Enrol to vote

You need to be enrolled with the Electoral Commission to vote in the by-election.

You can enrol, check or update your details below.

Enrol, check or update your details

If you don't live in Tauranga, but pay rates on a property here, then you can enrol to vote using the form below.

Ratepayer enrolment form (77kb pdf)

Eligibility

To enrol to vote, you need to:

• be 18-years of age or older
• be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident
• have lived in New Zealand, continuously, at any time for one year or more
• have lived at your current address for more than one month.

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.

Electoral rolls

The electoral rolls can be viewed at:

• Tauranga City Council's service centre at 91 Willow Street
• Tauranga public libraries