7 October 2013

Media Release

For Immediate Release

Chamber Urges Ratepayers To Vote

Tauranga Chamber of Commerce today urged residents and ratepayers to set aside a few minutes and vote in the local elections.

Chamber CEO Max Mason said, "Households across the region have orange envelopes sitting there unopened. Most people are intending to fill in their voting papers but haven't quite got around to it. They need to do urgently if they are to get them in on time."

For postal voting, packs need to be posted by Wednesday, or else dropped off at designated locations.

Mr Mason said, “Typically it is the young families who don't vote, but this is an election that will impact on their future. There is a danger the new Council split by those who say 'no' to every new idea or initiative, and those who say 'yes.' Yes to new ideas, more jobs, a better sense of our city's future and more opportunities for our children. But they won't get in unless people open their orange envelopes and tick the right boxes."

"Do it now," he urged.

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