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Peninsula Candidate Meetings from 24 August

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Colville Hall, Colville

Sunday, 24 August, 11:00am. The Colville Hall, Colville Road, Colville. Mayoral candidates.

The Dunes Golf Club, Matarangi 

Sunday, 24 August, 4:00pm-6:00pm. Meet the Councillor and Community Board members standing for election in Mercury Bay Ward. 

Tony Fox will Chair this meeting. The bar will be available for drinks and snacks. 

Thames Ward candidates for Mayor, Thames Ward Councillors and Thames Community Board Members

Saturday, 30 August, 12 noon at Thames Civic Centre.

Mercury Bay Ward candidates for Councillors and Community Board members 

Saturday, 30 August, 2:00pm- 4:00pm at Whitianga Town Hall. 

Pauanui & Tairua South East General Ward candidates for Mayor, Councillors and Community Board members

Saturday, 6 September, 10:15am at Pauanui Club, Sheppard Ave, Pauanui. 

Saturday, 6 September, 1:45-3:45pm Tairua Hall, Tairua. 

Each meeting includes all candidates.

Thames

Sunday, 14 September, 2:00-5:00pm at Te Kura Tuarua o Te Kauaeranga, Thames High School auditorium. The event is hosted by The Basket Hauraki, Te Whāriki Manawāhine o Hauraki, and Transition Town Thames.

Coromandel Town candidates for Mayor, Councillors and Community Board members

Wednesday, 24 September, 5:00pm at the Combined Clubs, Woollams Avenue, Coromandel.

Whangamata 

Saturday, 27 September, 10:00am. Whangamata Club, 404 Port Road, Whangamatā.

Tararu Village, Thames

Friday, 3 October, 10:00am. Community Centre, Tararu Village, 109 Wilson Street, Thames.

Maori Ward Referendum Panel

Saturday, 6 September, 11:00am-1:00pm, St George Anglican Church Parish Hall, 602 Mackay Street, Thames. A facilitated panel of three speakers.

Have Your Say on Māori Wards

This election there will be a referendum on whether to continue with Maori Wards. At this time we have our very first Maori Ward Councillor. We do not have to wait until election day 11 October. to knopw this. There is only one contendor for this role  – Michael Barlow, and we congratulate him for stepping forward for this pioneering role in the Peninsula. 

Voting day for Mayor, Councillors and Community Board members is 11 October. Voting documents delivered between 9-22 September. 7 October is last day for postal voting.

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