Local authority elections will be held on Saturday, 11 October this year. This notice tells you how to
enrol, and who can enrol as a ratepayer elector, so you can vote in the elections.

The Electoral Roll closes on Friday 1 August 2025. If you enrol after this date, you will need to cast a ‘special vote’ at the election.

You can vote by post. Make sure you are on the Electoral Roll to receive your postal voting
document.

You can only enrol once

You can only enrol, or be nominated to enrol, once in a council district, no matter how many
properties you own in that council district.

What ‘Council District’ means in this Notice

‘Council district’ includes:
➢ city, district and regional council areas
➢ a community board area, if established
➢ the area of Auckland Council and the local boards.

Residential Electors

If you are registered to vote in Parliamentary elections (a Parliamentary elector), you are
automatically enrolled as a residential elector to vote in local authority elections. The address where
you are registered as a Parliamentary elector must be in the council district for the local authority
elections.

Ratepayer Electors

You may be eligible to enrol as a non-resident ratepayer elector in a council district if both of these
apply:
➢ you are on the district valuation roll and pay rates in the council district
➢ the address where you are registered as a Parliamentary elector is outside that council
district.

Your eligibility to enrol or be nominated as a ratepayer may also depend on your individual
circumstances as determined by criteria in the Local Electoral Act 2001 and its regulations.

An organisation can nominate one of its members or officers to vote on its behalf

Any organisation, firm, company, trust, corporation or society or association that pays rates on one
or more properties in a council district may nominate one of its members or officers to be the
ratepayer elector.

The person nominated must consent to the nomination and not be enrolled or nominated as a
ratepayer elector for any other property. The person nominating and the nominated person must be
registered as Parliamentary electors at addresses outside the council district where the property is
located.

If more than one person pays rates on the same property
If partners, joint tenants and tenants in common collectively pay rates on a property in a council
district, one of the group may be nominated to go on the Electoral Roll. The person nominating and
the nominated person must be registered as Parliamentary electors at addresses outside the council
district where the property is located.

Existing Ratepayer Electors should have received an enrolment confirmation form

New Electoral Rolls are compiled every three years for the local authority elections.
You should already have an enrolment confirmation form or other advice on your ratepayer elector
status if:
➢ you were enrolled as a ratepayer elector for the 2022 local authority elections, or since then
➢ you enrolled or were nominated as a ratepayer elector.

Do not have your enrolment confirmation form?

Contact our election management provider, electionz.com Ltd on 0800 666 049 or
nrr@electionz.com if:
➢ you are still waiting to receive your Enrolment Confirmation Form or other advice about
your non-resident ratepayer status
➢ you have misplaced your Enrolment Confirmation Form.

New Ratepayer Electors who wish to enrol or nominate a Ratepayer Elector

If you think you may be eligible to enrol or to nominate someone as a ratepayer elector:
➢ request an Enrolment Form for Ratepayer Electors from our election management provider,
electionz.com Ltd on 0800 666 049 or nrr@electionz.com or enrol online at
www.electionz.com/ratepayers/index.html
➢ get this form early so you can get answers to any questions you have about the form or
being on the Electoral Roll before the roll closes on Friday 1 August 2025.

Contact our election management provider, electionz.com Ltd on 0800 666 049 or
nrr@electionz.com if you need help with your application.

This public notice is issued pursuant to Section 39(1)(a), Local Electoral Act 2001.