I hereby declare the result for the election of Trustees for Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust held on Sunday 22nd November 2009.
I confirm that the official result was determined after the scrutiny of the roll was completed, the validity of all votes was determined, and all valid votes were counted.
Election of TWO (2) Trustees
Candidate
Votes Received
SEYMOUR, Philip Douglas
124
TUUTA, Ronald Phillip
113
HORLER, Gregory Francis
112
SAUNDERS, Peter Wayne
73
INFORMAL
0
BLANK VOTING PAPERS
0
I therefore declare Philip Douglas SEYMOUR and Ronald Philip TUUTA to be elected as the Trustees for the Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust.
The Voter Return Percentage was 51.99%, being 235 votes received from 452 eligible voters. Dated at Christchurch this 25th day of November 2009.
NASA satellite captures phytoplankton bloom over Chatham Rise
An expansive bloom of phytoplankton (single-celled, plant-like organisms) traced colorful swirls across the
South Pacific Ocean between New Zealand (left) and the Chatham Islands
(right) on December 23, 2009. The colors come from chlorophyll and other
pigments that the phytoplankton use to capture light for
photosynthesis. The milky turquoise parts of the bloom may include
phytoplankton called coccolithophores, which have a chalk-like plating that is very reflective.
There's an email currently being circulated which is allegedly from the Australian Federal Police and about a computer virus. This is a fake and the warning itself is the "virus', and although a time waster is otherwise harmless.
Any virus warning to come through email is almost certainly a fake and should not be forwarded. This particular one has been in circulation since 2006.
Enterprise Trust 
