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Tauranga City Council will hold the following elections on Saturday 20 July 2024:

• Election of the Mayor

• Election of one Councillor to represent each of the following General Wards: Arataki, Bethlehem, Matua-otūmoetai, Mauao/mount Maunganui, Pāpāmoa, Te Papa, Tauriko and Welcome Bay

• Election of one Councillor to represent Te Awanui, the Māori Ward.

Nominations

Nominations for the above positions open on Friday 26 April 2024 and must be made on the official nomination form. Copies of the nomination form and a candidate handbook can be requested from the Tauranga Customer Service Centre, He Puna Manawa, 21 Devonport Road, Tauranga, or any library or the Mount Hub (see addresses under electoral roll below) or, downloaded from

tauranga.govt.nz/elections or from the electoral officer (see contact details below). Completed nomination documents must be received by the electoral officer no later than 12 noon on Friday 24 May 2024. Each nomination must be accompanied by a deposit of $200 incl. GST, payable by cash or online banking (see nomination form for details).

Candidates are encouraged to also submit a candidate profile statement and recent photograph. The requirements for the profile statement and photo are set out in the candidate handbook. All nomination documents must be lodged together. Nominations can be made in person at the Tauranga Customer Service Centre, He Puna Manawa, 21 Devonport Road, Tauranga or emailed to nominations@tauranga.govt. nz or posted to The Deputy Electoral Officer, Tauranga City Council, Private Bag 12022, Tauranga 3143.

Candidate Information Session

An information session for prospective candidates with the electoral officer will be held at Baycourt X Space, 38 Durham Street, Tauranga at 6pm on Tuesday 30 April 2024. The event will be livestreamed and registration is encouraged. See

tauranga.govt.nz/elections for more details and the registration link.

Electoral Rolls

A preliminary roll for the elections can be inspected during normal office hours from the following venues from Friday 26 April to Friday 24 May 2024:

• The Tauranga Customer Service Centre or the Tauranga City Library, He Puna Manawa, 21 Devonport Road, Tauranga,

• Greerton Library, 139 Greerton Road, Greerton

• Mount Maunganui Library, 400 Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui

• Pāpāmoa Library, 15 Gravatt Road, Pāpāmoa.

• The Mount Hub, 9 Prince Avenue, Mount Maunganui Electors may enrol or amend their enrolment details on the residential electoral roll by contacting the Electoral Commission:

• Online at www.vote.nz

• By texting your name and address to 3676 to get a form sent to you

• By calling 0800 36 76 56 to ask for a form to be sent to you

• By email request to enquiries@elections.govt.nz Updates to the preliminary electoral roll close at 5pm on Friday 24 May 2024. Applications for registration as a ratepayer elector are to be made on the non-resident ratepayer elector enrolment form available from Tauranga Customer Service Centre, He Puna Manawa, 21 Devonport Road, Tauranga, or any library or the Mount Hub or, downloaded from tauranga.govt.nz/elections or enrol via the ratepayer enrolment online portal on the council’s election website and must be returned to the electoral officer before 5pm on Friday 24 May 2024.

Election Details

If voting processes are required to fill any of these vacancies, they will be conducted by postal voting using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) electoral system. Candidate names will be listed in random order on the voting papers. The voting papers will be mailed out to electors from Saturday, 29 June and voting will close at 12 noon on Saturday 20 July 2024. Warwick Lampp Electoral Officer PO Box 3138, Christchurch 8140 iro@electionz.com 0800 666 048 www.tauranga.govt.nz

Notice of elections for Tauranga City Council

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