Public notice: South Wairarapa District Council - Representation Review 2025

Decision on the representation arrangements for the election of South Wairarapa District Council to be held on 11 October 2025
31 Mar 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 South Wairarapa District Council to be held on 11 October 2025, the following representation arrangements will apply:

South Wairarapa District, as delineated on Plan SO 35998 will be divided into wards and will be represented by a Council comprising the mayor and 10 councillors elected as follows:

Ward

Councillors

Plan delineating area

Greytown General Ward

3

SO 36001

Featherston General Ward

3

SO 36000

Martinborough General Ward

3

SO 35999

Te Karu o Te Ika a Māui Māori Ward

         1

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There will be 3 communities with community boards as follows:

Community/ Community Board

 

Area

Subdivision

Members*

Appointed members

Greytown Community Board

As delineated on Plan SO 36001

N/a

4

2

Featherston Community Board

As delineated on Plan SO 36000

N/a

4

2

Martinborough Community Board

As delineated on Plan SO 35999

N/a

4

2

The ratio of population to elected members for each ward will be as follows:

Wards

Population*

Number of members

Population per member

Deviation from district average population per member

% deviation from district average population per member

Greytown General Ward

3,880

    3

1,293

   73

+6.01

Featherston General Ward

3,320

    3

1,107

  -113

-9.29

Martinborough General Ward

3,780

    3

1,107

   40

3.28

Total general wards

10,980

    9

1,220

 

 

Te Karu o Te Ika a Māui Māori Ward

900

    1

900

 

 

Total

11,880

    10

 

 

 

The community boards will not be subdivided for electoral purposes. The population they each represent will be as follows:

Community board 

Population*

Number of members^

Population per

member

Greytown Community Board

4,060

   4

1,015

Featherston Community Board

3,670

   4

918

Martinborough Community Board

4,140

   4

1,035

Total community board

11,870

   12

 

As required by section 19T(1)(b) wards of the Local Electoral Act 2001, the boundaries of the above wards 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