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Alex Birchfield (pronouns: she/her/hers)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Milne <[FOI #26370 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 10:34 AM
To: Info Mailin - Shared Mailbox <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Calculation of Maori Electoral Population in Porirua City

Dear Statistics New Zealand,

Can you please provide the working papers, underlying calculations and formal notification to Porirua City Council that supports the Maori Electoral Population figure of 8,220, provided to the Council as at 30 June 2020.

Please refer to the formula below in the Electoral Act 1993 and provide the figures used to support the 8,220 number provided to the Council. If you wish to see where this come from then note that the figure was provided on pages 21 & 22 of the Council's meeting agenda papers for the meeting of 20 May 2021.

Please provide each number used in the formula below and identify where that number fits in the calculation below.

Definition of Maori Electoral Population in the Act:

Māori electoral population means a figure representing both the persons registered as electors of the Māori electoral districts and a proportion of Māori persons who are not registered as electors of any electoral district and a proportion of Māori persons under the age of 18 years, which figure must be fixed—

(a) by ascertaining a proportion determined by dividing—
(i) the total number of persons, on counting day, either—
(A) registered as electors of Māori electoral districts; or
(B) named on the dormant rolls for Māori electoral districts; by

(ii) the total number of Māori persons, on counting day, either—
(A) registered as electors of Māori electoral districts or General electoral districts; or
(B) named on the dormant rolls for Māori electoral districts or General electoral districts; and

(b) by applying the proportion ascertained under paragraph (a) to the total number of ordinarily resident Māori persons on census day

Yours faithfully,

Chris Milne

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Tçnâ koe Chris

 

Please find attached Stats NZ’s response to your Official Information Act
request regarding the calculation of electoral populations for Porirua.

 

 

Ngâ mihi nui, 

 

 

Alex Birchfield ([1]pronouns: she/her/hers)

Kaitohutohu Matua – Hononga Whakahaere me te Kâwanatanga | Senior Advisor
– Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Chief Executive

Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | [2]stats.govt.nz

 

About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa

Data that improves lives today and for generations to come

 

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