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Under the Electoral Act 1993, election advertising may be published at any time, except on election day.

Election signs

Councils may have their own rules about the placement of election signs. If you have questions or concerns about the placement of election signs in your area, you can contact your local council.

Council contact list (localcouncils.govt.nz)

It's easy to enrol, check or update your enrolment details.

Find out how

If you’ve changed your address but haven’t let us know, or if you’ve never enrolled to vote, you may have received a letter asking “Are you enrolled at your current address?”. If you receive this letter, you may need to enrol or update your enrolment.

You can enrol or update online, or give us a call on 0800 36 76 56.

You can view the results of past parliamentary elections at electionresults.govt.nz.

New Zealand Election Results (electionresults.govt.nz)

Find out how to make a request to us under the Official Information Act (OIA)

We proactively release all OIA requests we receive, and our responses to them, on a quarterly basis.

Reponses to OIA requests