Nineteen stand for Regional Council

 

Nineteen people have been nominated to contest the nine seats available on the Northland Regional Council at this year’s local body elections in October.

Regional council Electoral Officer Dale Ofsoske says 19 people have been nominated to contest the Saturday October 8 elections. That compared to 32 who stood for the regional council at the last elections in 2013.

Voters will choose nine regional councillors representing seven constituencies across the North; Te Hiku, Hokianga-Kaikohe, Coast North (two councillors), Coastal Central, Whangarei Urban (two councillors), Coastal South and Kaipara.

The full list of this year’s candidates in alphabetical order by constituency is:

* Coastal Central (one vacancy): Gavin Dawson, Paul Dimery, Paul Doherty.

* Coastal North (two vacancies): Dover Samuels, Bill Shepherd, Jocelyn Yeoman.

* Coastal South (one vacancy): Craig Brown, Rick Stolwerk.

* Hokianga-Kaikohe (one vacancy): Justin Blaikie, Joe Carr.

* Kaipara (one vacancy): Sarah Kennett, Penny Smart, Rob Stevenson, Mark Vincent.

* Te Hiku (one vacancy): Mike Finlayson, Monty Knight.

* Whangarei Urban (two vacancies): John Bain, Paul Gosling, David Sinclair.

Voting documents will be sent out from Friday September 16 and must be returned in the envelope provided by noon on Election Day, Saturday October 8.

Information about the elections generally is available from the council’s website via nrc.govt.nz/elections2016.