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Step 1
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Step 3 Postal address
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Step 4 Please tick ONE statement that applies to you.
Your roll
I am of Māori descent. Please enrol me on the Māori roll.
This is an important choice.
To learn about Māori descent I am of Māori descent. Please enrol me on the general roll.
and roll choice, turn over to
the QUESTIONS section I am not of Māori descent. (You will be enrolled on the general roll.)
Step 5 I declare that:
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Signature Date [dd/mm/yyyy]
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Freepost 2 Enrol
PO Box 190, Wellington 6140
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Step 2A
Current address When did you move into your
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under one month? current home address?
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more?
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Living overseas? Are you a New Zealand Citizen Permanent resident
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Que st io n s? Rea d h e re Māori descent and roll choice
For enrolment purposes, Māori descent means you are
descended from a NZ Māori. This includes Chatham
Eligibility to vote
Island Māori, but not Cook Island Māori.
You must enrol if you live in NZ and are:
• 18 or older, and
If you’re of Māori descent, you can choose to enrol on the
• a citizen or a permanent resident of NZ, and
Māori roll or the general roll.
• have ever lived in NZ continuously for one year or more.
Your choice is important. The roll you choose to be on
You can enrol at 17 but can’t vote until you’re 18.
affects your electorate vote but not your party vote in
parliamentary elections. If you’re on the Māori roll, you’ll
If you live overseas, you can enrol for the 2023 General
vote for a candidate in a Māori electorate. If you’re on
Election if you’re a:
the general roll, you’ll vote for a candidate in a general
• NZ citizen who has been in NZ within the last 6 years, or
electorate. The number of people on the Māori roll also
• NZ permanent resident and have been in NZ in the last
affects the number of Māori seats in Parliament.
4 years.
For local elections, if you’re on the Māori roll and your
After the 2023 election this will change back to 3 years for
council has a Māori ward or constituency, you’ll vote for a
NZ citizens and 12 months for NZ permanent residents.
candidate in the Māori ward or constituency.
For electoral purposes, a permanent resident is anyone
You can change the roll you’re on at any time except:
lawfully in NZ and not required to leave within a specific
• in the 3 months before a general election,
time. This includes someone on a resident visa.
• in the 3 months before the local elections held every
3 years, and
If you’re Australian, Cook Islander, Niuean, or Tokelauan
• during a parliamentary by-election if it puts you in the
you can enrol if you’ve lived in NZ continuously for one
electorate where the by-election is being held.
year or more. If this applies to you, you don’t need a
resident visa to enrol.
Completing the form for someone else?
You may be completing the form on behalf of someone
Personal safety
else who is living or travelling overseas or unable to sign
If having your information on the published electoral roll
due to an impairment. You need an additional form from
threatens you or your family’s personal safety, you can
us. Call us at 0800 36 76 56 and we’ll send you the form.
apply to go on the unpublished roll. The unpublished roll
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