{"id":41568,"date":"2025-09-24T23:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T23:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/41568\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T23:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T23:22:09","slug":"thames-coromandel-local-body-election-candidate-danny-topia-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/41568\/","title":{"rendered":"Thames-Coromandel: Local body election candidate Danny Topia dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  alt=\" Thames-Coromandel District Council election candidate Danny Topia has died.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/> Thames-Coromandel District Council election candidate Danny Topia has died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOur council extends its heartfelt condolences to Topia\u2019s wh\u0101nau, friends and supporters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cTopia\u2019s candidate profile is included in the local election voting packs, which should have now arrived in people\u2019s letterboxes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">Any votes already cast for Topia will not be counted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">Voting remains open until midday October 11.<\/p>\n<p>No Ng\u0101 Hau e Wh\u0101 M\u0101ori constituency election after candidate death<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">No election will take place for the Waikato Regional Council Ng\u0101 Hau e Wh\u0101 M\u0101ori constituency following the death of candidate Maxine Moana-Tuwhangai last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\"> Moana-Tuwhangai died on August 16. <\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">Waikato Regional Council said in a statement electoral officials had since worked closely and respectfully with her wh\u0101nau and nominators during this difficult time to formally withdraw her nomination, in accordance with section 71 of the Local Electoral Act 2001.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAs a result of this withdrawal, Tipa Mahuta, the remaining candidate, has been elected unopposed, and no election will take place for the Ng\u0101 Hau e Wh\u0101 M\u0101ori constituency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cVoting documents had already been printed prior to the withdrawal and, due to time constraints, cannot be reprinted,\u201d the council said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cVoters in the Ng\u0101 Hau e Wh\u0101 M\u0101ori Constituency will still receive voting packs showing both candidates\u2019 names. However, these are no longer valid for voting in this constituency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">Waikato Regional Council Chief Executive Chris McLay extended heartfelt condolences to the wh\u0101nau of Moana-Tuwhangai.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe are deeply saddened by Maxine\u2019s passing. She made a significant contribution to the community, and her legacy will be remembered with great respect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thames-Coromandel District Council election candidate Danny Topia has died. \u201cOur council extends its heartfelt condolences to Topia\u2019s wh\u0101nau,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12635,7800,19956,26775,6179,7126,5903,440,111,43,139,69,37315,37316],"class_list":["post-41568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-area","tag-body","tag-candidate","tag-danny","tag-died","tag-dies","tag-election","tag-local","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-thamescoromandel","tag-topia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}