Comments on: Ward Populations

By: toad

toad — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:49:15 +0000

@emmess: What Maori seats? Despite the Royal Commission's recommendation, there aren't any. @Countess: Agreed. A good response from Ari over at g.blog.

By: Countess

Countess — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:30:09 +0000

Really when there are SEVEN wards outside the 10% variation something is seriously astray. ( 12 wards in total)

Comparing to other councils when you have say one councillor out of 20 who is over represented is nonsense.

If this was the same in Auckland it would have been a minor issue

It would have been so easy to go to 24 or 25 councillors and problem solved

THis is the biggest gerrymander ever .
The only advantage is that it will keep Bhatman out the CBD based ward being such a high population

By: Alistair Miller

Alistair Miller — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:03:54 +0000

The thing they haven’t realised is that (assuming the lunatic town planners abandon “smart growth” and allow the urban boundaries to expand) it is the rural wards that will see massive population growth in the next 5 years or so. Setting the boundaries as they are now, provides some future-proofing, does it not?

By: emmess

emmess — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:02:20 +0000

They will have my sympathy when they bitch about the far lower number of people contained in the Maori seats

By: XChequer

XChequer — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:31:53 +0000

Why be surprised, DPF?

They never let commonsense get in the way of bullshit after all.

By: Grant Michael McKenna

Grant Michael McKenna — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:56:57 +0000

Once again the use of facts rather than emotion. Sad really, how DPF never joins in the rush to consensus, but tries to understand the data in context before commenting. So inappropriate for a political commentator.

By: tvb

tvb — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:48:12 +0000

I thunk the CBD ward should half the size and so should the rural ones. They pay the bills. I would go further and make the wards roughly equal size in terms of rates paid.

By: peterwn

peterwn — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:28:50 +0000

dimmocrazy – Give the guy a break. he is on one almighty Tiki tour – with his own money. I think he has done remarkably well keeping up things from afar, especially with erratic standards of internet access and pricing in some cases that would make Telecom look an excellent and cheap provider.

By: dimmocrazy

dimmocrazy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:10:14 +0000

Pray tell me, am I missing posts from this blog or what? DPF, always ready for sharp analysis, has completely overlooked the real news lately?

[DPF: Okay that is 30 demerits for thread jacking in three separate threads. I have no effing idea what you are even referring to incidentially but regardless if you think there is a topic of interest you e-mail me a link, or post it in general debate not threadjack]

By: OECD rank 22 kiwi

OECD rank 22 kiwi — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:43:12 +0000

Socialist losers boo hooing about boundaries for the new Auckland Council.

Too bad for them, that’s what happens when you lose. Another life lesson served up grand.