Calculation of Maori Electoral Population in Porirua City
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From: Chris Milne
Dear Statistics New Zealand,
Can you please provide the working papers, underlying calculations and formal notification to Porirua City Council that supports the Maori Electoral Population figure of 8,220, provided to the Council as at 30 June 2020.
Please refer to the formula below in the Electoral Act 1993 and provide the figures used to support the 8,220 number provided to the Council. If you wish to see where this come from then note that the figure was provided on pages 21 & 22 of the Council's meeting agenda papers for the meeting of 20 May 2021.
Please provide each number used in the formula below and identify where that number fits in the calculation below.
Definition of Maori Electoral Population in the Act:
Māori electoral population means a figure representing both the persons registered as electors of the Māori electoral districts and a proportion of Māori persons who are not registered as electors of any electoral district and a proportion of Māori persons under the age of 18 years, which figure must be fixed—
(a) by ascertaining a proportion determined by dividing—
(i) the total number of persons, on counting day, either—
(A) registered as electors of Māori electoral districts; or
(B) named on the dormant rolls for Māori electoral districts; by
(ii) the total number of Māori persons, on counting day, either—
(A) registered as electors of Māori electoral districts or General electoral districts; or
(B) named on the dormant rolls for Māori electoral districts or General electoral districts; and
(b) by applying the proportion ascertained under paragraph (a) to the total number of ordinarily resident Māori persons on census day
Yours faithfully,
Chris Milne
From: Alex Birchfield
Statistics New Zealand
Tēnā koe Chris
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