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Accessible information about elections

Election information is available in alternative formats and different languages.

Enrolling and voting information

The Electoral Commission website has information about enrolling and voting in alternate formats.

The guides cover:

  • about local elections
  • enrolling to vote
  • getting support to enrol
  • how to vote in local elections.

Alternative formats

New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL)

Watch a video from Electoral Commision NZ with information in New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) about enrolling.

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Audio

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Braille

Information in your language

The Electoral Commission website has enrolment information in different languages.

These include: English, te reo Māori, New Zealand Sign Language, Arabic, Burmese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Cook Islands Māori, Farsi – Persian, Fijian, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Malay, Niuean, Punjabi, Russian, Samoan, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Tokelauan, Tongan and Vietnamese.

Find enrolment information in your language – Vote NZ website

Help to enrol

To find out who can help you enrol to vote, or how you can act on behalf of someone who can’t complete their enrolment form, visit Vote NZ website.

Candidate information

We're hoping to provide the candidate booklets in accessible formats during the voting period from 9 September to 11 October. These would be made available online and at our voting hub at Te Awe Library, 29 Brandon Street.