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2022 Elections

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Elections of members of Environment Southland Regional Council Te Taiao Tonga are held once every three years, on the second Saturday in October.

The elections will be conducted under the provisions of the Local Electoral Act 2001 and the Local Electoral Regulations 2001 and will be undertaken by electionz.com Ltd, under contract to Environment Southland.

Read our pre-election report here.

Candidates

The official candidates' list is available on our Candidates page.

Are you looking to hold a Candidate event or simply seeking to make contact with a Candidate?

Visit the electionz.com where you can find the contact details for the 2022 election candidates:

Special Voting Information

Special votes are available throughout the voting period for anybody:

  • who is on the unpublished (confidential) roll
  • whose name is not included on the printed roll used for the election, or who has been wrongly deleted from the roll
  • whose address on the roll is out of date and they have been living at a new address in a different ward/community/constituency for one month or more
  • who has enrolled after the printed roll closed
  • who has spoilt, lost or not received their ordinary voting documents
  • who cannot cast an ordinary vote without incurring hardship or undue inconvenience (eg out of the country during the voting period)

How to request a special voting pack:

You can collect a special voting pack from the Vote Murihiku Hub, Invercargill Central, Esk Street, Invercargill, or from the Southland District Council offices, Forth Street, Invercargill, from Friday 16 September until mid-day on Friday 8 October 2022 (during normal office hours). Pop in during office hours or phone the Deputy Electoral Officer on 0800 732 732 to get a special voting pack posted to you.

Election boundaries

Use this interactive map, created by the Invercargill City Council, to learn what elections you can participate in and who you can vote for.

Electoral Boundaries Map

This works for any address in Southland so if you live Invercargill and own property in Riverton you can see what you can vote in both Invercargill and Riverton, and if you live in Winton and own property in Gore you can see who you can vote for in Winton and Gore.

Key Dates

15 July Electoral roll open for inspection
15 July Candidate nominations open
20 July (7.00pm) Candidate Information Presentations (with SDC) at the Lumsden hall.
21 July (6.00pm) Candidate Information Presentations (with GDC) at the Gore District Council offices.
12 August (12 noon) Candidate nominations close and electoral roll closes
17 August Public notice of candidates' names
16 - 21 September Voting documents delivered
16 Sept - 8 October Special voting period
20 Sept - 8 October Scrutiny and early processing
8 October Voting closes 12 noon
12 (pm) - 8 October Official count
13 - 19 October Declaration of results
October/November Councillor swearing-in ceremony
mid-December Return of electoral donations & expenses form

Electoral system

The first past the post (FPP) electoral system will be used for Environment Southland, Gore District Council, Invercargill City Council and Southland District Council. For the Southern District Health Board, the single transferable voting (STV) electoral system will be used.

Voting period

Voting documents will be sent to all eligible electors, by post, from Friday 16 September 2022.

The voting period is three weeks (Friday 16 September 2022 to noon Saturday 8 October 2022). Electors may post their completed voting documents back to the respective electoral officer using the orange pre-paid envelope sent with their voting document. Polling places for the issuing of special voting documents and for the receiving of completed voting documents will be available from Friday 16 September 2022 to noon Saturday 8 October 2022 at:

  • Gore District Council, 29 Civic Avenue, Gore;
  • Invercargill City Council, 101 Esk Street, Invercargill;
  • Southland District Council, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill.

To be counted, all completed voting documents must be in the hands of the respective electoral officer or an electoral official by noon Saturday 8 October 2022.

A daily tally of elections returns is available here. Please note there is no Environment Southland link. Regional council votes are counted alongside votes for the relevant territorial authority: Invercargill City Council, Gore District Council and Southland District Council.

Progress results will be known early afternoon on Saturday 8 October 2022, and preliminary results will be known early on Sunday morning 9 October 2022. These will be accessible on this website.

Electoral officer

For further information regarding this election, please contact the electoral office:

Anthony Morton, Electoral Officer
Email: iro@electionz.com
Phone: 0800 666 048

Robyn Rout, Interim Deputy Electoral Officer
Southland District Council
C/o PO Box 903, Invercargill 9840
Email: robyn.rout@southlanddc.govt.nz
Phone: 0800 732 732

Find out more about this year's elections at www.votelocal.co.nz.

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