Elections - Enrol

To vote in a local body election, you need to be enrolled on either the residential or ratepayer electoral roll. You are eligible to enrol on the residential roll if you:

• are 18 years of age or older, and
• are a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident, and
• have lived in New Zealand continuously, at any time, for one year or more, and
• have lived at your current address for more than one month.

You are eligible to enrol on the ratepayer roll if you:

• are a registered parliamentary elector, and
• are a non-resident ratepayer who has applied for enrolment on the ratepayer roll

or, if you:

• are resident outside of Wellington city and have been nominated by a firm, company, corporation or society paying rates on a property in Wellington city.

How to Enrol

Residential Electoral Roll

All parliamentary electors are automatically enrolled on the local body residential electoral roll at the address where they live. You do not have to be a ratepayer to qualify for enrolment on the electoral roll.

You can change your address details on the residential electoral roll by:

• completing the appropriate form at any post shop
• telephoning 0800 ENROLNOW (0800 367 656)
• going to the Elections New Zealand website.

Elections New Zealand website

Ratepayer Roll

If you are on the parliamentary roll in one local body area and pay rates on a property in another, you may be eligible to apply for enrolment on the non-resident ratepayer roll (for the local body area in which you pay rates but don't reside).

Companies, organisations or societies paying rates on a property may nominate one of its members or officers as a ratepayer elector (provided that both the person nominating and the nominee live outside the local body area). Ratepayer roll enrolment forms are available:

• at Council offices and libraries
• from the Council Electoral Officer
• by downloading the form.

Enrolment Form for Ratepayer Electors (31Kb PDF)

To change your details on the ratepayer roll, contact the Electoral Officer.

More Information

The Electoral Officer
Wellington City Council

Department Details:
Democratic Services