Nominations received in the 2019 elections

A list of nominations received for the Hauora Tairawhiti Health Board and Gisborne District Council local elections in October.

Nominations closed 12 noon Friday 16 August. 

You should have received you voting packs now. 

For those who do not complete a postal vote, Election day is Saturday 12 October 2019.

This is the complete list.

Hauora Tairawhiti Health Board (7 vacancies)

Click on the link for Hauora Tairawhiti Board candidate statements:

Mayor (1 vacancy)

• Rehette Stoltz
• Ross Meurant 
• Meredith Akuhata-Brown

Councillors - Gisborne Ward (9 vacancies)

• Ross Chatterton 
• Debbie Gregory 
• Larry Foster 
• Alice Kibble 
• Alistar McKellow 
• Terry Sheldrake 
• Andy Cranston
• David Sly
• Rachel Lodewyk 
• Lizz Crawford 
• Shannon Dowsing
• Amber Dunn
• Courtenay Waikari 
• Josh Wharehinga
• Meredith Akuhata-Brown
• Clive Bibby
• Tina Karaitiana
• Mary Liza Manuel
• Glenis Philip-Barbara
• Tony Robinson
• Jolene Andrew
• Dayle Takitimu
• Nick Tupara
• Shane Vermeulen
• Tui Warmenhoven

Councillor - Matakaoa-Waiapu Ward (1 vacancy)

• Bill Burdett 
• Kerry Kururangi

Councillor - Taruheru-Patutahi Ward (1 vacancy)

• Sandra Faulkner
• Malcolm MacLean

Councillor - Tawhiti-Uawa Ward (1 vacancy)

• Pat Seymour

Councillor - Waipaoa Ward (1 vacancy)

• Ben Brown 
• Kerry Worsnop
• Frank Murphy
• Charlie Reynolds
• Athena Emmerson

Click here to see more information about the Hauora Tairawhiti election.

Click here to see more information about the Gisborne District Council election.

Click here to read the fact sheet

Click here  to see the election timetable

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