Ikaroa-Rāwhiti By-Election Candidates Announced

Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 3:39 pm
Press Release: Electoral Commission

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

Ends

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