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One of the most important ways you can take part in the decisions that shape the Waikato region is to get involved in the 2010 local authority elections, either by voting for the people who will make those decisions, or by standing for election as a representative on the Waikato Regional Council (Environment Waikato) yourself.
Local authority elections are held on the second Saturday in October every three years and will be held this year on Saturday 9 October 2010 by postal vote using the First Past the Post electoral system (FPP). Find out more on the electoral systems webpage.
The local authority elections are conducted under the provisions of the Local Electoral Act 2001, the Local Electoral Regulations 2001 and the Local Government Act 2002.
The local authority elections are undertaken on behalf of Environment Waikato by the eleven constituent territorial authorities within the Waikato region. In addition to their own election (Mayor, Council, Community Board), each territorial authority is responsible for compiling and certifying the electoral rolls, issuing the voting papers, and processing and counting Environment Waikato votes.
Environment Waikato’s Electoral Officer will be responsible for accepting candidate nominations and declaring the results for the Environment Waikato election.
Key dates
| Friday 23 July 2010 |
Nominations open |
| Friday 20 August 2010 |
Nominations close |
| 17 September to 22 September 2010 |
Voting documents delivered to electors by post |
| Saturday 9 October 2010 |
Election day. Voting closes at 12 noon.
- Progressive results will be available in the EW website, and declaration of final results will be made as soon as possible after the close of voting. |
Who can vote?
You need to be enrolled on either the resident or ratepayer electoral roll for the Waikato Region to be entitled to vote.
Resident electoral roll
All parliamentary electors are automatically enrolled on the local authority residential electoral role for the address where they live. If you wish to enrol or update your details, you can:
Ratepayer electoral roll
If a person is on the parliamentary roll in one area and pays rates on a property in another area, they may be entitled to enrol to vote on the non-resident ratepayer roll.
Ratepayer roll enrolment confirmation forms will be sent out during the period Tuesday 2 March to Friday 30 April 2010, and you have until Friday 20 August to enrol.
Voting documents, including a reply paid envelope will be sent to all eligible voters by post during the period 17 September to 22 September 2010. Votes need to be returned by 12 noon on Saturday 9 October.
Who can stand as a candidate?
To be eligible to stand as a candidate you must be:
- enrolled as a parliamentary elector anywhere in New Zealand
- a New Zealand citizen
- nominated by two electors whose names appear on the electoral roll for the constituency for which you wish to stand.
Nominations open on Friday 23 July 2010 and close at 12 noon on Friday 20 August 2010.
Candidate information handbook and nomination forms
You can download a detailed candidate information handbook and set of nomination forms in PDF format below:
Candidate information handbook (6mb)
Nomination forms (153kb)
If you would prefer to receive a hard copy of the documents, please email us on elections@ew.govt.nz or contact the Electoral Officer by calling Environment Waikato’s freephone 0800 800 401.
Want to find out more about us?
Come to a council or committee meeting. See the council calendar for details of upcoming meetings. These are all open to the pubic to attend unless stated otherwise.
Also see the following useful links:
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