Local elections are just around the corner and have you already decided who are you going to vote for? The postal voting and special votes are open from 20 September to 12 October.
You will choose a new mayor for the Tasman District Council and also the councillors for five wards (Golden Bay, Lakes-Murchison, Mouteka, Moutere-Waimea and Richmond) and two community boards (Takaka and Motueka).
These are the wards you will be voting for:
Golden Bay Ward
Takaka
Pohara/Ligar Bay/Tata Beach/Tarakohe
Collingwood
Lakes-Murchison Ward
Murchison
St Arnaud
Tapawera
Motueka Ward
Motueka
Kaiteriteri
Marahau
Riwaka
Moutere-Waimea Ward
Brightwater
Coastal Tasman
Mapua/Ruby Bay
Tasman Village
Upper Moutere
Wakefield
Richmond Ward
Richmond
Information about the mayoral and council candidates will be found in the Waimea Weekly over the coming weeks.
The Waimea Weekly also asked some of our readers: “What is a significant issue the new TDC mayor should focus on?”
We had four main subjects asked by our readers and all four mayoral candidates made a 100-word comment about each of them.
Last week (11.09) the question was:
The infrastructure, with the population continuing to increase the streets in the CBD are already congested. What are you going to do about that?
This week (18.09) the candidates were told:
Get a move on with the dam, every delay means the cost will just keep increasing, get on with it!
Check out the reactions in the Waimea Weekly.