Results of the Citizens Initiated Referendum Pursuant to the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993, I have received returns in respect of the 65 writs issued on 2 November 1995 for the indicative referendum held on 2 December 1995 on the following question, namely: Should the number of professional firefighters employed full-time in the New Zealand Fire Service be reduced below the number employed on 1 January 1995? The total number of valid votes recorded for each of the two answers to the precise question was as follows: Yes: 79 475 No: 572 919 The total number of valid votes recorded for each of the two answers to the precise question in respect of each electoral district was as follows: Electorate Name Yes No Albany 1 180 10 675 Aoraki 1 428 10 722 Auckland Central 991 7 945 Banks Peninsula 2 335 12 307 Bay of Plenty 1 027 7 828 Christchurch Central 1 163 9 538 Christchurch East 1 058 12 355 Clutha-Southland 1 184 7 335 Coromandel 1 160 8 781 Dunedin North 1 360 12 213 Dunedin South 1 334 15 084 Epsom 1 873 6 723 Hamilton East 1 058 8 734 Hamilton West 835 9 465 Hunua 962 8 032 Hutt South 1 894 8 566 Ilam 2 724 10 496 Invercargill 1 054 11 113 Kaikoura 1 481 8 045 Karapiro 883 7 376 Mahia 863 7 639 Mana 1 507 8 001 Mangere 452 5 317 Manukau East 744 7 036 Manurewa 455 6 814 Maungakiekie 864 8 254 Napier 1 155 10 706 Nelson 1 605 9 504 New Lynn 710 9 509 New Plymouth 1 217 11 540 North Shore 1 751 10 530 Northcote 1 082 10 164 Northland 926 6 051 Ohariu-Belmont 2 409 7 904 Otago 1 337 9 483 Otaki 1 914 9 934 Owairaka 939 8 794 Pakuranga 1 218 9 175 Palmerston North 1 412 10 118 Port Waikato 688 7 351 Rakaia 1 748 8,406 Rangitikei 1 405 9 911 Rimutaka 1 565 10 476 Rodney 1 156 10 530 Rongotai 1 934 9 021 Rotorua 1 115 8 046 Tamaki 1 659 7 567 Taranaki-King Country 905 6 338 Taupo 998 6 647 Tauranga 1 269 10 002 Tukituki 1 203 9 117 Waimakariri 1 499 11 841 Waipareira 648 9 610 Wairarapa 1 626 9 287 Waitakere 809 10 115 Wellington Central 3 738 7 476 West Coast-Tasman 1 115 8 830 Whanganui 1 098 11 022 Whangarei 1 137 10 788 Wigram 1 139 12 952 Te Puku O Te Whenua 278 3 117 Te Tai Hauauru 266 3 280 Te Tai Rawhiti 281 3 269 Te Tai Tokerau 336 3 772 Te Tai Tonga 316 4 342 Dated at Wellington this 19th day of January 1996. ROGER BLAKELEY, Clerk of the Writs.2