Time Running Out to Take Part in Te Tai Tokerau By-election
Time is running out to get enrolled for the Te Tai Tokerau by-election – with less than one week left until enrolment closes.
“It’s not too late, but there are only days left to get enrolled or to update your enrolment details in time to vote in the Te Tai Tokerau by-election,” says Stephen Hansen, Registrar of Electors, Te Tai Tokerau Electorate.
“Everyone enrolled in the Maori electorate of Te Tai Tokerau should have received their EasyVote packs in the mail by now. If your EasyVote pack hasn’t turned up in your letterbox, you need to enrol or update your details now.
“Anyone who hasn’t enrolled yet, or who has it on their list of things to do, needs to get moving and enrol now. The last chance to enrol is Friday, 24 June. You cannot enrol on election day,” says Mr Hansen.
The fastest way to enrol in time is to go to the Elections website www.elections.org.nz and fill in the enrolment form, print it, sign and date it and then either post, fax or scan and email it.
Or, people can go to a PostShop and enrol on the spot.
To be eligible to enrol in the Te Tai Tokerau electorate you must:
- Be 18 years of age or over; and
- Be of New Zealand Maori descent; and
- Be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident who has lived in New Zealand continuously for 12 months at some time; and
- Have been living in the Te Tai Tokerau electorate for one month or more.