VOTING
Voting info
Our hapū of Ngāti Hineaute, Ngāti Tauira and Ngāti Rangiaranaki are all up for elections this year (2024).
- To vote, whānau MUST be registered to RoMST.
- If you are registering to RoMST for the first time, your registration must successfully go through the Whakapapa validation process.
- This process is made easier by the creation of your online profile (MāoriME) , where you can select your primary hapū, which is the hapū you may vote for.
- Each individual person is allowed ONE vote each, FOR ONLY their primary hapū.
- You may ONLY vote for a primary hapū for which you have been validated .
- If you wish to be validated for a different hapū you must create or update your online profile (MāoriMe) and select your new primary hapū.
- New hapū changes must be already validated, or will go through the Whakapapa validation process.
- These elections will be carried out by Independent Election Services, an independent third-party to RoMST.
- Friday 13 September 2024 nominations for hapū representatives open
- Friday 4 October 2024 nominations close
- You MUST be registered to RoMST to vote and have selected your primary hapū by Friday 4 October, NO CHANGES TO YOUR VOTING STATUS/PRIMARY HAPŪ CAN BE MADE AFTER THIS DATE.
- Please ensure any person who nominates a whānau member have selected the same primary hapū as the hapū they are nominating the whānau member for.
- Tuesday 22 October 2024 voting opens
- Tuesday 26 November 2024 voting closes at 5pm
- 3rd December 2024 results announced at our AGM
- If you have any questions regarding the entire 2024 election process, please don't hesitate to reach out to info@romst.iwi.nz