A total of 32 candidates are confirmed for Kaipara District Council’s local elections on 11 October.

The preliminary list of candidates includes four for mayor and 28 for councillor positions. Please note that nominations are preliminary until confirmed by a public notice being published on the Kaipara District Council website, Wednesday 6 August.

Councillor candidate nominations include eight nominations for Kaiwaka-Mangawhai Ward, seven nominations for Otamatea Ward, and 13 nominations for the Wairoa Ward.

The candidates are (alphabetically by surname):

Mayor (one vacancy):

• Jonathan Larsen
• Ash Nayyar
• Jason Smith
• Snow Tane

Kaiwaka-Mangawhai Ward (three vacancies):

• Stephen Albert Allen
• Ron Berking
• Luke Kenneth Canton
• Craig Jepson
• Nima Maleiki
• Wiremu Paikea
• Helen Price
• Rachael Williams

Otamatea Ward (two vacancies):

• Roger James Billington
• Joel Bouzaid
• Fiona Kemp
• Denise Anne Rogers
• Mike Schimanski
• Mark Gregory Vincent
• Stephen Wood

Wairoa Ward (three vacancies):

• Jan Beatty
• Matthew Stephen John Brajkovich
• Neil Robert Doherty
• Rodney Field
• Brian Douglas Jackson
• Wero Te Kino
• Gordon Lambeth
• Joesephine Nathan
• Ash Nayyar
• Pera Paniora
• Kurt Richards
• Snow Tane
• Gordon Walker

Candidate videos will be published on the Kaipara District Council website on Monday 1 September. All confirmed candidates who have chosen to participate will answer an identical set of questions.

Voters can expect to receive their voting papers in the mail from Tuesday 9 September. Voters who have updated their details or enrolled after Friday 1 August will need to cast a special vote. Voting closes at 12 noon on Saturday 11 October.

Find out more about local elections in Kaipara at kaipara.govt.nz/elections

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