Representation Review 2018 Consultation on electoral boundaries and representation About the consultation Every six years, councils throughout New Zealand The review is designed to ensure the public interest is must review their representation arrangements, fairly represented on the council as ward populations including whether their wards properly reflect grow or change over time. their populations. The review cannot make changes to: Changes to Auckland Council’s ward and local board • the number of Auckland Council’s Governing Body subdivision boundaries are proposed under the Local members, (a mayor and 20 councillors) Electoral Act. • local board boundaries The proposed changes will affect how some people • the boundaries of Auckland. would vote at next year’s local body elections and the following one if another review is not conducted. For more information, visit aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/haveyoursay Representation Review 2018 What we need your feedback on When you can have your say You can have your say on the council’s initial proposals: You can have your say from 8 August until • Proposal one: Ward boundary changes 11 September 2018. • Proposal two: Splitting Manukau Ward in two Proposal one: ward boundary changes • Proposal three: Moving the subdivision boundaries in Rodney Local Board The ratio of people to elected member in a ward should • Proposal four: Renaming Great Barrier Local Board not vary from the average across the whole of Auckland by more than 10 per cent. This is to ensure “fair and We are not planning to make changes to any other effective representation for individuals and communities”. electoral boundaries, names or elected member representation, at this time. This means, for example, if a city had one million people living in it, split into 10 wards with an elected member What you can comment on each, each ward should have roughly 100,000 people living in it. That population is allowed to go as low as Anyone may make a submission on the proposals above, 90,000 or as high as 110,000. or any electoral issues within the scope of the review. If the population went above or below the 10 per cent The review is permitted to cover: rule, the council for that city would not comply with the • whether the councillors are elected by a ward system or Local Electoral Act 2001. a system where there are no wards, but each councillor is elected by the whole region (referred to as “at-large”) A council is allowed to not comply if altering a ward’s boundaries would split communities of interest, but • whether councillors are elected using a combination a non-complying decision must be confirmed by the of ward and at-large systems Local Government” Commission. • if there are wards, the number of wards, their boundaries and names. Auckland currently has 13 wards; Albany, Albert-Eden-Roskill, Franklin, Howick, Manukau, For each local board, the council can review: Manurewa-Papakura, Maungakiekie-Tāmaki, North Shore, • whether the board members are elected by subdivisions Ōrākei, Rodney, Waitākere, Waitematā and Gulf, and Whau. or across the whole local board area A review of each ward’s population showed four • if there are subdivisions, the number of subdivisions, did not comply with the 10 per cent rule: their boundaries and names Manurewa-Papakura, Ōrākei, Rodney, and Waitematā • the number of members on the local board and Gulf. • the name of the local board. Waitematā and Gulf Ward boundary These are the only areas up for review in this process. changes and effects on neighbouring wards What to consider when making Waitematā and Gulf Ward population differs from the a submission average per member by 43 per cent. In order for it to comply with the 10 per cent rule, it is When making a submission, try to consider: proposed to: • effective representation of communities of interest • move the communities of Parnell and Newmarket from • fair representation. Waitematā and Gulf Ward to Ōrākei Ward Effective representation of communities of interest refers to • move part of Ellerslie and the community between how similar areas should not be split, for example residential College Road and the Glen Innes Railway Station from or commercial hubs. Likewise, some communities should not Ōrākei to Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Ward be joined together. • move the communities of Westmere, West of Surrey Fair representation refers to how elected members should Crescent and Eden Terrace from Waitematā and Gulf be equally spread among the population in wards or local Ward to Albert-Eden-Roskill Ward board subdivisions. • move small areas of Onehunga and Royal Oak to become part of Albert-Eden-Roskill Ward Auckland Council Map Albany Ward Rodney Ward North Shore Ward Waitemata and Gulf Ward Waitemata and Gulf Ward Orakei Ward Albert-Eden-Roskill Ward Whau Ward Maungakiekie-Tamaki Howick Ward Ward Waitakere Ward Proposed split of Manukau Ward Otara-Papatoetoe Ward Locality Guide Mangere-Otahuhu Ward Manurewa-Papakura Area of Change Ward Current Ward Boundary Proposed Ward Boundary DISCLAIMER: 0 1,100 2,200 3,300 Copyright Auckland Council. These maps are provided solely to enableFor the a public more to readily identifydetailed boundaries thatand are interactive map visit aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/haveyoursay Meters proposed by Auckland Council’s review of representation arrangements. Scale @ A4 Land Parcel Boundary information from LINZ Proposed Ward Boundary Changes for 2019 Elections = 1:174,000 (Crown Copyright Reserved). Existing• extend ward boundaries Whau from Stats NZ. Ward’s eastern boundary to encompass Part of the recent Auckland CouncilDate Printed: electoral review also a small area of Mount Roskill that was previously in considered whether any double-member3/08/2018 wards should Albert-Eden-Roskill Ward. be split into single-member wards. Elected members of single wards have a more focussed area to represent. These changes are proposed to create a more balanced population per ward without splitting communities Consideration was limited to those wards that could be up unnecessarily. split along existing local board boundaries (helping to avoid splitting communities of interest), and for which We have made an effort to make as few changes the resulting new wards would still comply with the as possible. 10 per cent rule. Rodney Ward Creating two new wards out of Rodney Ward population differs from the average by Manukau Ward 22 per cent. Manukau is the only double-member ward that we We consider that any options to expand the ward, so it consider could be split this way. can comply, would result in splitting a community of We propose Manukau Ward be split into two parts, interest or joining dissimilar communities of interest. along the existing boundary of Māngere-Ōtāhuhu and We propose no changes. Ōtara-Papatoetoe local boards. This will need approval by the Local Government Commission. This would create two new single-member wards — Proposal two: splitting Manukau Ward in two Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Ward and Ōtara-Papatoetoe Ward. Auckland currently has six wards that have a single Both proposed new wards are already deemed to be elected governing body member - a city councillor. communities of interest as they exist as local boards. The wards are: The boundaries of the new wards would be exactly the Rodney, Waitematā and Gulf, Ōrākei, Whau, Franklin same as the existing local board areas of the same name. and Maungakiekie-Tāmaki. Proposal three: moving Rodney Local There are seven double-member wards: Board subdivision boundaries Albany, North Shore, Howick, Manukau, Manurewa-Papakura, Albert-Eden-Roskill, and Waitākere. Local board subdivisions serve the same purpose for electing local board members as do wards for Wards are large in size - a single-member ward being electing councillors. about 80,000 people and a double-member ward (two elected councillors) being about 160,000 people. Auckland Council Map Proposed change from Wellsford Wellsford to Warkworth Kaipara Harbo ur Wellsford Subdivision As part of this electoral review, we propose to slightly What to consider when making changeWar ktheworth subdivision boundaries of the Rodney WaLocalrkwo Board.rth a submission Subdivision Proposed change from When making a submission, try to consider: Warkworth to Wellsford Currently there are four Rodney Local Board subdivisions: Dairy Flat, Kumeu, Warkworth and Wellsford. • effective representation of communities of interest • fair representation. In order to better recognise similar communities of interest, we propose to: Following the consultation period, we will consider all submissions and then publicly notify a final proposal. Auckland Council Orewa Map Kumeu • extend the Wellsford Subdivision boundary south to Any objections or appeals are sent to the Local Subdivision meet the Kumeu Subdivision boundary at Makarau Government Commission, which makes the final decision. • move the boundary between Warkworth and Wellsford Helensville Dairynorth Flat to include a small area north of Matakana Road Read more detailed information on this proposal online at Subdivision Hauraki Gulf / aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/haveyoursay in the Warkworth Subdivision.Tikapa Moana Albany Ways to make a submission Kumeu Area of Change Online: aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/haveyoursay Proposed Rodney Subdivision Boundary Current Rodney Subdivision Boundary Waitemata By email: [email protected] Harbou r DISCLAIMER: 0 1,900 3,800 5,700 By post: Complete the feedback form at the back of this This map/plan is illustrative only and all information Meters Proposed change from should be independently verified on site before taking Wellsford any action. Copyright Auckland Council. Land Parcel Wellsford to Warkworth document and send the completed form to: Boundary information from LINZ (Crown Copyright Kaipara Scale @ A4 Reserved). Whilst due care has been taken, Auckland Harbo ur = 1:387,335 Council gives no warranty as to the accuracy and plan Title Wellsford completeness of any information on this map/plan and accepts no liability for any error, omission or use of the Date Printed: Auckland Council Representation Review information.