Wai reason for Rangitikei council run 19 Feb 2021 12:15 PM Rangitikei District Council
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Rangitīkei District’s newest councillor says improving the water quality in her ward is a top priority.
Coral Raukawa-Manuel is well ahead on votes in the by-election to fill the southern ward seat of Jane Dunn, who resigned in November in protest at the lack of changing facilities at the Bulls Community Centre.
The Marton resident is an education manager at Te Rūnanga o Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa, and she has whakapapa links to Turakina and Rātana.
She says the infrastructure in all the rural townships needs work.
Wai reason for Rangitikei council run
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Coral Raukawa takes out Rangitīkei District Council byelection
17 Feb, 2021 04:30 AM
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Results for the Rangitīkei District Council Southern Ward byelection were published this afternoon. Photo / File
Preliminary results show Marton-based Coral Raukawa has won the Rangitīkei District Council Southern Ward byelection, with historically low voter turnout.
The council released the preliminary result shortly before 1pm on Tuesday, which showed Raukawa had received 245 votes, or 60.7 per cent of the total vote.
Her only opponent, 24-year-old Cian O Gorman, received 152 votes, or 37.7 per cent.
Six of the 403 total votes were returned blank, without a vote for either candidate. The final official results are due to be published on Saturday.