The Electoral Commission has announced the new electorate boundaries for the 2014 and 2017 elections. As expected Rimutaka's boundaries have seen some significant changes: the western hills suburbs of Kelson and Belmont have been moved into the Hutt South electorate, and Naenae and parts of Epuni added to the Rimutaka electorate. This has created a clearer north-south boundary between the Hutt's two seats, which is what local submitters were after.
This won't change our campaign for Rimutaka - we're still running a two-tick campaign and will be out in the community doing just that. Our challenge now is to communicate with the communities that have been added to the electorate.
