What to do

To vote, you need to be enrolled. You must enrol if you are 18 years or older, a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident, and you’ve lived in New Zealand continuously for 12 months or more at some time in your life.

For electoral purposes, you are a permanent resident if you’re in New Zealand legally and not required to leave within a specific time.

Are you eligible to enrol and vote?

You can only vote in the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election if you are enrolled in the Tāmaki Makaurau Māori electorate and you have lived in the electorate for more than one month.

If you live in the area and you are enrolled on the general electoral roll, you can not change rolls to vote in the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election.

Enrol or update online

If you're not enrolled when you get to a voting place, you can enrol there. You can enrol and vote at any voting place, including on election day. You'll need to fill out an enrolment form and a 'special declaration vote' form. Someone will be there to guide you and answer your questions.

You’ll get an EasyVote pack if you are enrolled to vote in the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate by Wednesday 30 July.

EasyVote packs will start to arrive from Tuesday 19 August, with delivery of all packs complete by Monday 25 August.

Your EasyVote pack will tell you when you can vote and who you can vote for. Your pack will also include your personalised EasyVote card, which makes voting faster and easier. You can vote without your EasyVote card, but it may take longer.

If you enrolled (or updated your enrolment) after Wednesday 30 July, you won’t get an EasyVote card and you’ll need to cast a special vote.

Bring your EasyVote card or voting slip

Take your EasyVote card or voting slip with you as it will make voting faster.

You can still vote if you forget your card or slip or don’t have one.

Follow directions

Election workers at your voting place will show you what to do and where to go.

Vote in the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election

You have one vote, for the candidate you want to be your local member of Parliament.

Your electorate vote

Your electorate vote is for choosing the candidate you would like to be the member of Parliament (MP) for the area you live in.

The candidate with the most votes in your electorate becomes your electorate MP.

On your voting paper, place a tick by the name of the candidate you would most like to represent your local area.

Place your voting paper in the ballot box

When you’ve finished marking your voting paper, fold it in half. Place your voting paper in the ballot box, and that’s it – you’ve voted!