Public notice: Otago Regional Council - Representation Review 2025
In accordance with section 19R of the Local Electoral Act 2001, the Local Government Commission determines that for at least the triennial general election of the Otago Regional Council to be held on 11 October 2025, the following representation arrangements will apply:
Otago Region, as delineated on Plan LG-14-2025-Con-1 will be divided into 4 constituencies and will be represented by a Council comprising 12 councillors elected as follows:
|
Constituency |
Councillors |
Plan delineating area |
|
Dunstan Constituency |
4 |
SO 24251 |
|
Moeraki Constituency |
1 |
SO 24250 |
|
Dunedin Constituency |
5 |
LG-14-2025-Con-2 |
|
Molyneux Constituency |
2 |
LG-14-2025-Con-3 |
The ratio of population to elected members for each constituency will be as follows:
|
Constituency |
Population* |
Number of members |
Population per member |
Deviation from region average population per member |
% deviation from region average population per member |
|
Dunstan |
78,800 |
4 |
19,700 |
-1,517 |
-7.15 |
|
Moeraki |
22,300 |
1 |
22,300 |
1,083 |
5.11 |
|
Dunedin |
115,200 |
5 |
23,040 |
1,823 |
8.59 |
|
Molyneux |
38,300 |
2 |
19,150 |
-2,067 |
-9.74 |
|
Total |
254,600 |
12 |
21,217 |
|
|
As required by section 19U 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