Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Results of the Citizens Initiated Referendum

Pursuant to the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993,
I have received returns in respect of the 67 writs issued
on 27 October 1999 for the indicative referendum held on 27 November 1999 on the following question, namely:
Should there be a reform of our justice system placing greater emphasis on the needs of victims, providing restitution and compensation for them and imposing sentences and hard labour for all serious violent offences?
The total number of valid votes recorded for each of the two answers to the precise question was as follows:
Yes: 1,886,705 No: 169,699
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 31,959 2,341
Aoraki 32,026 1,980
Auckland Central 26,116 5,138
Banks Peninsula 33,305 4,034
Bay of Plenty 32,786 1,709
Christchurch Central 28,727 3,664
Christchurch East 30,073 2,138
Clutha-Southland 29,056 1,622
Coromandel 32,496 2,034
Dunedin North 27,252 3,850
Dunedin South 33,125 2,643
East Coast 25,672 1,620
Epsom 29,160 4,231
Hamilton East 29,712 2,958
Hamilton West 29,948 2,104
Hunua 29,899 1,794
Hutt South 29,099 2,863
Ilam 29,684 3,892
Invercargill 29,901 1,698
Kaikoura 30,267 2,077
Karapiro 29,399 1,607
Mana 27,220 2,824
Mangere 21,218 2,620
Manukau East 26,606 3,200
Manurewa 25,507 1,924
Maungakiekie 25,251 2,939
Mt Albert 26,292 3,371
Mt Roskill 29,209 2,781
Napier 30,925 2,259
Nelson 31,450 2,931
New Plymouth 30,366 1,956
North Shore 32,024 2,954
Northcote 28,643 2,685
Northland 28,229 1,915
Ohariu-Belmont 31,468 4,038
Otago 29,597 2,301
Otaki 33,826 2,149
Pakuranga 30,382 2,029
Palmerston North 29,143 2,913
Port Waikato 28,831 1,711
Rakaia 30,955 2,247
Rangitikei 29,886 1,766
Rimutaka 29,387 2,086
Rodney 31,625 1,960
Rongotai 27,304 5,309
Rotorua 27,754 1,679
Tamaki 29,531 3,084
Taranaki-King Country 26,235 1,570
Taupo 26,573 1,479
Tauranga 32,063 1,783
Te Atatu 27,497 2,165
Titirangi 27,090 2,470
Tukituki 30,648 1,963
Waimakariri 34,989 2,195
Wairarapa 30,808 1,923
Waitakere 28,059 2,033
Wellington Central 27,422 7,956
West Coast-Tasman 28,414 2,200
Whanganui 29,220 1,534
Whangarei 31,260 2,013
Wigram 30,981 2,857
Hauraki 14,220 1,678
Ikaroa-Rawhiti 16,219 2,187
Te Tai Hauauru 14,149 1,829
Te Tai Tokerau 16,196 2,195
Te Tai Tonga 16,554 2,170
Waiariki 15,817 1,871
Dated at Wellington the 17th day of April 2000.
ROGER BLAKELEY, Clerk of the Writs.