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Voting in local elections is by mail.

If you were enrolled at your current address by 1 August, your council will send your voting papers to you. They should arrive between 9 and 22 September.

You need to return your voting papers by 12 noon on Saturday 11 October.

Key dates (votelocal.co.nz)

If you were not enrolled at your current address by 1 August, you will need to make a special vote. To do this, you should contact your council's electoral officer.

Electoral officers (votelocal.co.nz)

Local elections are run by local councils, and the Electoral Commission's role in them is limited to enrolment. If you have questions about the local elections, you should contact your local council.

Vote Local provide answers to frequently asked questions about the local elections here:

Voter FAQs (votelocal.co.nz)

Local elections are run by local councils. The Electoral Commission's role in them is limited to enrolment.

For more information about the local elections in your area, you should contact your local council.

Council websites and maps (Local Government New Zealand)

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 website and maps (Local Government New Zealand)

We recently sent emails and texts to some voters asking them to check and update their postal addresses.

The emails were sent from no-reply@vote.nz and have the subject line ‘Do we have the right postal address for you?’.

Text messages are being sent from the number 2174.

The emails and text messages were sent between 5 and 7 February 2025.

If you received an email or text message and you have further questions please contact us using the form on this page or call 0800 36 76 56.

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