\u201cBecause we have only been in Hawke\u2019s Bay for 10 years, we are not familiar with all the candidates. So I was looking through the profiles to learn more.\u201d <\/p>\n
But when she got to page 12, the next page was not 13 but 29. <\/p>\n
\u201cI just expected it to be there, but the entire middle section was missing.\u201d <\/p>\n
ElectionsNZ chief returning officer Warwick Lampp said the mistake was caused by a printing error in the binding of the booklet.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe received fewer than 10 calls about it, so it\u2019s not widespread, which is good,\u201d Lampp said. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone who got one of these booklets should call the council or the 0800 number on the voting papers.\u201d <\/p>\n
Hastings District Council has delivered correct booklets to the retirement village. <\/p>\n
But Arnott, who was mayor from 2001 to 2013, says there could be hundreds more faulty booklets out there. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey have no idea how many are affected,\u201d Arnott said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI know it would be an expense to redo them, but we live in a democracy based on everyone getting a fair deal.\u201d <\/p>\n
The sole missing mayoral candidate profile was that of Darrin Wilson. <\/p>\n
Wilson is also standing for council and that profile with the 16 other Hastings\/Havelock North General Ward candidates is missing.<\/p>\n
The missing candidates are: Sayeed Ahmed. John Bennett, Michael Fowler, Gus Freeman, Steve Gibson, Bernard Hickey, Rizwaana Latiff, Yvonne Lorkin, Lucie-Jane McElwee. Simon Nixon, Nick Ratcliffe, Rion Roben, Callum Ross, Jacqueline Supra, Debbie Ward and Kevin Watkins are missing. <\/p>\n
Also absent are the two Flaxmere candidates, Henry Heke and Henare O\u2019Keefe, the three Mohaka General Ward candidates, Pagen Goldstone, Derek Nowell-Usticke, Kirsty Scott-McLean and four of the five Takitimu M\u0101ori Ward candidates, Siiam Daniel, Sarah Greening, Kellie Jessup and Bevan O\u2019Connor. <\/p>\n
It resumes on page 29 with Heather Te Au-Skipworth\u2018s profile. <\/p>\n
Wilson said he wasn\u2019t worried about it. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be what it will be,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve spoken at heaps of events and people know how I feel.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u014cp\u014dtiki, Whanganui and South Wairarapa districts all had issues with M\u0101ori wards not appearing in candidate booklets. <\/p>\n
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