•
Update on the staff member who had a heart attack in
on Saturday. The Voting Place Manager
performed CPR, person was flown to Christchurch for urgent surgery. The person is now doing well.
Enrolment
GENERAL UPDATE
• Nothing to report.
IT
GENERAL UPDATE: • Nothing to report.
Comms &
GENERAL UPDATE:
Education
•
Chief Electoral Officer is scheduled to give two interviews today, Newstalk ZB and Checkpoint on RNZ
•
Media – enquiries focused on rural voting places, cost of the election and donation rules.
•
Social media – high volume of traffic over the weekend in response to the rural voting story, responses
to the Sustainability Trust post and campaigning near Voting Places.
•
Proactive social post on accessibility planned for today.
•
Voter ID and the possibility of voter fraud remains an area of interest for a vocal but small group of
social media users.
Daily key metrics •
900 enquiries and comments on social media over the weekend
•
Web visits Friday: 83,644
•
Web visits Saturday: 100,269
•
Web visits Sunday: 93,530
•
Total weekend: 193,799
Customer
GENERAL UPDATE:
Services
• Since Friday, the team resolved 1,113 tickets, received 176 phone calls and made 20 outbound calls. 90%
of tickets were resolved in one-touch. Telnet received 1,673 calls and 206 emails over the weekend.
• The top enquiries were about Where to Vote (28%), followed by Update details (10%) and New
Enrolment (10%). 44% of the contacts were triggered by our website, followed by receiving a letter /
EasyVote, from the Electoral Commission (EC) (19%).
• 9 new responses were added to support emerging public enquiries, including billboards with an orange
sticker, ID for voting, accessibility, change my vote and change details at Voting Places.
• There are 56 complaints on hand across the business units (349 complaints have been resolved since the
31 July).
• An email threat was received last night, and a 105 report and Security Incident Report have been raised.
Legal &
GENERAL UPDATE
Policy
• Nothing to report
Strategic
INSIGHTS
Engagement
• Nothing to report.
and
Partnership
Interagency
DPMC:
Report
• Monitoring the events in Israel. The ODESC system has
NOT been activated and MFAT is leading NZ
response.
• MFAT doesn’t have any staff posted in Israel and there are no New Zealand voting facilities there.
Security
GENERAL UPDATE
10 Security incidents reported from the field from 6-8 October 2023
Type
Reported
Resolved
Voting Place Disruption
1
1
Physical security
5
5
Staffing
3
3
MetService
Tuesday
Extended
North Island: A few showers in the west. Scattered rain developing in the east and south. South Island:
Forecast 9 –
Showers in the west and south becoming isolated, but showers developing in Canterbury and Marlborough
14 Oct
later. Mainly fine elsewhere.
Wednesday
North Island: Scattered rain in the east and south clearing. Isolated showers elsewhere. South Island:
Becoming fine for the north and east. A few showers for the west and far south, turning to rain in Fiordland
later.
Thursday
North Island: Mainly fine in the east. Isolated showers elsewhere. South Island: Mainly fine in the east. Rain
in the west and south, easing to a few showers.
Friday
North Island: Mainly fine in the east. Isolated showers elsewhere. South Island: Showers in the west and
south, turning to rain, with heavy falls possible. Scattered showers developing elsewhere.
Chatham Islands
Showers and southwesterlies, turning to rain for a time on Tuesday. Winds turning northwest on Friday, and
showers clearing.
IN-CONFIDENCE
DAILY INTERAGENCY REPORT TO
GEDT
Submitted daily not later than 11am.
Date: 9 October 2023
DPMC:
Monitoring events in Israel. The ODESC system has not activated and MFAT is leading NZ response.
NZ Police:
NSTR
NEMA (Daily Intelligence Briefing attached):
NSTR
GCSB:
NSTR
NZSIS:
Reporting via the JIG
MoH:
NSTR
IN-CONFIDENCE
IN-CONFIDENCE
Waka Kotahi:
https://www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/highway-conditions/traffic-and-travel-list-view/
NSTR
MFAT:
Nothing to note on elections front. Note that we don’t have a post in Israel.
MoJ:
NSTR
FENZ:
NSTR
MPI:
NSTR
MBIE:
NSTR
Prepared by: David
IN-CONFIDENCE
•
The
Voting Place is currently closed as someone has had a heart attack. Ambulance has been
called, ballot papers have been put away. Staff will need support for when they can open again.
•
Update on the staff member who had a heart attack in
on Saturday. The Voting Place Manager
performed CPR, person was flown to Christchurch for urgent surgery. The person is now doing well.
Enrolment
GENERAL UPDATE
• Nothing to report.
IT
GENERAL UPDATE: • Nothing to report.
Comms &
GENERAL UPDATE:
Education
• Chief Electoral Officer is scheduled to give two interviews today, Newstalk ZB and Checkpoint on RNZ
• Media – enquiries focused on rural voting places, cost of the election and donation rules.
• Social media – high volume of traffic over the weekend in response to the rural voting story, responses
to the Sustainability Trust post and campaigning near Voting Places.
• Proactive social post on accessibility planned for today.
• Voter ID and the possibility of voter fraud remains an area of interest for a vocal but small group of social
media users.
Daily key metrics • 900 enquiries and comments on social media over the weekend
• Web visits Friday: 83,644
• Web visits Saturday: 100,269
• Web visits Sunday: 93,530
• Total weekend: 193,799
Customer
GENERAL UPDATE:
Services
• Since Friday, the team resolved 1,113 tickets, received 176 phone calls and made 20 outbound calls. 90%
of tickets were resolved in one-touch. Telnet received 1,673 calls and 206 emails over the weekend.
• The top enquiries were about Where to Vote (28%), followed by Update details (10%) and New
Enrolment (10%). 44% of the contacts were triggered by our website, followed by receiving a letter /
EasyVote, from the EC (19%).
• 9 new responses were added to support emerging public enquiries, including billboards with an orange
sticker, ID for voting, accessibility, change my vote and change details at voting places.
• There are 56 complaints on hand across the business units (349 complaints have been resolved since the
31 July). No significant risk or issue to raise.
• An email threat was received last night, and a 105 report and Security Incident Report have been raised.
Legal &
GENERAL UPDATE
Policy
• Nothing to report
Strategic
INSIGHTS
Engagement
• Nothing to report.
and
Partnership
Interagency
DPMC:
Report
• Monitoring the events in Israel. The ODESC system has
NOT been activated and MFAT is leading NZ
response.
• MFAT doesn’t have any staff posted in Israel and there are no New Zealand voting facilities there.
Security
GENERAL UPDATE
10 Security incidents reported from the field from 6-8 October 2023
Type
Reported
Resolved
Voting Place Disruption
1
1
MetService
Tuesday
Extended
North Island: A few showers in the west. Scattered rain developing in the east and south. South Island:
Forecast 9 -
Showers in the west and south becoming isolated, but showers developing in Canterbury and Marlborough
14 Oct
later. Mainly fine elsewhere.
Wednesday
North Island: Scattered rain in the east and south clearing. Isolated showers elsewhere. South Island:
Becoming fine for the north and east. A few showers for the west and far south, turning to rain in Fiordland
later.
Thursday
North Island: Mainly fine in the east. Isolated showers elsewhere. South Island: Mainly fine in the east. Rain
in the west and south, easing to a few showers.
Friday
North Island: Mainly fine in the east. Isolated showers elsewhere. South Island: Showers in the west and
south, turning to rain, with heavy falls possible. Scattered showers developing elsewhere.
Chatham Islands
Showers and southwesterlies, turning to rain for a time on Tuesday. Winds turning northwest on Friday, and
showers clearing.
General Election 2023 Voting
2023 Votes Estimates Summary Graph (Top 2 highest total votes)
Actual versus Estimates at Voting Places (more than 50% of the estimates)
Highest votes – North Shore
Enrolment Dashboard
Customer Enquiries and Complaints Dashboard
Health & Safety
UNCLASSIFIED
Severe Weather Outlook
A disturbed west to southwest flow covers the country through to
Thursday, with a few embedded fronts moving across southern and
central New Zealand. There is moderate confidence of westerly
gales becoming severe over the south of Fiordland, Southland, and
Clutha on Wednesday and Thursday, with low confidence of severe
westerly gales extending further north through the rest of Southland,
Otago, and the South Canterbury High Country.
A front should move onto the far south of the South Island on
Friday, bringing northwest rain to Fiordland and Westland. Periods
of rain are likely in Fiordland during Thursday and Friday, and there
is low confidence of rainfall reaching warnings amounts there.
Fire and Drought Risk
Source: NIWA fire
Prepared by the NEMA Monitoring, Alerting and Reporting Centre to provide awareness that supports informed decision making.
Any questions, comments or contributions should be addressed to: [email address].
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