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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.
This result was based on counting about 90 per cent of returned voting papers. The progress result does not include special votes, and voting papers returned on Wednesday that were still in transit to the electoral officer. Raukawa-Manuel was already on the council s assets sub-committee and iwi advisory board. She now wants to be at the decision-making table. She lives in Marton, but her whakapapa traces to Rātana and Turakina. Her parents and marae are in Rātana. She ran for council at the 2019 local body elections, but placed seventh out of the nine candidates, with 723 votes. Raukawa-Manuel, who submitted her nomination with two minutes to spare, previously told
The Bulls Community Centre, which opened in September, cost $8.3m, more than double the original budget. Fighting for her spot are education and employment manager Coral Raukawa-Manuel and librarian Cian O’Gorman. Raukawa-Manuel already sits on the council s assets subcommittee and iwi advisory board. She now wants to be at the decision-making table. Despite living in Marton, Raukawa-Manuel opted to stand in the southern ward as her whakapapa traces to Rātana and Turakina. Her parents and marae are in Rātana. She ran for the council at the 2019 local body elections, but placed seventh out of the nine candidates, with 723 votes.
Two nominations received for Rangitīkei District Council byelection
23 Dec, 2020 01:00 AM
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Coral Raukawa and Cian O Gorman will contest the vacant Southern Ward seat in February s byelection.
Expected to cost around $19,000, the byelection was triggered by the resignation of councillor Jane Dunn earlier this year following disagreements with fellow councillors surrounding the Bulls Community Centre.
Nominations closed on Tuesday. On Monday afternoon, not a single nomination had been received, prompting fears no one would put their hand up.
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Receiving 723 votes, Raukawa was seventh out of the nine candidates.
Raukawa told the Chronicle that she has decided to stand in the Southern Ward as her whakapapa traces back to Ratana and Turakina.