Just days to go in the local council elections
Hastings, it’s time to give a tick!
With just days to go in the local council elections, we hope lots of you are just leaving voting to the last minute... As of 4 October, only 18.47% of overall voting papers have been returned.
The deadline for posting your voting paper has passed but you can still drop them into the big orange bins at the following locations:
• Hastings District Council Customer Service Centre, 207 Lyndon Road East, Hastings 4122. Wednesday-Friday 8am-5pm and 9am-12pm on Saturday 8 October.
• Hastings Library, cnr Eastbourne and Warren Streets, Hastings 4122. Until midday 12 noon Saturday 8 October.
• Havelock North Library, 30 Te Mata Road, Havelock North, 4130. Until midday 12 noon Saturday 8 October.
• Flaxmere Library, Swansea Road, Flaxmere, 4120. Until midday 12 noon Saturday 8 October.
• Mitre 10 MEGA Napier & Hastings Hastings - The Park Megacentre, 614 Karamu Road North, Hastings, 4122. Until Friday 7 October.
• BP Clive - 174 Main Street, Clive, 4102. Until Friday 7 October.
• Camberley Community Centre - 703 Kiwi Street, Camberley, Hastings, 4120. Until Friday 7 October.
• Countdown Supermarkets Hastings - 301 Queen Street West, Hastings, 4122. Until Friday 7 October.
• New World Flaxmere - 12 Swansea Street, Flaxmere, Hastings, 4120. Until Friday 7 October.
• New World Havelock North - 6 Porter Drive, Havelock North, 4130. Until Friday 7 October.
• Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga - 821 Orchard Road, Camberley, Hastings, 4156. Until Friday 7 October.
Completed Hastings District Council voting papers can also be dropped into the ballot bins in Napier and CHB locations.
If your papers haven’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 is also be available at the following locations:
Flaxmere Library
• Wednesday 5 October, 10am-2pm
Havelock North Library
• Thursday 6 October, 10am-2pm
Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga
• Friday 7 October, 9am-4pm in the Te Puawai Room
To see the voting returns by ward, visit the following link.
Time to Tickle Your Thinker 🧠
If a zookeeper had 100 pairs of animals in her zoo, and two pairs of babies are born for each one of the original animals, then (sadly) 23 animals don’t survive, how many animals do you have left in total?
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Poll: As a customer, what do you think about automation?
The Press investigates the growing reliance on your unpaid labour.
Automation (or the “unpaid shift”) is often described as efficient ... but it tends to benefit employers more than consumers.
We want to know: What do you think about automation?
Are you for, or against?
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9.5% For. Self-service is less frustrating and convenient.
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43.2% I want to be able to choose.
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47.2% Against. I want to deal with people.
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