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Mrs Bronwyn Bauer

Ashhurst should not be in the wairapa electorate.

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Joshua Moss

Ashhurst and the surrounding area should not be incorporated into the Wairarapa electorate

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Mr Wilbur Tong

It doesn’t make any sense for Ashurst’s representation to be in the wairarapa.

Many more people work and commute into Palmerston North.

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Mrs Kathleen Van Vuuren

Ashhurst should stay in the Palmerston North area and not moved

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Katherine Gibbs

I object to having the proposed change such that Ashhurst becomes part of the Wairarapa electoral boundary.
Many Ashhurst residents have worked hard to make connections with the local and national govt representatives in the Palmerston North district. They now know us and our issues and we know them. We can bump into each other in town.
If the new proposal goes ahead all that effort will be for naught and we will be part of a district that is not meaningful to us nor we to them. Ashhurst is too small and distant to be of interest to Wairarapa -Ashhurst will therefore be penalised unfairly by this proposal.

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Emmaleen Sarten

Ashhurst has nothing to do with Wairarapa and is a suburb of Palmerston North so itseems to our detriment to be lumped into that electorate

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Mrs Alane Nilsen

I object to my electorate being changed from Rangitikei to Wairarapa. I live in Ashhurst, less than twenty minutes drive from Palmerston North and Feilding. Wairarapa is on the other side of the ranges to me and about an hours drive. I have no connection to this electorate. I live in a Palmerston North suburb and work in that city. My children went to school there. While Rangitikei is still an electorate over from my living and working area, it is closer and more connected to me than Wairarapa. I pay rates to Palmerston North and would like my sitting MP to be close enough for be to access should I need to. I do not consider a hike to Wairarapa to be reasonable. I understand that we do not come under the Palmerston North electorate due to enrollment numbers, however I consider this be rediculous. If we can't be moved to Palmerston North, then leave us where we are now please.

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Mrs Kaye Christiansen

I object to the change for Ashhurst to become part of the Tararua electorate because it will mean that we lose our distinct representation on the Manawatu side of the Manawatu gorge. The vast majority of our residents work, shop, go to school, attend sport, use medical centres, pharmacies, and spend leisure time in Palmerston North. Our town is growing as people appreciate our close proximity to Palmerston North but with a village culture. I have lived in Ashhurst for 46 years and seen it go from strength to strength with a population committed to having a voice in our future.

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Kirsty Malone

Ashurst should not be included in the Wairarapa. The Manawatu river forms a natural geographic boundary and Ashurst will not be properly represented by Wairarapa. The majority of people living in Ashurst work in Palmerston North or Feilding, not the Wairarapa. Children go to school (high school) in Palmerston North. This change makes no geographic sense regarding how the community live their lives.

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Mr Mark William Reid

This town is dislocated from the proposed area, isolated by a mountain range. This will will isolate this town from its closest geographicly located cit

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Miss Melissa Keegan

I object to Ashhurst becoming part of the Wairarapa Electorate because absolutely nothing in the Wairarapa governs our town in Ashhurst. It's nonsensical that an electorate would include a town that it has no say over.

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Mr Graeme Jenkins

I object to moving Ashhurst from Rangitikei to Wairarapa.
Ashhurst has no relationship with Wairarapa, apart from a highway, whereas Ashhurst, as a "suburb" of Palmerston North enjoys PNCC water, rubbish removal, library services etc. We also pay rates to PNCC, as well as Horizons, which covers the Manawatu.
Towards the end of this year, we will be voting in the PNCC council elections.

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Mel Doyle

Moving Ashhurst into the wairarapa electorate makes no sense. Ashhurst is a feeder town to Palmerston North, and to a lesser extent, Feilding. Very rarely does anyone commute, or have a strong association with Wairarapa.

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Mrs Margaret Wood

Ashhurst should not be part of Waiarapa, for goodness sake there is a range of mountains dividing us. We have nothing to do with that side of the ranges.

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Mrs Joan Fountain

Ashhurst is on the other side of the ranges from Wairarapa. It even gets a different weather report via Metservice. So it should not be included in the Wairarapa.