Public notice: Bay of Plenty Regional Council - Representation Review 2025
Under section 19V(6) of the Local Electoral Act 2001, the Commission upholds the decision of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council not to comply with section 19V(2) in respect of the Eastern Bay of Plenty and Tauranga general constituencies, as compliance would limit effective representation of communities of interest in the Eastern Bay of Plenty General Constituency.
Accordingly, for at least the triennial general election of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council to be held on 11 October 2025, the following representation arrangements will apply.
Bay of Plenty Region, as delineated on Plan LG-04-2024-Con-1 will be divided into 7 constituencies and will be represented by a Council comprising 14 councillors elected as follows:
|
Constituency |
Councillors |
Plan delineating area |
|
Mauao Māori Constituency |
1 |
LG-04-2013-Con-3 |
|
Kōhi Māori Constituency |
1 |
LG-04-2013-Con-2 |
|
Ōkurei Māori Constituency |
1 |
SO 334948 |
|
Western Bay of Plenty General Constituency |
2 |
LG-04-2024-Con-2 |
|
Tauranga General Constituency |
5 |
LG-04-2024-Con-3 |
|
Rotorua General Constituency |
2 |
SO 386695 |
|
Eastern Bay of Plenty Constituency |
2 |
SO 334946 |
The ratio of population to elected members for each constituency will be as follows:
|
Constituencies |
Population* |
Number of members |
Population per member |
Deviation from region average population per member |
% deviation from region average population per member |
|
Western Bay of Plenty General |
53,640 |
2 |
26,820 |
696 |
+2.67 |
|
Tauranga General |
145,830 |
5 |
29,166 |
3042 |
+11.65 |
|
Rotorua General |
52,410 |
2 |
26,205 |
81 |
-0.31 |
|
Eastern Bay of Plenty |
35,480 |
2 |
17,740 |
-8384 |
-32.09 |
|
Total general constituencies |
287,360 |
11 |
26,124 |
|
|
|
Mauao Māori |
23,500 |
1 |
23,500 |
1,133 |
+5.07 |
|
Kōhi Māori |
21,700 |
1 |
21,700 |
-0667 |
-2.98 |
|
Ōkurei Māori |
21,900 |
1 |
21,900 |
-467 |
-2.09 |
|
Total Māori constituencies |
67,100 |
3 |
22,367 |
|
|
|
Total |
354,460 |
14 |
|
|
|
As required by section 19T(b) of the Local Electoral Act 2001, the boundaries of the above constituencies coincide with the boundaries of current statistical meshblock areas determined by Statistics New Zealand and used for Parliamentary electoral purposes.
The determination is available on the Commission’s website: Recent Determinations - Local Government Commission (lgc.govt.nz)
Penny Langley
Chief Executive Officer