There's only a day and bit left to get your voting papers in for the local elections. It's too late to post votes, so they need to be dropped in an orange box at libraries, Woolworths or transport hubs.
Local Government NZ chief executive is Scott Nacklen.
It's too late to post your vote ahead of Saturday's closing date. Photo: RNZ / Eveline Harvey
In other local election news a Whanganui iwi leader has taken legal action to halt the outcome of Whanganui's Māori Ward results and is expecting to have an interim decision from the High Court this afternoon. Ken Mair is leading the action - he says with supporting affidavits from 12 others 2 ex mayors, 2 present councilors, 2 Tikanga experts, 5 candidates and himself. It comes after the official candidate booklet sent to voters excluded all Māori ward candidates. Electionz chief electoral officer Warwick Lampp has apologised and taken responsibility for the mistake. The missing profiles, accompanied with an apology, were sent to all Māori roll voters in the affected areas. Ken Mair told Nine to Noon the hearing on Wednesday this week in the Whanganui court asked that the results not be published until a more substantive case regarding the error could be heard. At the time Local Government NZ described it as a ' significant ' error. And said it reinforced the need for a change to how local elections are run. Voting closes tomorrow at midday. Candidate booklets sent to voters in South Wairarapa and Opotiki also excluded all Māori ward candidates. But Nine to Noon understands these two councils are not involved in this action.
