Orange Sky Tower beams an election reminder
Auckland's Sky Tower is lighting itself Elections Orange from tomorrow night (Sat, 1 Nov '08) through until election night, Sat 8 Nov.
Ngā kāri pōtingāwari me ngā mōkihi e tukuna ki ngā kaipōti
E whakahaeretia ana tētahi tukutanga mēra pōtitanga nui o ngā kāri PōtiNgāwari 2.9 miriona me ngā mōkihi pārongo, ina ko tā Te Tari Pōti Matua he mahi ki te tino whakamāmā i te pōti i te pōtitanga whānui 2008.
EasyVote cards and packs in voters' hands from tomorrow
A major election mailout of 2.9 million EasyVote cards and information packs gets underway tomorrow (Thursday 30 October), as the Chief Electoral Office moves to make voting in the 2008 election as easy as possible.
Electoral Commission decisions on election advertising and donations matters
Three decisions on donations and advertisements.
New Zealanders overseas can start voting
New Zealanders around the world can start voting in the 2008 General Election – downloading their voting papers or going to vote at one of the 64 overseas posts in 44 countries.
First votes in 2008 General Election cast tomorrow
The first votes in the 2008 General Election will be cast from tomorrow (Wednesday 22 October) by voters who can’t get to a polling place in their electorate on Election Day.
Electoral Commission decision 2008-35, Beehive website, election advertisements
Decision Number: 2008-35 Subject: Various items were published on the Government (Beehive) website, and the website contains links to the websites for the Labour Party and Jim Anderton’s Progressive.
Update to candidate nominations for Tāmaki Makaurau electorate
The Chief Electoral Officer has accepted the nomination of Marama Nathan as an independent candidate for the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate.
Chief Electoral Office releases full list of parties and candidates for the 2008 election - Updated
The Chief Electoral Office has released the nominations for the 2008 General Election, with 19 registered political [797 parties] and 682 [713 candidates] contesting the election.