Tauranga City Council has received the Local Government Commission's decision on how many wards and elected members voters will have to decide on in the 2016 local body elections.
Local elections are held once every three years and the next election will take place on October 8, this year.
TheLocal Government Commission confirmed that Tauranga will remain divided into three wards for the purpose of the election.
Tauranga City's elected representatives will include:
Two councillors elected by the electors of the Te Papa-Welcome Bay Ward
Tauranga City Council elections will be by postal vote. Voting papers will be sent out in September 2016, a month before voting starts.
You must be enrolled to vote in Tauranga's local elections.
If you own property within Tauranga, but do not live here, you can apply to go on the ratepayer roll. You will be able to vote in the area where you pay rates, and the area where you live.
