Heketoa joins the Otara Community Board

The Otara Community Board is operating at full capacity as new member, Mele Nouella Heketoa, won the by-election today with 2420 votes.

A board member position became vacant when Efu Koka was elected to Otara ward councillor in a by-election held in July this year.

Manukau City Council’s electoral officer John Skelton says the voter turn-out was 20.7 per cent. This compares with 24 per cent voter turn-out for the Otara ward councillor by-election held this year, and 32.5 per cent voter turn-out for Otara in the 2007 triennial elections.

Name                                            Votes received

• 1.HEKETOA Mele Nouella (Labour Party)2420
• 2.SINCLAIR Jim                                            1968