Voting is open in the 2022 Local Body Elections
Voting is open in the 2022 Hawke's Bay local body elections.
Completed voting papers can be posted in NZ Post Boxes (in the prepaid envelope provided) or dropped into the big orange voting bins at the following locations:
- Hastings District Council Customer Service Centre, 207 Lyndon Road East, Hastings 4122. Monday-Friday.
- Hastings Library, cnr Eastbourne and Warren Streets, Hastings 4122. Monday-Sunday.
- Havelock North Library, 30 Te Mata Road, Havelock North, 4130. Monday-Saturday.
- Flaxmere Library, Swansea Road, Flaxmere, 4120. Monday-Saturday.
If you are returning your voting paper by mail, you must post your voting paper in a NZ Post box before Tuesday, 4 October to reach the electoral officer before close of voting on 8 October 2022.
If your papers don't arrive for some reason, or they are significantly damaged or destroyed, you will need to cast a special vote.
In addition to the Hastings District Council Customer Service Centre, special voting will also be available at the following locations:
Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga
- Tuesday 27 September, 9am-4pm in the Takarangi Room
- Friday 7 October, 9am-4pm in the Te Puawai Room
Flaxmere Community Centre & FlaXrock Gym
- Thursday 22 September, 1pm-4pm
- Wednesday 28 September, 9am-1pm
- Wednesday 5 October, 10am-2pm
Havelock North Library
- Friday 23 September, 1pm-4pm
- Saturday 24 September, 10am-2pm
- Thursday 6 October, 10am-2pm
Hastings Library
- Saturday 24 September, 12pm-4pm
- Sunday 25 September, 1pm-4pm
- Saturday 1 October, 10am-2pm
- Sunday 2 October, 1pm-4pm
Camberley Community Centre
- Friday 30 September, 10am-2pm
- Monday 3 October, 1pm-4pm
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Poll: Are Kiwis allergic to “exuberance”? 🥝
In The Post’s opinion piece on the developments set to open across Aotearoa in 2026, John Coop suggests that, as a nation, we’re “allergic to exuberance.”
We want to know: Are we really allergic to showing our excitement?
Is it time to lean into a more optimistic view of the place we call home? As big projects take shape and new opportunities emerge, perhaps it’s worth asking whether a little more confidence (and enthusiasm!) could do us some good.
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41.3% Yes
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32.8% Maybe?
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25.9% No
New neighbour
Okay folks, if you feed your animals outside, you might want to rethink that. We have new nocturnal neighbours, inside Havelock North.
There is a very well fed brush tail possum up the pōhutukawa tree in my garden.
I don’t know where it’s come in from, but it’s in the middle of a residential neighbourhood, so keep an eye on your pet doors, open windows and doors and pet food.
I’ll be notifying council and DOC tomorrow.
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