In 2025 a by-election is being held and voters on the Māori electoral roll can choose a candidate to represent the Te Awanui Māori ward.
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Voting has now closed.
Voting closed at 12noon, Tuesday 29 April 2025.
Progress results will be available as soon as possible.
You need to be enrolled on the Māori roll to vote in the by-election for the Te Awanui Māori ward. Election day is on Tuesday, 29 April 2025.
If you are of Māori descent you can choose which roll you want to be on, general or Māori, and can change rolls up to election day. If you are on the Māori roll by 3 March 2025 you will get voting documents mailed to you, but if you enrol after this date will have to do a special vote.
To vote for a candidate in Te Awanui Maori ward, voters must:
- Be enrolled with the Electoral Commission on the Māori roll for Tauranga City
- Be a citizen of Aotearoa New Zealand permanent resident who has lived in New Zealand continuously at any time for one year or more
- Have lived at their current address for more than one month
- Be over the age of 18
You might also be eligible to vote if you are:
- a non-resident ratepayer who has applied for enrolment on the ratepayer roll
- a resident outside of Tauranga who has been nominated by a firm, company, corporation, or society paying rates on a property in Tauranga.
You can enrol, check or update your details below.
Enrol, check or update your details
If you don't live in Tauranga but you pay rates on a property here, you can enrol to vote using the ratepayer enrolment form.
Ratepayer enrolment online portal
Ratepayer enrolment form (77kb pdf)
Special voting
Haven’t received your voting pack? Changed your address? Moved from the general to the Māori roll after 3 March 2025? Or would like some help to cast your vote? This is for you!
You can still vote – you do need to be enrolled on the Māori roll with the Electoral Commission at vote.nz and then you just need to cast a special vote at:
Monday 28 April:
He Puna Manawa: 9:30am – 5pm
Pāpāmoa Library: 9.30am – 2pm
Tuesday 29 April
He Puna Manawa: 9:30am – 12pm
It takes less than five minutes to complete your declaration form as to why you need a special vote, and you can vote on site or take it away to vote later. You can also enrol and vote at the same time.
After 24 April 2025 it is too late to post you out a special voting pack, as we cannot guarantee it will arrive before voting closes on Tuesday, 29 April 2025 at noon. Come in and cast your vote.
You can still vote even if your voting pack is damaged or if you’ve made a mistake and need a new voting paper. You’ll just need to cast a special vote at He Puna Manawa Service Centre – 21 Devonport Road. You’ll need to complete your special declaration form as to why you need a special vote, and then you can vote on site or take it away to vote later. Special voting starts from… Special voting starts from Monday, 7 April 2025. It’ll only take five minutes!
If you have a physical disability or access need, or are unable to read or write, or are not familiar with the language on the form, you can visit He Puna Manawa Service Centre to get help from the team, from Monday, 7 April 2025.
If you can’t come into any of our locations to cast a special vote, then we can send the voting pack to you. Email election25@tauranga.govt.nz or call 07 577 7000.
After Thursday, 24 April 2025 it is too late to post you out a special voting pack, as we cannot guarantee it will arrive before voting closes on Tuesday, 29 April 2025.
Tauranga City Council voting bins and mail drop locations
Your completed voting paper can be dropped off in its return envelope at a number of locations around the city.
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