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Make Sure You Can Vote in the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-Election
Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 11:49 am | Electoral Commission
Check your enrolment now if you want to vote in the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election - that’s the message from the Electoral Commission in the lead-up to the 29 June by-election. More >>
Enrol for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti By-Election (English and Te Reo)
Monday, 13 May 2013, 1:55 pm | Electoral Commission
Make voting in the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election on Saturday 29 June as easy as possible by enrolling by next Wednesday. “You must enrol by Wednesday 29 May to ensure you get your EasyVote pack in the mail,” says Sue Braybrook, Registrar of Electors, ... More >>
Commission Preparing for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti By-Election
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 4:49 pm | Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission is preparing to deliver a by-election in the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate on Saturday 29 June. More >>
Electoral Commission Refers Larry Baldock to Police
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 4:09 pm | Electoral Commission
On 12 April 2013, the Electoral Commission referred Larry Baldock and Peter Redman, Conservative Party of New Zealand candidates at the 2011 general election, to Police for filing a false Candidate Election Expenses and Donations Return. More >>
Didn’t Get a Māori Electoral Option Pack? You Need to Enrol
Tuesday, 2 April 2013, 10:36 am | Electoral Commission
Didn’t Get a Māori Electoral Option Pack? You Need to Enrol If you’re Māori and didn’t get a Māori Electoral Option pack in the mail last week, you need to enrol and choose whether you want to vote on a Māori electoral roll or a General ... More >>
Got Your Māori Electoral Option Pack? Time to Choose
Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 2:07 pm | Electoral Commission
Te Tai Tokerau or Northland? Christchurch Central or Te Tai Tonga? Waiariki or Bay of Plenty? That’s the question for Māori to ask themselves and their whānau now they’ve received their Māori Electoral Option packs in the mail. More >>
Māori Electoral Option Starts In Your Mailbox
Friday, 22 March 2013, 10:12 am | Electoral Commission
MEDIA RELEASE Friday 22 March 2013 Electoral Commission Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri MĀORI ELECTORAL OPTION STARTS IN YOUR MAILBOX If you’re Māori and on the electoral roll, check your mailbox from Monday. Over 427,000 orange Māori Electoral Option ... More >>
Maori Electoral Option To Begin
Friday, 15 March 2013, 11:13 am | Electoral Commission
MEDIA RELEASE Friday 15 March 2013 Electoral Commission Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri MAORI ELECTORAL OPTION ABOUT TO BEGIN All Māori who are eligible to enrol and vote are about to get an important choice - whether they want to be on the Māori Roll ... More >>
New List MP for New Zealand Labour Party
Tuesday, 12 March 2013, 2:00 pm | Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission has declared: Carol Beaumont from Auckland to be elected to Parliament from the New Zealand Labour Party list. The vacancy arises from the resignation from Parliament of Charles Chauvel. More >>
New List MP For New Zealand National Party
Friday, 15 February 2013, 2:55 pm | Electoral Commission
MEDIA RELEASE Friday 15 February 2013 Electoral Commission Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri New List MP For New Zealand National Party The Electoral Commission has declared: Aaron Gilmore from Wellington to be elected to Parliament from the New Zealand National ... More >>
Electoral Commission Teams Spread The Word
Monday, 11 February 2013, 9:42 am | Electoral Commission
Electoral Commission staff will be out across New Zealand over the next few weeks spreading the word about this year’s Māori Electoral Option. More >>
Public Get Say on Improving Accessibility at Elections
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 11:41 am | Electoral Commission
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 20 November 2012 Electoral Commission Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri Public Get Say on Improving Accessibility at Elections The Electoral Commission is seeking input from the public on how services for disabled people might be improved ... More >>
Report on the Review of the MMP Voting System
Monday, 5 November 2012, 2:11 pm | Electoral Commission
The one electorate seat threshold for the allocation of list seats should be abolished. • The party vote threshold should be lowered from 5% to 4%. • There should be a statutory requirement for the Electoral Commission to review the operation of the ... More >>
Last Chance to Take Part in MMP Review
Monday, 3 September 2012, 10:02 am | Electoral Commission
You only have until Friday to have your say in the MMP Review. That’s the message from the Electoral Commission, just days away from the end of public consultation on its MMP Review Proposals Paper. Almost 700 submissions have so far been received ... More >>
Electoral Commission Proposals for Changes to MMP
Monday, 13 August 2012, 10:56 am | Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission has today released its suggested changes to the MMP voting system, and wants to hear what New Zealand thinks of its proposals. This is the second stage of the MMP Review, which was triggered by last year’s Referendum on the Voting ... More >>
Responsibility for Electoral Enrolment Moves
Monday, 2 July 2012, 9:30 am | Electoral Commission
From 1 July 2012 statutory responsibility for enrolment functions moved from the Electoral Enrolment Centre of NZ Post Ltd to the Electoral Commission. The Commission has engaged NZ Post Ltd under a long-term contract to deliver its enrolment functions ... More >>
Time Running Out to Take Part in Electoral Commission’s MMP
Monday, 21 May 2012, 9:18 am | Electoral Commission
Time is running out to have your say on improvements you’d like to see made to our MMP voting system. With only two weeks to go until the first consultation period of the MMP Review closes, the Electoral Commission has received more than 3700 submissions ... More >>
MMP Review Welcomes Submissions in New Zealand Sign Language
Tuesday, 1 May 2012, 9:51 am | Electoral Commission
Deaf New Zealanders can now make submissions to the MMP Review in New Zealand Sign Language, thanks to the Electoral Commission’s use of a new NZSL translation service, Seeflow. More >>
MMP Review Public Hearings in Auckland on 2,3 May
Thursday, 26 April 2012, 11:08 am | Electoral Commission
MEDIA RELEASE Thursday 26 April 2012 Electoral Commission Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri MMP Review Public Hearings in Auckland on 2,3 May The Electoral Commission comes to Auckland next week, with two days of public hearings on the MMP review being held ... More >>
Public Hearings on MMP Begin Next Week
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 9:31 am | Electoral Commission
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 18 April 2012 Electoral Commission Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri Public Hearings on MMP Begin Next Week Public hearings into the Electoral Commission’s MMP Review start in Wellington next week, the first in a series of hearings to be ... More >>
