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Proposals to change the Rodney Local Board boundaries to create two new rural subdivisions will be among the issues on the table when the Local Government Commission holds a hearing on Auckland’s representation proposal next month.
Local authorities are required by the Local Electoral Act 2001 to review their representation arrangements at least once every six years. A representation review addresses the total number of councillors there should be for the district or region and the way they are elected.
For Auckland, the representation review was held last year and also covered the membership arrangements for its current 21 local boards.
Auckland Council is recommending that the number of subdivisions in Rodney be expanded from four to five.
Instead of Wellsford (one elected representative), Warkworth (three reps), Kumeū (four reps) and Dairy Flat (one rep), the proposed new subdivisions are Northern Rodney, which is an expanded area based on Wellsford with two representatives, a smaller Warkworth subdivision with two reps, Dairy Flat (one rep), Kumeū (two reps) and Southern Kaipara (two reps). The names of the new subdivisions will be Northern Rodney and Southern Kaipara, replacing North and South Rural.
Aucklanders can expect to hear an outcome on the council’s proposal by April, allowing time for changes to be introduced before the local government elections in October.
The hearing will be held on Tuesday February 4, starting at 9.30am, and will be livestreamed.
The livestream can be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/@localgovernmentcommission-7779/streams
