bill board were mixed messages of Dog Training, Blossom Festivals and Rug Sales. Imagine the

confusion on the faces of our foreign visitors with limited knowledge of what goes on here in the Springtime, especially in Election Year.

But then again, the sign further on up the road that says “Road Works” must be equally confusing.

There’s fun to be had by spinning these signs, not physically but verbally.

Coming over the Kaimai there was a sign “Vote Jan Barnes for Mayor of Matamata” to which I made a mental as anything, working class man kind of note to self - change Jan to Jimmy.

Further up the motorway heading to Auckland the council candidate with the last name Cox had a myriad or mental as anything notes to be made to lighten up an early spring morning and the more I look at election signs the funnier they become. Take Pick Rick for example, you don’t have to be a creative marketing guru to spin that into something far more sensible.

One candidate claims to have the tautoko (blessing) of tangata whenua. This has raised the eyebrows and the ire of many local Maori who have never seen her on any local Marae so perhaps the Murray in her middle name could be changed to Maori if this is the vote she is hoping to capture.

So, what will this election be about? What will be the kicker that gets the new fresh faces across the line and into the corridors of power in local body politics? Money and Mana - Whare and Forward

Thinking, are the fire starters to get my hangi stones warm when it comes to voting.

No longer will it be enough to promise every lolly in the party pack scramble and like many of my mates we are looking to leadership that really does understand Mana not money is the currency of success our Rangatira running for council should be aspiring toward.

A very wise and respected Kaumatua once told me Mana was all about the ability to do good deeds for the benefit of others and not yourself, and that is what we need now more than ever if we are to consider the crisis we have in housing and homelessness. Of all the candidates standing, Councillor Terry Malloy must be mentioned alongside Mayor Garry Webber as both these community kingpins have been at our sides since the day we opened our first whare for the homeless here in Tauranga Moana.

Water could well be another key issue more so in the national elections next year.

If only I could have foreseen water costing more than petrol at a petrol station 20 short years ago. Then I could have built a thousand new homes for the homeless and still had enough left over for a couple of stadiums, museums and half a dozen iconic attractions, such as the Warrior Statue equal in size to the Liberty one in New York to welcome overseas visitors to our shores.

We get a chance once every three years to make a difference in our

Columnist, Tommy Kapai Wilson

communities by voting in who will serve us with Manna and not just for money. We get a chance to hand over the keys to our cities to forward thinkers who can drive us into the future, and see over the horizon to what our kids will inherit by the decisions they make today The challenge is for us all to look past the promises made on flash billboards with mixed messages and photo shopped faces and vote for change, because what is happening in housing and the ‘soul’ of our city is unacceptable.

If spring is the time for change, a time to prepare the lands for a fruitful summer and beyond, then let’s start with voting in fresh faces as our leaders.

Fresh forward thinking faces who can come down off their high horses and flash bill-boards and be there for mana and not money.

Tommy Kapai, Chief Imagination Officer

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Possums and rats have contributed to the decline of many bird species by preying on eggs, chicks, and nesting females.

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Recovery Plan

The Department and community groups are working to boost kōkako numbers. For kōkako numbers to recover there needs to be: Possum eating chick (Picture: DOC) • long-term control of predators using traps and poison • Looking after genetics by moving kōkako from different areas to breed with different • Planting natives to improve kokako birds kōkako habitat • Bringing kōkako back to areas where they once lived.

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Department staff are extremely confident that the way it uses these toxins is safe to people, the environment and water.

The Future

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Whakata-ne District Council Candidate List 2019 Name

Profile location

Name

Profile location

Immink, Lesley

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Ngaropo, Pouroto

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Jukes, Julie

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Dennis, Gavin

Not featured

Luca, Victor

Page 9

Geddes, Wini M

Not featured

Ngaropo, Pouroto

Page 7

James, Wilson

Not featured

Turner, Judy

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Paul, Wetini

Not featured

Goodman, Hinerangi

Not featured

Rangiaho, Mel

Not featured

Orr, Russell

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van Beek, Gerard

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Name

Profile location

Name

Profile location

Boynton, Toni

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Goodman, Hinerangi

Not featured

Immink, Lesley

Page 7

Silcock, Alison

Not featured

Jukes, Julie

Page 9

Te Amo, Jackie

Not featured

Luca, Victor

Page 9

Marriott, Wayne

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Bryant, Talei

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Jarrett, Scott

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Larking, Neil

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Manning , Jennifer

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McLean, Doug

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Ogle, Adyn

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Pullar, John

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Sopora, Steve

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Tรกnczos, Nรกndor

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van der Boom, Mike

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Wana, Crete

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Wana, Shonelle

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Iles, Andrew

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Tiakiwai, Hans

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Titoko, Marewa

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VOTE POUROTO NGAROPO

#votengaropo4mayor

✔Mayor ✔Community Board ✔Rangitaiki Ward Councillor

“Leadership is not about status. Leadership is not about positional power.

Ultimately, leadership is about creating new realities”

Visit my website www.imminkformayor.co.nz to read more about why you should vote for me and my commitment to the Whakatāne District

Whakatane District Council - Mayor and Councillors

Give me 3 Ticks ✔✔✔

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To represent the Whakatāne-Ōhope Ward

Whakatane District Council - Mayor and Councillors

LeTs creaTe our fuTure TogeTher!

Authorised by Wayne P Marriott, 2 Anzac Ave, WHAKATANE 3120

Tēnā koutou katoa Raised in beautiful Whakatāne and a mother of four sons, I offer 15 years' experience working for communities.

I'm also an experienced participant in local body politics, and have a strong track record of connecting people and initiating projects that utilise well-built networks and trusting working relationships. Previous roles include; Housing Manager, Social Worker, Timebank Coordinator, Marae and School Trustee, Office holder for Political, Sports and Cultural groups.

I am passionate about developing strong and resilient whānau, people and communities. My vision is for our council to reflect the diversity of our communities by building on our collective strengths and working together towards sustainable longterm economic and environmental outcomes. I will also focus on a Buy Local campaign to support our local and independent businesses, as I believe in the importance of encouraging local employment to enhance the economic vitality of our district.

Pōti mō Toni Boynton

AUTHORISED BY WAYNE BOYNTON 65/20 GAULSTONE ROAD, WHAKATANE

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Bay of Plenty Regional Council Candidate List 2019 Name

Affiliation

Profile location

Bruning, Norm

Independent Western Issue, page 26

Name White, Te Taru

Profile location Elected unopposed

Western Issue, page 27

Nees, Jane Farrell, Matthew

Independent

Not featured

Hobbs, Jenny

Independent

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Name

Affiliation

Profile location

Name

Profile location

Bay of Plenty Regional Council

McDonald, Matemoana

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Clark, Bill

Elected unopposed

Nelson, Riki

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Leeder, Douglas

Elected unopposed

Name

Affiliation

Profile location

Iti, Toi Kai RakÄ u

Independent

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Marr, Tiipene

Independent

Name

Affiliation

Profile location

Crosby, Stuart

Independent

Elected unopposed

Love, David

LOVE TAURANGA!

Elected unopposed

Rose, Stacey

Lets BANG This Out

Elected unopposed

Thompson, Paula

Not featured

Elected unopposed

von Dadelszen, Andrew

ACTION not WORDS

Name

Affiliation

Paul, Katie Priscilla

Living and Working for Rotorua

Elected unopposed

Profile location Not featured

Thurston, Lyall

Not featured

Winters, Kevin

Not featured

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Affiliation

Profile location Page 12

Edlin, Bev Finch, Ian

Driving Better Health Outcomes For All

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Karetai, Mawera

Driving Better Health Outcomes For All

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Scott, Ron

Independent

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Profile location

Name

Profile location

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Ahomiro, Hori

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Livingston, Sharon

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Arundel, Mark

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Peters, Janet Louise

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Esterman, Geoff

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Roser, Derek

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Gray, Sneha

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Sage, Teresa

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Guy, Marion

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Tohiariki, Kevin

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Hingston, Joel

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Whitaker, Malcolm

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Hunter, Callum

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White, Peter

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King-Hazel, Chris

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Wilson, Clare

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Kletchko, Sharon

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Re-elect DR Bev eDlin

DBA, MBA, FGnZ, cFinstD

My promise: “To ensure your District Health Board effectively and strategically leads the organisation into the future by becoming even more financially savvy so it can continue delivering professional, effective and timely health services and facilities for all”.

As a current Board Member with a wide range of proven business skills, coupled with extensive governance experience, expertise and practical involvement in large organisations, I remain dedicated and focussed to the task of ensuring this large, complex and specialist organisation delivers appropriate and needed health-related services to our communities today; while planning for its future.

I currently chair the BOPDHB’s Community Public Health and Disability Advisory Committee.

I am a member of its Audit-Finance-Risk and Strategic Health Committees. I also represent BOPDHB on two of the Lakes DHB’s Advisory Committees.

Ehara taku toa I te toa takatahi engari, he toa takitini.

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RE-ELECT RON SCOTT Bay of Plenty DHB Ron Scott, Deputy Chair

JP B.Soc.Sc. B.A. Dip.Bus. CMInstD MNZATD

• Deputy Chair of the DHB • Chair of Audit, Finance and Risk Management Committee • Member of Community and Public Health Advisory Committee • Member of Hospital Advisory Committee • Chair of SILC Charitable Trust • Member of AA Bay of Plenty Council • Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors (CMInstD) • Justice of the Peace (JP) • Chief Executive of Stellaris Ltd

Our people’s health is our top priority.

healthcare for older people and B4 School checks.

The Bay of Plenty is fortunate to have an effective District Health Board already. However several Members of the Board have decided not to stand again. The Chair and the CEO are both retiring from their positions in November.

That means half the new Board will be new to the DHB. In these uncertain times it is important to maintain the knowledge and experience I bring from nine years on the Board, six of them as Deputy Chair. I am asking for your support again this year.

The BOPDHB has a budget of more than $800 million but when we spend it, every dollar has to be effective. As an economist and business owner I understand how to get the best value out of the DHB’s assets and revenue, so we can provide more services. Let’s face it - the health dollar is always going to be stretched so we can’t afford to waste what we have.

There is always more to do to meet the demands of our growing population within the limits of the funding we get from the Government.

The DHB is enormously complex and extends beyond our hospitals and the 3500 staff we employ.

It includes community health services, such as the work of your GP or pharmacist, provision of

Vote

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Board members don’t provide health services –that’s why we have our wonderful health professionals. But the board plans, develops strategy and manages assets so that those at the frontline can get on and do their job effectively. We need to recruit and keep the best people - without them we would be lost.

While I’m not a health professional, I have experience working across the sector, and am particularly passionate about the disability and long-term illnesses area

VOTERONSCOTT.CO.NZ having served as Chair of the SILC Charitable Trust and worked to rehabilitate ACC clients over many years.

I want a board that always strives for better, faster services which are closer to where people live. The District stretches from East Cape to Waihi Beach and we need to save people having to come to the hospitals for all their health care.

The DHB should focus on the very old, the very young and maintaining a qualified workforce.

I am proud to have already served nine years on the Bay of Plenty District Health Board, the past six as deputy chair. I have an in-depth understanding of the organisation and the people it serves and proven governance skills in large organisations.

Please vote “1” for Ron Scott...

Because Experience Matters Authorised by Ron Scott 6 Courtney Road, Tauranga

We’re going in the right direction. Help me maintain the Bay of Plenty District Health Board’s steady progress so our region can have healthy, thriving communities with access to quality services.

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Elections Special Issue Featured Candidates Index Name Affiliation Boynton, Toni

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Edlin, Bev Finch, Ian

Page 12 Driving Better Health Outcomes For All

Immink, Lesley Iti, Toi Kai Rakāu

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Independent

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Jukes, Julie Karetai, Mawera

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Luca, Victor

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Marriott, Wayne

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Ngaropo, Pouroto

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Scott, Ron

Independent

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Turner, Judy

The right to Vote Kei te mihi ana ahau ki a koutou te hunga e noho mai ra i roto i tēnei rohe whānui. Ko te tūmanako anō, kei te noho ora koutou i raro i ngā manaakitanga a Te Runga Rawa.

One of the abiding principles by which a democratic society operates is the right to vote. One eligible person, one vote – an inherent right that should never be taken lightly.

When communities vote for people to represent them in some capacity, whether prime minister or local mayor, they expect that the people they vote for do a damned good job… or else!

Sometimes they don’t do a good job, and so voters have the option to get rid of them. But more often than not, people seem to believe that ‘others’ will take care of that.

This kind of laziness means that bad representatives are just as likely as the good ones to ‘stay in power’ well beyond their use-by dates.

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Written by Jake Spear

No more excuses Non-voters, when questioned on their failure to vote, are pretty sure about their answers. They’re quite standard across the board: (a) Oh, I didn’t know the candidates. (b) Oh, I didn’t know their policies. (c) Oh, I didn’t like any of them. (d) Oh, I don’t like/know anything about politics. (e) Oh, I was too lazy/had a hangover/ was bored/too spaced… (f) Oh, I just couldn’t be bothered.

Badly run local government, like badly run central government, can make life tough for those of us who are struggling to make ends meet, or who feel that our rights are being suppressed, or denied. But excuses not to vote, like those listed above, only make matters worse. They tend to give us a false sense of right, as if the

problem is someone else’s doing and therefore ‘they’ need to fix it.

Our Māori opinion counts Māori are poorly represented when it comes to voting in both general and local elections. At the last Tauranga local body elections, a poor overall voter turnout saw just over thirty-five percent of eligible voters cast a vote, and Maori made up only a tiny fraction of this figure.

If we as Māori are to determine our future in this growing city and its surrounds, we need to become more active both as voters and as participants in development policies.

At the coming elections, think about the future you want your children and grandchildren to enjoy. Find out what candidates might suit your aspirations and vote for the one that fits best.

The key word here is “vote” – for the future of your whānau.

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