Me pēwhea te whakakanohi i a koe anō? – How would you like to be represented?

What happens next?

Thanks to everyone who submitted their feedback. View submissions. 

We've contacted those wishing to speak to their submission at our hearings on Tuesday 24 September 2024.

Council will review the submissions at a briefing on Tuesday 8 October, and will deliberate their final representation proposal options for the 2025 local government elections on Thursday 31 October 2024.

If an appeal or objection to the final proposal is received or if the adopted structure does not meet the fair representation requirements (+/- 10% rule), the binding determination on the district’s representation arrangement will be referred to the Local Government Commission (LGC) for consideration. The principle of a Māori ward cannot be appealed. A decision by the LGC will be given no later than 10 April 2025.

Initial proposal

Following our early engagement feedback, Council believes the current structure should be largely retained and propose the following representation arrangements for the 2025 local government elections:

• one mayor
• four general wards represented by seven elected councillors
• two districtwide councillors
• one Māori ward councillor
• five community boards with four elected members each and a specified number of ward councillors appointed to the boards.

In total this equates to 10 councillors, one mayor and 20 community board members, with one districtwide seat replaced at the Council table by the new Māori ward seat.

View our current Council structure

View our proposed Council structure

Proposed boundary changes

We’re also proposing to change the Ōtaki and Waikanae ward and community board boundaries at Te Horo, moving it further south past Te Hapua Road, and the Paekākāriki–Raumati and Paraparaumu ward boundaries at Emerald Glen and Valley Road, which will also change the Paekākāriki and Paraparaumu community board boundaries.

We believe these boundary changes will better reflect the communities of interest –where people live and associate with. These proposed boundary changes are in line with community feedback following the Local Government Commission’s decisions during our last representation review process and feedback received from members of these communities since the last elections in 2022.

We acknowledge our proposed changes to Ōtaki and Waikanae ward boundaries don’t meet the fair representation criteria (the +/- 10 percent rule). Council can make this change, however, our final proposal will need to be referred to the Local Government Commission to consider the district’s final representation arrangements

View proposed Waikanae and Ōtaki general ward and community board boundaries

View proposed Paekākāriki–Raumati and Paraparaumu ward boundaries

Community boards

We’re not proposing any changes to our community board arrangements, apart from the proposed boundary alterations. We propose to leave the current councillor to community board appointment structure in place and for the new Council to decide which ward councillors (either the new Māori ward councillor and/or the general ward councillor(s)) should be appointed to community boards.

How you could have your say

Consultation was open from 8 August - Thursday, 12 September 2024, at 5pm.

People could provide feedback by:

• Completing our online survey
• Attending one of our in-person information sessions (see below)
• Picking up and completing the survey at one of our libraries or service centres.
• Emailing feedback to HaveYourSay@kapiticoast.govt.nz.
• Posting feedback forms to us:
  Kāpiti Coast District Council
  175 Rimu Road
  Private Bag 60601
  Paraparaumu5254

People could request to speak to their submission at our hearings on Tuesday 24 September 2024.

Information sessions