They are:
Ward 2, Central Northland: Penny Smart, Alex Wright.
Ward 7, Piako: Andrew McGiven, Malcolm Piggott.
Ward 14, Eastern Bay of Plenty: Corrie Smit, Gerard van Beek, Wilson James.
Ward 22, Northern Manawatu, Katherine Gillespie, Ellen Bartlet.
One nomination was received for each of the other 18 wards:
Ward 1, Northern Northland: Terence Brocx.
Ward 3, Southern Northland: Tracey Bryan.
Ward 5, Hauraki/Coromandel: Julie Pirie.
Ward 8, Matamata: Grant Wills.
Ward 9, Western Bay of Plenty: Murray Linton.
Ward 13, Rotorua: Matt Pepper.
Ward 15, Taupo: Phil Butler.
Ward 19, Central Taranaki: Noel Caskey.
Ward 25, Wairarapa: Philip Palmer.
Ward 27, North Canterbury: Shaun Lissington.
Ward 28, Rakaia: Angela Ward.
Ward 29, Ashburton: Charles Whitehead.
Ward 30, South Canterbury: John Gregan.
Ward 31, Waitaki: Greg Kirkwood.
Ward 32, Otago: Ad Bekkers.
Ward 33, Northern Southland: Ivan Lines.
Ward 34, Southern Southland: Emma Hammond.
Ward 35, Western Southland: Vaughan Templeton.
Fifteen of the 18 councillors-elect are incumbents who have been elected unopposed.
New councillors-elect are Matt Pepper, Shaun Lissington, and Emma Hammond.
All successful candidates take office at the close of the 2014 Fonterra annual shareholders’ meeting.
Voting packs, containing candidate profiles, will be mailed to eligible shareholders on Friday, October 17.
Shareholders can vote by internet, fax, or post using the single transferable vote (STV) system.
The voting period is from October 17 until 10.30am, Monday November 10, with the results being announced later that day.
The candidates for the Fonterra board of directors’ election will be announced on Tuesday September 23 following the completion of the candidate assessment panel process.
Returning officer Warwick Lampp said there would be no election for the directors’ remuneration committee because shareholders Murray Holdaway and Philip Wilson had been elected unopposed.
