Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira Board Seat Election and Special Resolution Voting Results
Declaration of Result for the Special Resolution For Constitution Voting
The following is the final result of the Special Resolution held by online, postal, and in-person voting, which closed at the AGM on Friday, 8 December 2023.
As this was a special resolution a 75% threshold was required for the resolution to be carried.
Special Resolution: That the Rūnanga Rules be amended, as set out in the accompanying explanatory document, to ensure consistency with new legislation.
AGREE: 802 87.65%
DISAGREE: 113 12.35%
The resolution received 87.65% support. As more than 75% of those voting on the resolution voted AGREE, it was declared that the resolution be carried. A total of 915 electors voted in the election. There were no invalid or blank votes. 71.69% of electors voted online. 69 Electors voted at the AGM.
Thank you to all iwi members who participated in the voting process.
General Board Seats and Whakatū Marae Seat Representative Results
We are pleased to announce the confirmed nominees for the 2023/2024 Board Elections for Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira are as follows:
Whakatū Board seat by-election:
· Ihaka Griffin-Matthews
As only one nomination was received, Ihaka Griffin-Matthews is declared elected unopposed.
We are pleased to announce the results of the recent General Board Seat Elections, and acknowledge all whānau that put forth their names to represent on our board, as well as those whānau that voted. Tēnā koutou!
Electionz on behalf of Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira declares the result of the 2024 General Seats Board Election, conducted by postal, internet and ballot box voting, the voting for which closed at the wāhi pōti at 5pm on Thursday, 25 January 2024.
General Seats Election (4 vacancies) Votes Received:
KĀTENE, Te Puoho 495
REI, Matiu 488
WINEERA-PARAI, Ranei 448
ARTHUR, Karewa William 445
WARE, Caleb 394
SOLOMON, Naomi 392
KATENE, Raymond F.B. 330
GUNSON, Steve 307
KATENE, Natania 232
ARTHUR, Tipi 224
TAURIMA, William Paxman 204
THOMAS, Unaiki 185
ELKINGTON, Hina 115
REIHANA, Pandra 102
INFORMAL 0 BLANK 0
Te Puoho KĀTENE, Matiu REI, Karewa William ARTHUR, and Ranei WINEERA-PARAI are therefore declared elected to the board of Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira.
Kāti, e mihi nui ana ki te tokorua i heke mai i te poari, me a rāua pukenga rau. Kōrua i whakapau kaha, i whakaheke tōtā, ki te mura o te ahi i etehi wā, kia rea ai tō iwi, kia koke ai te waka o Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira ki pae tawhiti. Chas, Caleb, e mihi ana.
We would like to acknowledge and thank our two departing board members, Chas Taurima and Caleb Ware, for their effort, contributions and skills they brought to the board during their term.
E mihi nui ana ki te poari hou! Congratulations to our newly elected, and re-elected board members.
The voter return was 18.38%, being 1,364 votes cast. Of which 71.55% voted online and 28.45% voted by post or at either wāhi pōti.
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