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2025 local body elections

The local elections to vote for a mayor and councillors will be held Saturday 11 October 2025. Local elections are held every 3 years by postal vote.

Make sure you're enrolled to vote - Check or update your details or to enrol

Key dates

Key dates for the 2025 local body elections.

Friday 4 July 2025 Candidate nominations open, roll opens for public inspection
1 August Ratepayer electoral roll closes
1 August Candidate nominations close at 12noon
8 August Candidates announced
9 - 22 September Voting papers sent to enrolled voters
9 September Voting opens
Saturday 11 October Voting closes 12noon
Saturday 11 October Progress and preliminary results published
Monday 14 October Final results announced - official count
Friday 17 October Declaration of results - public notice
Mid/late December 2025 Return of electoral donations and expenses form

How do I enrol to vote?

You're eligible to enrol and vote if you're 18 years or older, a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident, and you've 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 post their own individual vote.

If you're enrolled for the general election, you'll automatically be placed on the Council's electoral roll.

If English is not your first language

The Vote.NZ website has multilingual information about enrolling to vote.

Need help to enrol?

Support is available to help you enrol and vote if you have a disability.

To check if you're enrolled or to update your details

  • Visit vote.nz
  • Phone 0800 36 76 56
  • Freetext your name and address to 3676 to enrol to vote or to update your enrolment details

Wherever you pay rates, you can vote

If you own property in the Gore District but live elsewhere, you may be able to enrol as a non-resident ratepayer elector and vote in both areas.

Ratepayer electors may also be eligible to enrol as a non-resident ratepayer in a council district if both of these apply:

  • You're on the district valuation roll and pay rates in the council district
  • the address where you're registered as a parliamentary elector is outside that council district.

Your eligibility to enrol or be nominated as a ratepayer elector may also depend on your individual circumstances, determined by the Local Electoral Act 2001.

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