Category: Electoral Commission

Ka tīmata te Kōwhiringa Pōti Māori 2018 ā tērā marama, e whai wāhi ai ngā kaipōti Māori ki te kōwhiri i waenga i te rārangi Māori, rārangi Whānui rānei.

Ka tū te Kōwhiringa mai i te 3 o Paengawhāwhā ki te 2 o Hereturikōkā.  Ka tukuna ngā mōkī mōhiohio i te tīmatanga o Paengawhāwhā ki ngā kaipōti i kī he Māori rātau i tō rātau rēhitatanga.  Kei roto i te mōkī ko tētahi reta e whakaū ana i te rārangi pōti kei runga rātau i tēnei wā me te tuku wāhanga mō rātau ki te kōwhiri ko tēhea te rārangi e hiahia ana rātau.  

“He kōwhiringa nui tēnei mā ngā kaipōti Māori i te mea ka whakatau mēnā ka eke atu rātau ki te rārangi Māori, rārangi Whānui rānei mō ngā pōtitanga whānui e rua e whai ake – koinei tō wā ki te kōwhiri,” te kī a Mandy Bohté, Kaiwhakahaere ā-Motu o te Rēhita me te Whitiwhiti ā-Iwi mā te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri. 

Ka pōti ngā kaipōti kei te rārangi Māori mō tētahi kaitono i tētahi rohe pōti Māori, ā, ko ngā kaipōti kei te rārangi Whānui ka pōti mō tētahi kaitono kei tētahi rohe pōti Whānui.   Ahakoa te rārangi kei runga te kaipōti, ka kōwhiri ia mai i aua rārangi tōrangapū ōrite ina tukuna e ia tāna pōti rōpū.

Ka āwhina ngā hua o te Tatauranga Whānui 2018 me te Kōwhiringa Pōti Māori hei whakarite i te maha o ngā rohe pōti Māori me te Whānui mō ngā pōtitanga whānui e rua e whai ake.

Ka whakarewahia ōkawatia te Kōwhiringa ā te Rāhoroi te 24 o Poutūterangi i te whakataetae Kapa Haka a Te Tai Tokerau i Whāngārei, ā, ka tīmata ngā pānuitanga ā te Rātapu te 25 o Poutūterangi e whakaatu ana i ngā mahi a te tohunga toi kirikiri a Marcus Winter.  Ka āwhina anō ngā tāngata pāpāho rongonui a William Waiirua, Stacey Morrison, Tawaroa Kāwana me Puawai Taiapa i te whakatairanga.

 “Ka haere ngā rōpū o te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri ki ngā huihuinga pērā i ngā whakataetae Kapa Haka ā-rohe i roto i ngā marama e whā e whai ake mō ngā mahi kanohi ki te kanohi hei whakaputa whānui i te kōrero mō te Kōwhiringa,” te kī a Bohté.  Mō ētahi atu kōrero, haere ki www.maorioption.org.nz.

The 2018 Māori Electoral Option starts next month, giving Māori voters the chance to choose between being on the Māori roll or the general roll.

The Option will run from 3 April to 2 August.  Information packs will be sent in early April to voters who identified themselves as Māori when they enrolled.  The pack includes a letter confirming which electoral roll they are currently on and giving them the option to change roll types if they wish.  

“This is an important choice for Māori voters because it decides whether they will be on the Māori or general roll for the next two general elections – now is your time to choose,” says Mandy Bohté, National Manager of Enrolment and Community Engagement for the Electoral Commission. 

Voters on the Māori roll vote for a candidate in a Māori electorate and voters on the general roll vote for a candidate in a general electorate.   Whichever roll a voter is on, they choose from the same list of political parties when casting their party vote.

The results of the 2018 Census and the Māori Electoral Option will help determine the number of Māori and general electorates for the next two general elections.

The Option will be launched on Saturday 24 March at the Tai Tokerau Kapa Haka festival in Whangarei and advertising will start on Sunday 25 March featuring the work of sand artist Marcus Winter.  Social media personalities William Waiirua, Stacey Morrison, Tawaroa Kawana and Puawai Taiapa will also be lending their voices to the campaign.

“Electoral Commission teams will be at events like the Kapa Haka regionals over the next four months as part of a kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face) campaign to spread the word about the Option,” says Ms Bohté.  For more information, go to www.maorioption.org.nz.

Party expense returns for the 2017 General Election have been published on the Electoral Commission website.

The returns set out election advertising expenses and broadcasting allocation expenses for registered parties and can be found on the website here.

The deadline for party returns was 21 February 2018.