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[ad_1] Eight people will contest Christchurch’s mayoralty, while 40 people are standing for Council seats. Three Council seats have received one candidate, meaning the current Councillor will be re-elected unopposed. These are: Harewood Ward Waimairi Ward Hornby Ward Seventy people will contest the Community Board positions. View the list of candidates for Christchurch here. Election…
[ad_1] Nominations close at noon on Friday 1 August. However, as of Wednesday 30 July, the Fendalton ward is yet to receive a candidate. The Fendalton, Coastal, Spreydon, Lyttelton, Mount Herbert and Akaroa Community Board positions are also needing further candidates to fill the two vacancies. View the candidates for Christchurch confirmed so far. Nominations…
[ad_1] Time is running out for the 69 per cent of eligible voters in Christchurch and Banks Peninsula who have yet to complete and return their voting papers for the local elections. Ballot box locations Akaroa Library, 2 Selwyn Avenue Akaroa Service Centre, 78 Rue Lavaud Aranui Library, 109 Aldershot Street Diamond Harbour Library, Waipapa…
[ad_1] Voting papers for October’s local body elections will soon be arriving in the letter boxes of enrolled voters. “Residents who have enrolled to vote should expect voting papers to arrive in their letter boxes between 16 and 21 September,” says Christchurch City Council Electoral Officer Jo Daly. Voting opens on Friday 16 September and…
[ad_1] People taking part in October’s local elections may find they are voting in a different ward than in the last election, even though they have not changed addresses. How it works Christchurch is comprised of 16 wards, 15 of roughly the same population size, and the Banks Peninsula ward. Although fewer people live there,…
[ad_1] Eleven people will contest Christchurch’s mayoralty in October’s local body elections. Fifty-five people will stand for the 16 Christchurch City Council seats while 91 candidates will contest the 37 Community Board positions. “Nominations for the local body elections closed at midday. I can confirm that nearly all the available positions within our district will be…
[ad_1] It’s time to throw your hat in the ring to represent your community in Christchurch’s local elections. With the start of voting just two months away, civic-minded residents who want to represent their community can now officially put their names forward for the 54 positions available on the Christchurch City Council. Nomination forms are…
[ad_1] It’s time to throw your hat in the ring to represent your community in Christchurch’s local elections. With the start of voting just two months away, civic-minded residents who want to represent their community can now officially put their names forward for the 54 positions available on the Christchurch City Council. Nomination forms are…
[ad_1] Elections 2022 – Candidate information session Find out what you need to know to run for Council in the 2022 local elections. Hear from our electoral officer about the role and what’s expected of a councillor. What: Candidate information session When: Monday 11 July, starting at 5.30pm Where: Council Chamber, Environment Canterbury office, 200…
[ad_1] The 2022 local elections are on the way. Christchurch City Council is encouraging community-minded residents to start thinking about putting their name in the mix to stand for Mayor, councillor or community board member, or who they’d like to represent them. “Election day is Saturday 8 October, it’s never too early to think about…
[ad_1] Ali Jones has announced she is running for the Innes Ward in the upcoming local body elections. Known for her earthquake claimant advocacy work, Jones has been on the Papanui Innes Community Board since 2013 and was the second highest polling candidate in local body elections in 2013 which saw her elected to the…
[ad_1] The make-up of Christchurch’s wards and community board areas for the 2022 local elections has been confirmed. The final determination for Christchurch’s representation arrangements has been released by the Local Government Commission, with some small changes to the final proposal adopted by Christchurch City Council on 18 June. The Council’s 2021 Representation Review resulted…
[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court Vacancy and its effect on the Elections University of Canterbury Politics Professor Amy Fletcher talks to Bryan Crump on RNZ National Nights about the impact of Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s passing, on the supreme court and the upcoming US elections. The American flag flies at half staff for late US Supreme…
On the 5th November 2008 America Voted in Change with Barack Obama and on the 8th November 2008 New Zealand Voted in change with John Key. A huge symbol of what the world wants and is looking for. At a time when the world seems to be swinging towards governments which are more like our Labour…
Barack Obama will become America’s first black president after emerging triumphant from one of the most talked about elections I know of. Obama made his vistory speech in front of 70,000 people at Grant Park in Chicago – and hundreds of thousands more outside – as TV networks simultaneously declared him the winner at…