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Electorate population explosion BY MYLES HUME
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The Rangitata electorate has seen one of biggest population rises in the South Island, but that is set to cause headaches when the new electorate boundaries are drawn. Statistics New Zealand yesterday released new electorates and electorate population data, the first set of information to be distributed from this year’s census. The figures show since the last census in 2006, the Rangitata electorate population has risen 7 per cent from 60,388 to 64,142. Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew said that would force the electorate boundaries to be changed again as the population exceeded the South Island’s 59,679 quota by more than the 5 per cent plus or minus threshold. “Population growth is positive for the districts, but when it comes to my electorate the boundaries will need to change,
so the provisional boundaries will be released on the 21st of November,” she said. “I know that is often unsettling for people who think they might be on the edge, it can be frustrating to find yourself in one electorate one year and in another the next, but everyone will have a chance to submit on the provisional boundaries,” she said. Although it may cause some concern for residents on the fringe, Ms Goodhew said officials responsible for drawing up the new Rangitata electorate boundaries would also find themselves with “a few headaches”. Under the Electoral Act the South Island can only have 16 seats, meaning the Rangitata electorate will need to extend into either Selwyn or Waitaki, who have both experienced 14 and 9 per cent growth respectively.
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