Please use the orange ballot bins for this election which are available at ten selected Woolworths around the Entrust area
Warwick Lampp
Christchurch, October 10, 2024
Voting papers for the Entrust triennial election, the largest energy trust election in New Zealand, are being posted out this week from Thursday, October 10, 2024.
Returning Officer Warwick Lampp from electionz.com Ltd says voter packs have been posted to electricity consumers within the Entrust District (Auckland, Manukau, northern Papakura and eastern Franklin) and will be delivered over the next five days.
“There are twelve candidates standing for the five Trustee positions and consumers will have until 5 pm on Friday, October 25, 2024, to return their completed voting documents. Electors can either post their completed voting papers back or drop them into one of the orange ballot bins located across the Entrust district, the details of which are included in the voter pack documents,” said Mr Lampp.
The candidates are as follows:
Alastair Bell – C & R – Communities and Residents
Michael Buczkowski
Pippa Coom – More for You, Better for Auckland
Paul Hutchison – C & R – Communities and Residents
Rachel Langton – C & R – Communities and Residents
Denise Lee – C & R – Communities and Residents
Andrew Lesa – Independent
Emma McInnes – More for You, Better for Auckland
Jonaan McLeod – More for You, Better for Auckland
Angus Ogilvie – C & R – Communities and Residents
Patrick Reynolds – More for You, Better for Auckland
Paul Young – More for You, Better for Auckland
The full candidate profiles can be found here.
How to Vote
Voting is being conducted by postal vote with one voting document being issued to each consumer regardless of how many connection points or properties a consumer has. For joint consumers where the power account is in more than one name, only one voting document will be issued.
Voters are encouraged to post or deliver their voting papers no later than Wednesday, October 23, 2024, to ensure they reach the Returning Officer by 5 pm on Friday, October 25, 2024.
Votes can also be delivered to one of ten bright orange Entrust Ballot Bins that are located at the following Woolworths supermarkets.
Woolworths Waiheke Island, 13 – 19 Belgium St, Waiheke Island
Woolworths Auckland City, 76 Quay Street, Auckland Central
Woolworths Mt Eden, Cnr Valley &, Dominion Road, Mount Eden
Woolworths Mount Roskill, 112 Stoddard Road, Mount Roskill
Woolworths St Johns, 134 Felton Mathew Avenue, St Johns
Woolworths Greenlane, 326 Great South Road, Greenlane
Woolworth Mangere Mall, Mangere Town Centre, Bader Drive, Māngere
Woolworths Manukau City Mall, Manukau City Centre, Cnr Great South & Wiri Station Rds, Manukau
Woolworths Botany Downs, 475 Ti Rakau Drive, Huntington Park
Woolworths Highland Park, 507 Pakuranga Road, Highland Park
Those requiring new or replacement voting papers can collect them from the Entrust election office at 79 Hugo Johnston Drive, Penrose (inside the Marketing Impact building), Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm during the voting period (Thursday, October 10, 2024, to Friday, October 25, 2024).
Mr Lampp encourages anyone with enquiries relating to the election to call the election helpline on 0800 666 030 or to email iro@electionz.com.
The election result is expected to be released by 12 pm on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, and will be available on the electionz.com and Entrust websites.
Warwick Lampp is the Chief Returning Officer for ElectionNZ based in Christchurch. The above media release was supplied to Indian Newslink.
