2022 Licensing Trust Election Guide

We’ve got seven candidates standing under the Trusts Action Group banner but in most parts of West Auckland you’ll have more votes available than we’ve got candidates. So what should you do?

Firstly and most importantly, vote for the Trusts Action Group candidates! It’s a postal ballot so your voting papers should arrive in your mailbox soon after they’re posted on Friday 16th September. Complete your ballot paper and return it by posting it or dropping it off to a collection point (here’s a handy map of where to find one). If your papers don’t arrive by mail, you can still cast a special vote.

If you’ve got more votes available than there are Trusts Action Group candidates, you’ve got a couple of options:

1. Don’t use them. Just tick the box for the Trusts Action Group candidate(s) and leave the others blank. This maximises the chance that the Trusts Action Group candidate(s) will be elected.
2. Use your remaining votes to support the best candidates amongst the rest. Some candidates are better than others and there are some that are truly awful. Using your spare votes for the best of the rest could help elect a better board.

We sent out a candidate survey to all the other candidates asking them about their views on what we thought were the key issues for our supporters. Only five responded but you might find their responses helpful (and kudos to them for responding).

Portage Licensing Trust – Ward 1 (Auckland City)

• You get three (3) votes
• The Trusts Action Group candidate is Barry HUTCHINSON
• View all the candidate profiles here
• None of the other candidates completed our survey

Portage Licensing Trust – Ward 2 (New Lynn)

• You get three (2) votes
• There are no Trusts Action Group candidates
• View all the candidate profiles here
• Rob Hulse completed our candidate survey

Portage Licensing Trust – Ward 3 (Glen Eden)

• You get two (2) votes
• The Trusts Action Group candidate is Joe BERGIN
• View all the candidate profiles here
• None of the other candidates completed our survey

Portage Licensing Trust – Ward 4 (Titirangi/Green Bay)

• You get two (2) votes
• The Trusts Action Group candidate is Ben GOODALE
• View all the candidate profiles here
• Barrie-John Partridge completed our candidate survey
• Ross Clow responded to our survey with a statement

Portage Licensing Trust – Ward 5 (Kelston West)

• You get one (1) vote
• The Trusts Action Group candidate is Jordan TARPLETT-LEE
• View all the candidate profiles here
• None of the other candidates completed our survey

Waitākere Licensing Trust – Ward 1 (Te Atatū)

• You get two (2) votes
• The Trusts Action Group candidates are Amanda ROBERTS and Nick SMALE
• View all the candidate profiles here
• None of the other candidates completed our survey

Waitākere Licensing Trust – Ward 2 (Lincoln)

• You get three (3) votes
• The Trusts Action Group candidate is Jared PATTERSON
• View all the candidate profiles here
• John Riddell and John Loau completed our candidate survey

Waitākere Licensing Trust – Ward 3 (Waitākere)

• You don’t get to vote
• Mark Allen was elected unopposed

Waitākere Licensing Trust – Ward 4 (Henderson)

• You get one (1) vote
• There are no Trusts Action Group candidates
• View all the candidate profiles here
• None of the other candidates completed our survey