Voting opens from Tuesday, 9 September and closes at 12 noon on Saturday, 11 October 2025.
In order to vote, you must enrol by Friday, 1 August so that you will receive your voting papers in your letterbox between Tuesday, 9 September and Monday, 22 September 2025.
You are eligible to enrol and vote if you:
- are 18 years or older; and
- are a New Zealand Citizen or Permanent Resident; or
- have lived in New Zealand continuously for 12 months or more at some time in your life.
Every eligible person in a household can enrol and will receive voting papers addressed to them once they are enrolled.
If you’re enrolled to vote for the General Elections for Parliament, you’re automatically enrolled for local elections.
In order for you to receive your voting papers in the post between 9 September and 22 September, you must enrol to vote.
Now is the time to check if you are already enrolled and whether your postal details are correct. Click the button below and follow the instructions.
Enrol or update online now
You can also:
- grab a form from our Customer Service Centre or from one of our libraries.
- visit a Post Shop to pick up a form
- Free-phone 0800 36 76 56
Wherever you pay rates, you may be eligible to vote.
If you live elsewhere in New Zealand but own property in Upper Hutt, you may be able to vote in the Upper Hutt local elections. This is known as the ratepayer roll.
To do this, you’ll need to enrol on the Upper Hutt ratepayer roll. The closing date for ratepayer enrolment is 1 August 2025.
Who can enrol on the ratepayer roll?
You may be eligible if:
- You’re a registered parliamentary elector, and
- You own property in Upper Hutt but don’t usually live here (non-resident), or
- You’ve been nominated by a business, company, or organisation that pays rates on a property in Upper Hutt and you're not a resident of Upper Hutt.
Businesses, companies, societies or other organisations can nominate one person (a member or officer) to vote on their behalf.
You must re-enrol for every local election to stay on the ratepayer roll.
How many votes do I get?
Even if you own more than one property in Upper Hutt, you are only entitled to one vote per local authority area.
You can ask a support person, such as a friend or family member, to help you complete your enrolment form. Your support person will also need to complete another form so that Electoral Commission can contact them as the representative. Click the button below for more information and to download the form.
Visit Vote.NZ for more info
Watch the sign language video below for our hearing-impaired community.
What if English is not my first language
You can download translation of voter information in multiple languages.
Visit Vote.NZ to download
If you enrol or update your details after 1 August, you will not receive voting papers in the post.
You will instead need to request special voting papers from Upper Hutt's Deputy Electoral Officer by emailing elections@uhcc.govt.nz or calling 04 527 2133.
The last day to enrol to vote in local elections is Friday, 10 October.