1 ORATIA APPLE Autumn 2016 www.oratia.co.nz Landsendt Gardens 108 Parker Road, Oratia A Tropical Paradise A Garden of National significance (NZ Gardens Trust) Tropical location for weddings, functions, music and film events Sub-tropical nursery, palms,...
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1 ORATIA APPLE Autumn 2016 www.oratia.co.nz Landsendt Gardens 108 Parker Road, Oratia A Tropical Paradise A Garden of National significance (NZ Gardens Trust) Tropical location for weddings, functions, music and film events Sub-tropical nursery, palms, bromeliads and lush plants for sale Nursery and Gardens open by appointment only 09 818 6914 / www.landsendt.co.nz Local Government Elections in October 2016 In light of the Local government (authority) elections held later this year in October, I thought that it might be timely to visit some of the ‘what’ and ‘who’, which affect Oratia. Local government (authority) elections is when we get a chance to vote for the mayor, councillors, local board members etc. It is a postal vote. We get our voting forms in the mail and we need to fill these out and post back. This will occur in October this year. Since the 1980’s Local authority election turnout has been declining in many areas of New Zealand. The total national voter turnout for the 201
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