Rangitikei District Council

2010 Community Committee Elections

These are as follows:

• Bulls Community Committee
• Hunterville Community Committee
• Marton Community committee
• Turakina Community Committee

Community committees are a less formal structure.  Representatives on these committee volunteer their time and have less delegated responsibilities than Community Board members.

A public notice calling for nomination for Community Committee members will be issued after the voting for the 2010 Local Government Elections has closed.  This will be in mid-October. 

2010 Election Candidate Information

Local Government Online Limited provide a free portal for election candidates to put information up about themselves and what they are standing for.

As a voter you can type in your address and the website will pull up positions that will be contested in this years local government election.

 To find out more please click on the following link: elections2010

Local Government Elections 2010 - Nominations have closed

Please click on the following link to view the handbook: Candidate Handbook

To see how many nominations have been received by electionz for the Rangitikei District please click on the following link: Nominations received - Rangitikei

2010 Local Government Election Information

The next local government election will be held on Saturday 9 October 2010. This is your chance to elect the members to represent you on the Rangitikei District Council. 

Local government elections are held throughout the country every three years. The elections are held under the provisions of the Local Electoral Act 2001, the Local Electoral Regulations 2001 and the Local Government Act 2002.

Are you enrolled to vote? Would you like to check your enrolment details? - check out the enrolment website by clicking on this link

Would you like more information - check out the elections website by clicking on this link

Positions up for Election

 Elections will be held for the following positions:

• Mayor (1)
• Councillors (11 in total)
  • Bulls Ward (2 councillors)
  • Hunterville Ward (1 councillor)
  • Marton Ward (4 councillors)
  • Taihape Ward (3 councillors)
  • Turakina Ward (1 councillor)
• Taihape Community Board (4 members)
• Ratana Community Board (4 members)

Nominations for these positions are open between 23 July 2010 – 20 August 2010.  

Ward Map

Please click on the following thumbnail to view the Rangitikei District Ward Map