http://haveyoursay.nrc.govt.nz/narrative/index BangTheTable.com - Providing the community and government with a new way to engage in public policy debate 2012-08-21 14:58:27 +1200 <p>Northland Regional Council is currently&nbsp;reviewing&nbsp;the way in which the community selects its representatives &ndash; your regional councillors.</p> <p>The review looks at how many councillors there need to be on the regional council, where the boundaries are for the areas (or constituencies) each councillor will be elected from, how many councillors will be elected from each constituency and what the names of these constituencies will be.</p> <p>The council invited public submissions on its initial proposal over a one month period ending in October 2012.&nbsp; Following the consideration of all submissions, the council amended the initial proposal and adopted a final proposal to divide the Northland region into seven constituencies to be represented by nine regional councillors for the 2013 elections.&nbsp;</p> <p>Want to know more? Find all the information on the <a href="http://www.nrc.govt.nz/representationreview" target="_blank">Representation Review&nbsp;Final Proposal</a>&nbsp;on our website.</p> <p>Appeals/objections <strong>have now closed</strong></p> <p><em><strong>Please Note:</strong> All appeals and objections will be considered by the Local Government Commission.</em></p> http://haveyoursay.nrc.govt.nz/article/representation-review 2012-08-21 14:58:27 +1200 http://haveyoursay.nrc.govt.nz/article/representation-review NRC Administrator