{"id":1338,"date":"2023-05-22T00:09:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T00:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2023-09-08T04:28:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T04:28:57","slug":"bay-of-plenty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/2023\/05\/22\/bay-of-plenty\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay of Plenty Electorate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading mw-first-heading\">Bay of Plenty Electorate<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Location where the Show is being Filmed \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/8MTEs6hrtR6ymVYw6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth Street Community &amp; Arts Centre<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Date of the show \u2013 Friday 29th September 2023<\/li>\n<li>Times to arrive \u2013 Arrive by 330pm<\/li>\n<li>Broadcast Time \u2013 Broadcast starts at 4pm and finishes at 6pm or near<\/li>\n<li>Books your tickets here\n<ul>\n<li>In Studio\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.nz\/e\/its-in-the-ballot-bay-of-plenty-electorate-in-studio-tickets-687653900327?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Online\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.nz\/e\/687670088747?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Submit your questions\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/GTtPjLRQdrevfHAS6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 We will select the best questions for the show\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/ZJBFJorb6Y1L2EFZA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/figure>\n<h1>Candidates who are Standing<\/h1>\n<p>This section enables candidates to display their contact information to allow voters easy access to candidates information in one place.<\/p>\n<p>Submit your candidate information\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/xeFjbK7WMrnptfnT7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/forms.gle\/xeFjbK7WMrnptfnT7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1690857272361000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1qhgfSJpvSl-bfyP5jAsuI\"><b>here<\/b><\/a> \u2013 this does not commit attendance to \u2018It\u2019s in the Ballot\u2019 show &#8211; It lets voters know who is standing for their electorate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"OxAavc NVbRL\" data-required=\"true\" data-item-id=\"716672734\">\n<div class=\"xMZTse Ih4Dzb\">\n<h4 class=\"Mh5jwe JqSWld yqQS1\" aria-describedby=\"c627\">Tom Rutherford &#8211; National Party<\/h4>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"OxAavc NVbRL\" data-required=\"true\" data-item-id=\"298804113\">\n<div class=\"pYfr3c\">\n<div class=\"prOLdf\">\n<div class=\"g53bl\">\n<div class=\"cTDvob D1wxyf RjsPE\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" aria-describedby=\"i.desc.298804113 c638\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1714 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Tom-Rutherford-1-Tom-Rutherford-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"OxAavc NVbRL\" data-required=\"true\" data-item-id=\"1955246105\">\n<div class=\"pYfr3c\">\n<div class=\"prOLdf\">\n<div class=\"g53bl\">\n<div class=\"cTDvob D1wxyf RjsPE\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" aria-describedby=\"i.desc.1955246105 c634\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<pre>Website - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.national.org.nz\/tomrutherford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.national.org.nz\/tomrutherford<\/a>\r\nFacebook - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TomRutherfordBOP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TomRutherfordBOP\/<\/a>\r\nTwitter - \r\nInstagram - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tomrutherford_bop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tomrutherford_bop\/<\/a>\r\nYoutube - \r\nTiktok - \r\nEmail - <a href=\"mailto:tom.rutherford@national.org.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tom.rutherford@national.org.nz<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"OxAavc NVbRL\" data-required=\"true\" data-item-id=\"716672734\">\n<div class=\"xMZTse Ih4Dzb\">\n<h4 class=\"Mh5jwe JqSWld yqQS1\" aria-describedby=\"c311\">Kirsten Murfitt &#8211; New Zealand First<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1722 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/temp-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"OxAavc NVbRL\" data-required=\"true\" data-item-id=\"298804113\">\n<div class=\"pYfr3c\">\n<div class=\"prOLdf\">\n<div class=\"g53bl\">\n<div class=\"cTDvob D1wxyf RjsPE\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" aria-describedby=\"i.desc.298804113 c322\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<pre>Website - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzfirst.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nzfirst.nz\/<\/a>\r\nFacebook - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100090247723142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100090247723142<\/a>\r\nTwitter - <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MurfittTauranga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MurfittTauranga<\/a>\r\nInstagram -  \r\nYoutube - \r\nTiktok - \r\nEmail - <a href=\"mailto:kirsten.murfitt@nzfirst.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kirsten.murfitt@nzfirst.nz<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n-<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"OxAavc NVbRL\" data-required=\"true\" data-item-id=\"716672734\">\n<div class=\"xMZTse Ih4Dzb\">\n<h4 class=\"Mh5jwe JqSWld yqQS1\" aria-describedby=\"c311\">Pare Taikato &#8211; NZ Labour Party<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1849 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pare-Image-Pare-Taikato-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"OxAavc NVbRL\" data-required=\"true\" data-item-id=\"298804113\">\n<div class=\"pYfr3c\">\n<div class=\"prOLdf\">\n<div class=\"g53bl\">\n<div class=\"cTDvob D1wxyf RjsPE\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" aria-describedby=\"i.desc.298804113 c322\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<pre>Website - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.labour.org.nz\/paretaikato2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.labour.org.nz\/paretaikato2023<\/a>\r\nFacebook - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PareTaikato4BOP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PareTaikato4BOP<\/a>\r\nTwitter - \r\nInstagram - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/paretaikatolabour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/paretaikatolabour\/<\/a> \r\nYoutube - \r\nTiktok - \r\nEmail - <a href=\"mailto:pare.taikato@labour.org.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pare.taikato@labour.org.nz<\/a><\/pre>\n<pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n-\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"OxAavc NVbRL\" data-required=\"true\" data-item-id=\"716672734\">\n<div class=\"xMZTse Ih4Dzb\">\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"OxAavc NVbRL\" data-required=\"true\" data-item-id=\"716672734\">\n<div class=\"xMZTse Ih4Dzb\">\n<h4 class=\"Mh5jwe JqSWld yqQS1\" aria-describedby=\"c673\">Dr Wendy Gillespie &#8211; Leighton Baker Party<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2151 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/me-flowers-Wendy-Gillespie-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"OxAavc NVbRL\" data-required=\"true\" data-item-id=\"298804113\">\n<div class=\"pYfr3c\">\n<div class=\"prOLdf\">\n<div class=\"g53bl\">\n<div class=\"cTDvob D1wxyf RjsPE\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" aria-describedby=\"i.desc.298804113 c322\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;\">Website &#8211; <\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;\" href=\"http:\/\/LeightonBakerParty.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LeightonBakerParty.co.nz<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"cTDvob D1wxyf RjsPE\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" aria-describedby=\"i.desc.298804113 c322\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;\">Facebook &#8211; <\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100092539570390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100092539570390<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<pre>Twitter - \r\nInstagram -  \r\nYoutube - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DrWendyGillespieonGovern-ht6eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DrWendyGillespieonGovern-ht6eb<\/a>\r\nTiktok - \r\nEmail - <a href=\"mailto:wendygillespie3@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wendygillespie3@gmail.com<\/a><\/pre>\n<pre>\r\n-<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<h4>&#8211; &#8211;<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"OxAavc NVbRL\" data-required=\"true\" data-item-id=\"716672734\">\n<div class=\"xMZTse Ih4Dzb\">\n<h4 class=\"Mh5jwe JqSWld yqQS1\" aria-describedby=\"c311\">Cameron Luxton &#8211; ACT<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2097 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Cameron-Luxton-portrait-photo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"cTDvob D1wxyf RjsPE\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" aria-describedby=\"i.desc.298804113 c322\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<pre>Website - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.act.org.nz\/2023_cameron_luxton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.act.org.nz\/2023_cameron_luxton<\/a>\r\nFacebook - \r\nTwitter - \r\nInstagram -  \r\nYoutube - \r\nTiktok - \r\nEmail - <a href=\"mailto:cameron.luxton@act.org.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cameron.luxton@act.<wbr \/>org.nz<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<pre>-<\/pre>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"OxAavc NVbRL\" data-required=\"true\" data-item-id=\"716672734\">\n<div class=\"xMZTse Ih4Dzb\">\n<h4 class=\"Mh5jwe JqSWld yqQS1\" aria-describedby=\"c311\">Matthew Macmillan &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2099 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Matthew-Macmillan-portairt-photo-300x146.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"OxAavc NVbRL\" data-required=\"true\" data-item-id=\"298804113\">\n<div class=\"pYfr3c\">\n<div class=\"prOLdf\">\n<div class=\"g53bl\">\n<div class=\"cTDvob D1wxyf RjsPE\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" aria-describedby=\"i.desc.298804113 c322\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;\">Website &#8211; <\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greens.org.nz\/matthew_macmillan_2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.greens.org.nz\/matthew_macmillan_2023<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"cTDvob D1wxyf RjsPE\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" aria-describedby=\"i.desc.298804113 c322\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;\">Facebook &#8211; <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cTDvob D1wxyf RjsPE\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" aria-describedby=\"i.desc.298804113 c322\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;\">Twitter &#8211; <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cTDvob D1wxyf RjsPE\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" aria-describedby=\"i.desc.298804113 c322\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;\">Instagram &#8211;\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cTDvob D1wxyf RjsPE\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" aria-describedby=\"i.desc.298804113 c322\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;\">Youtube &#8211; <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cTDvob D1wxyf RjsPE\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" aria-describedby=\"i.desc.298804113 c322\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;\">Tiktok &#8211; <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cTDvob D1wxyf RjsPE\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" aria-describedby=\"i.desc.298804113 c322\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;\">Email &#8211; <\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;\" href=\"mailto:michael.howe@act.org.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">michael.howe@act.org.nz<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Qr7Oae\" role=\"listitem\">\n<pre>-<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Questions that are in the Shows Boxes<\/h1>\n<p>More to Come<\/p>\n<h1>Highlight Videos from the Night<\/h1>\n<p>More to come<\/p>\n<h1>Other Meet the Candidates in the Electorate<\/h1>\n<p>This section is to allow community-led &#8220;Meet the candidates&#8221; to submit their information on their upcoming meetings to ensure you have the opportunity of seeing candidates debate their ideas among the fellow members of your the community &#8211; Submit your &#8220;Meet the candidates&#8221; information <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/MDFEJbr43TJZMHn77\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/forms.gle\/xeFjbK7WMrnptfnT7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1690857272361000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1qhgfSJpvSl-bfyP5jAsuI\"><b>here<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bay of Plenty Electorate Location where the Show is being Filmed \u2013 Elizabeth Street Community &amp; Arts Centre Date of the show \u2013 Friday 29th September 2023 Times to arrive \u2013 Arrive by 330pm Broadcast Time \u2013 Broadcast starts at 4pm and finishes at 6pm or near Books your tickets here In Studio\u00a0Tickets Online\u00a0Tickets Submit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-central-north-island-electorates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1338"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2152,"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338\/revisions\/2152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}