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Hamilton City Council (New Zealand)
Hamilton City Council () is the territorial authorities of New Zealand, territorial authority for the New Zealand city of Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton. The council is led by the Mayor of Hamilton, New Zealand, mayor of Hamilton, who is currently . There are also 14 ward councillors. Council elections are held every three years. Composition The council has three Ward (electoral subdivision), wards or constituencies. One Maaori ward covers the whole city and has two councillors, elected by voters on the Māori electorates, Māori electoral roll. Two general wards, East and West, have six councillors each, elected by voters on the general electoral roll. The East and West wards cover half the city, with the boundary between the two being the Waikato River. The current council members are: History The current city council was formed as part of the 1989 New Zealand local government reforms, 1989 local government reorganisation, which added parts of Waikato County, Waikato an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Hamilton, New Zealand
The mayor of Hamilton is the head of the municipal government of Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand, and presides over the Hamilton City Council (New Zealand), Hamilton City Council. The incumbent is Paula Southgate, who was first elected in the 2019 New Zealand local elections, 2019 local government elections. History Hamilton had East and West Town Boards until it was constituted under the Municipal Corporations Act 1876 on 24 December 1877 as a Borough Council, with a mayor. Mayoral elections were originally held annually but have been triennial since 1935. Elections were initially held in December, in April or May from 1901–1947, and have most recently taken place in October. In 1989, Evans was the first woman to be elected Mayor of Hamilton. Following her retirement in 1998, all subsequent incumbents were defeated at their next election until Julie Hardaker's 2013 re-election. List References Sources * Gibbons, P.J. (1977), ''Astride the River''. Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waikato County
Waikato County was one of the counties of New Zealand on the North Island. Under the Local Government (Waikato Region) Reorganisation Order of 1989, nearly all of the county was merged with the boroughs of Huntly, Ngāruawāhia, most of Raglan County Council, and a small part of Waipa County Council, to form Waikato District Council. The council first met on 9 January 1877 at the Court House in Cambridge. In 1923, Waikato County covered and had a population of 8,350, with of gravel road A gravel road is a type of unpaved road surfaced with gravel that has been brought to the site from a quarry or stream bed. Gravel roads are common in less-developed nations, and also in the rural areas of developed nations such as Canada and ...s, of mud roads and of tracks. The former County Council office at 455 Grey Street in Hamilton East opened in 1910. It is protected by a Category B listing in Hamilton City's District Plan. It was replaced by new offices to the rear of it, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1878 Hamilton Borough Chambers
Events January * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Shipka Pass IV – Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Philippopolis – Russian troops defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 23 – Benjamin Disraeli orders the British fleet to the Dardanelles. * January 24 – Russian revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, Governor of Saint Petersburg. * January 28 – In the United States: ** The world's First Telephone Exchange begins commercial operation in New Haven, Connecticut. ** ''The Yale News'' becomes the first daily college newspaper in the U.S. * January 31 – Turkey agrees to an armistice at Adrianople. February * February 2 – Greece declares war on the Ottoman Empire. * February 7 – Pope Pius IX dies, after a 31½ year pontificate (the longest definitely confirmed). * February 8 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single Transferable Vote
The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vote may be transferred according to alternative preferences if their preferred candidate is eliminated or elected with surplus votes, so that their vote is used to elect someone they prefer over others in the running. STV aims to approach proportional representation based on votes cast in the district where it is used, so that each vote is worth about the same as another. STV is a family of multi-winner proportional representation electoral systems. The proportionality of its results and the proportion of votes actually used to elect someone are equivalent to those produced by proportional representation election systems based on lists. STV systems can be thought of as a variation on the largest remainders method that uses candidate-based so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First-past-the-post Voting
First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first-preference votes than any other candidate (a ''plurality'') is elected, even if they do not have more than half of votes (a '' majority''). FPP has been used to elect part of the British House of Commons since the Middle Ages before spreading throughout the British Empire. Throughout the 20th century, many countries that previously used FPP have abandoned it in favor of other electoral systems, including the former British colonies of Australia and New Zealand. FPP is still officially used in the majority of US states for most elections. However, the combination of partisan primaries and a two-party system in these jurisdictions means that most American elections behave effectively like two-round systems, in which the first round ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Hamilton (New Zealand Politician)
Ryan Alexander Hamilton (born ) is a New Zealand politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for representing the National Party since the 2023 general election. He was a Hamilton city councillor from 2018 until resigning following his election to Parliament. Political career Hamilton City Council Hamilton unsuccessfully ran for the Hamilton City Council in 2004, 2010, and 2016. He also unsuccessfully ran for election to the WEL Energy Trust and the Waikato District Health Board. He was finally elected to the council in a February 2018 by-election following the death of councillor Philip Yeung. He was elected to a full term in 2019 and in 2022 was the highest-polling councillor in the East Ward. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he was the only councillor to vote against requiring My Vaccine Pass to enter council facilities. He formally resigned from his seat on the Council in October 2023 following his election to Parliament. Member of Parliament Hamilton expressed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestry
A vestry was a committee for the local secular and ecclesiastical government of a parish in England, Wales and some English colony, English colonies. At their height, the vestries were the only form of local government in many places and spent nearly one-fifth of the budget of the British government. They were stripped of their secular functions in 1894 (1900 in London) and were abolished in 1921. The term ''vestry'' remains in use outside of England and Wales to refer to the elected governing body and legal representative of a parish church, for example in the Episcopal Church (United States), American and Scottish Episcopal Churches. Etymology The word vestry comes from Norman language, Anglo-Norman vesterie, from Old French ''vestiaire'', ultimately from Latin language, Latin ''vestiarium'' ‘wardrobe’. In a church building a Sacristy, vestry (also known as a sacristy) is a secure room for the storage or religious valuables and for changing into vestments. The vestry m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Peter's Cathedral, Hamilton
St Peter's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral church in Hamilton, located in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on a small hill, known as Cathedral Hill (), in the southern central part of the city off Victoria Street.History St Peter's Cathedral, Hamilton, New Zealand. Overview St Peter's Cathedral serves as the for the and Diocese of Waikato, the surrounding region. The Diocese is one of seven diocese in |
Taupiri
Taupiri is a small town of about 500 people on the eastern bank of the Waikato River in the Waikato District of New Zealand. It is overlooked by Taupiri mountain, the sacred burial ground for the Waikato tribes of the Māori people, located just to the north. Taupiri is located near the northern end of the Waikato Basin immediately south of the junction of the Mangawara Stream (which drains the northern part of the basin) and the Waikato River. The Waikato River then flows northward through the Taupiri Gorge between the Hakarimata Range to the south and the Taupiri Range to the north, into the Lower Waikato. The North Island Main Trunk railway line runs through the town and the gorge, linking Huntly 8 kilometres to the north and Ngāruawāhia 7 kilometres to the south. also ran through the town until the Huntly Bypass opened in March 2020. Demographics Statistics New Zealand describes Taupiri as a rural settlement, which covers and had an estimated population of as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamahere
Tamahere is a locality (located on a semi-rural ward that bears the same name) within Waikato District, New Zealand; on the outskirts of Hamilton. The majority of the Ward is zoned as Country Living, with a minimum lot size of 0.5ha. The landscape is dominated by several large gully systems that contribute to the Waikato River. Communities Alongside the village proper, the ward of Tamahere also includes the locality of The Narrows. In 2019, a new recreational reserve (Tamahere Park) was opened and includes sports fields for cricket, rugby, junior soccer and La Crosse. Destination playground and skate-park were jointly funded by community funds and Waikato District Council. A commercial hub was also added, including a 4 Square supermarket, a medical centre, a pharmacy, and a bakery, Waikato council office and serviced offices. Demographics Tamahere covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Tamahere had a population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple View
Temple View is a suburb of the city of Hamilton, New Zealand. Temple View was established in the 1950s from the construction of the Hamilton New Zealand Temple and the Church College of New Zealand by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Access to the suburb is through Dinsdale, New Zealand, Dinsdale, and then along Tuhikaramea Road. In 2018 the College was demolished and it was reportedly planned to be replaced by housing. Demographics Temple View covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Temple View had a population of 1,305 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 120 people (10.1%) since the 2018 New Zealand census, 2018 census, and an increase of 126 people (10.7%) since the 2013 New Zealand census, 2013 census. There were 642 males and 660 females in 363 dwellings. 1.4% of people identified as LGBTQ, LGBTIQ+. The median age was 29.9 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peacocke, New Zealand
Peacocke is a semi-rural suburb in southern Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton in New Zealand. Peacocke was brought into the city boundaries in 1989. It is one of the future urban zones of Hamilton, along with Rotokauri. Development The Peacocke Structure plan, Structure Plan of 2007 provided for development on over about 25 years. Two Resource consent, consent applications were made in 2018 proposing an 'Amberfield' development of 862 sections on between Peacockes Rd and the Waikato River. By 2020 the granting of the consent had been appealed to the Environment Court of New Zealand, Environment Court, a major issue being protection of habitats for endangered New Zealand long-tailed bat, long tailed bats. An August 2023 Hamilton City Council (New Zealand), council meeting had a report that the area will provide up to 7,400 homes for up to 20,000 people by 2070 and that 405 sections were in progress, 1303 sections had subdivision consent, 91 homes had building consent and 334 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
