Rep Review Pre-Engagement Summary Total Responses 167 Average time to complete About 9 minutes First Response Mon 12 April 2021, 7:12 PM Last Response Fri 30 April 2021, 2:30 PM To start off with, could we get a few details from you - Do you feel that you are effectively represented? Question 1A Each elected member should represent a similar number of people, which, for Kaipara District’s existing ward structure, is about 3000 people per councillor. See similar sized council infromation here. Number of responses to this question 155 (93%) Total number of responses for this survey 167 Answer Count % Yes, I am effectively represented 14 9 On the whole I think I am effectively represented 40 26 I don't think I am always effectively represented 45 29 I am not effectively represented 48 31 I don't know 8 5 1 Question 1B Which ward do you live in? Number of responses to this question 155 (93%) Total number of responses for this survey 167 Answer Count % Dargaville 33 21 West Coast-Central 30 19 Otamatea 30 19 Kaiwaka-Mangawhai 56 36 Outside of Kaipara District 6 4 2 Question 1C What areas do you regulary visit e.g. for school, shopping, sport, recreation or work? 3 Number of responses to this question 159 (95%) Total number of responses for this survey 167 Answer Count % Aranga 10 6 Arapohue 13 8 Ararua 1 1 Baylys Beach 42 26 Dargaville 74 47 Glinks Gullys 23 14 Hakaru 15 9 Hoanga 8 5 Kaihu 17 11 Kaiwaka 44 28 Mamaranui 11 7 Mangawhai Heads 64 40 Mangawhai 74 47 Matakohe 17 11 Maungaturoto 52 33 Omamari 13 8 Oneriri Peninsula 6 4 Oruawharo 4 3 Pahi 21 13 Paparoa 32 20 Pouto 16 10 Ruawai 27 17 Taipuha 2 1 Tangiteroria 9 6 Tangowahine 9 6 Te Kopuru 22 14 Tinopai 11 7 4 Answer Count % Tokatoka 16 10 Topuni 3 2 Turiwiri 8 5 Waiotira 3 2 Whakapirau 13 8 Elected representatives Question 1D Do you know who your ward councillors are? Number of responses to this question 159 (95%) Total number of responses for this survey 167 Answer Count % Yes 99 62 No 60 38 Question 1E Do you have contact with your ward councillor/s? 5 Number of responses to this question 160 (96%) Total number of responses for this survey 167 Answer Count % Yes, often 13 8 Occasionally 38 24 Rarely 37 23 No, never 72 45 How do you think we should be represented on the Council? Do you think we should have more or fewer councillors, or have we got it about Question right? 1F Currently there are 8 councillors plus a Mayor. Councillors are paid from a single fund for their salaries. This is set by the Remuneration Authority. You can see the current salaries here. Number of responses to this question 149 (89%) Total number of responses for this survey 167 Answer Count % More 33 22 About right 86 58 Fewer 15 10 Unsure 15 10 6 Question How many councillors do you think is a good number to ensure fair and effective 1G representation? Number of responses to this question 151 (90%) Total number of responses for this survey 167 Answer Count % 5 8 5 6 12 8 7 11 7 8 67 44 9 18 12 10 35 23 What structure do you prefer for electing councillors? Question Note – the current system provides for each of the four wards to be represented by its 1H own councillors. Alternative systems are district-wide (across all of Kaipara regardless of where people live) or a mixture of the two (wards and at-large). Number of responses to this question 149 (89%) 7 Total number of responses for this survey 167 Answer Count % Ward Based 98 66 Elected at Large 20 13 Mix of the two (wards and at large) 31 21 Ward Boundaries 8 Question 1I Do the current wards and boundaries make sense? Answer Yes No! Why does Dargaville get 2 extra councillors when it is smaller than current Mangawhai! Mangawhai contributed to the majority of the rates compared to Dargaville. Mangawhai should be 2 wards. The Dargaville Ward should be removed. On the whole Mangawhai and Kaiwaka should be in Auckland or Rodney and not part of Kaipara. NoShould be one Not too bad if you must have wards More sense than the question No. We need community based wards. yes covers most peoples area of influence Yes No, nor does the question. For goodness sake!!!!! No Dargaville is seriously over represented. Time to do away with that ward. no Yes Yes No Yes Assuming the boundaries reflect census data. If Mangawhai is much larger, it may be time to move a councillor east Not really. Mangawhai has the highest growth and and population and yet just 2 representatives. I believe the representation should more reflect population distribution, at least 1 more councillor for this area. Should have left Kaiwaka and Mangawhai in with rest of Otamatea. Feel quite disconnected from them now. yes First off spell check your surveys. *Does not Doe!! Secondly check grammar. The above sentence makes absolutely no sense! 9 Answer Yes Yes though I think that Kaiwaka-Mangawhai (old OtamateaCounty) is overly represented while the old Hobson County is under represented - therefore there would be a joint extra councillor for West Coast-Central/Dargaville should get one more councillor. No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes I do the west coast central ward should have at least three representatives due to it size .As there is no way that two people can represent that many people. Yes I think the Dargaville ward is over represented when compared with rapidly growing areas such as Mangawhai No they should be population based yes yes No. Yes but it makes sense to combine it all..we are only a small district, seems to me it would be more efficient and all wards would have access to better/ more qualified people. no West Coast-Central ward is to large, this should be split somehow, and how 2 councillors (or 2 and 1) for the 2 wards created. Could the Dargaville ward also be expanded? There is a large imbalance much when Otamatea had its own council YES Yes - West Coast - Central Ward is is a large area. Yes Yes, they are manageable and are representative of the population. However probably 2 wards would be sufficient No. Based on the number of rate payers at each ward it doesn't seem that Kaiwaka Mangawhai feels under represented 10 Answer Yes Yes yes No Yes its a good split No. Mangawhai is one of the fastest growing communities on North Island,yet we are underrepresented and ignored in Council. Not entirely. Representation of Dargaville and Mangawhai should be separate from the surrounding rural areas. yes No I would like to see Manawhai/Kaiwaka placed in Auckland ward as I believe Kaipara is a too big of ward , this would allow councillors to better serve us and not put up with the shit some of their residents cause. No no yes think that suit communities of interest quite well Yes, Perfect sense although if the CML project goes as planned (?) then there will need to be a review of the number of councillors. Although it would be difficult to justify additional councillors, The current ones will just have to work harder! No. Mangawhai should probably have more councillors No, should be based on population Yes No yes yes No Generally yes Sort of. I assume it is population based. Yes. No, Do not reflect ratepayer numbers, common interests or future growth projections If based on the old county council boundaries yes. Unsure as to why Dargaville should have two representatives? 11 Answer No No yes Yes Yes No. They should be similar area rather than population based. Split the West Coast-Central into two wards. West Coast North and West Coast South. Or add two Maori seats (Maori west and Maori East) The Maori West seat can assist the West Coast- Central Councillors effectively giving that section 3 representatives and Tangata whenua a voice for the west coast. A Tangata whenua voice for the East is also needed and will provide added assistance for the Otamatea, Kaiwaka - Mangawhai councillors. yes If based on population density of rate payers per ward being pretty much the same in each ward, then yes. If based upon geographical locations of business centers, then no. I firmly believe 3 of our wards should merge with Whangarei District and the 4th Ward: Mangawhai and Kaiwaka ward merge with Akld. No. The population growth in mangawhai area is not being duplicated at council level. It should also take into account owners who live outside of area as they are also affected Not at all. It was pushed through on out of date Census because the most recent census figures were not available. The +/- 10% (I think this was the number) was biased against Otamatea (i.e. Mangawhai) resulting in "us" being under-represented, and this aggravated even more because of the out of date Census. Interestingly since then Council seems to accept that Mangawhai is by far the quickest growing part of the District. Conversely Dargaville and others were in the -10%. By now the discrepancy is more likely +/- 20% and it appears that most of the "western" Mayor and Councillors are acting quite contrary to the interests of the Mangawhai community. No,for Mangawhai Dargaville is too far way. Cut Mangawhai from Kaiiwaka to Wellsford and Mangawhai Boundaries are fine but representation should be based on ward population Yes No.