when’s all this election stuff happening?
Voting in the 2020 General Election and referendums starts on Saturday 3, Whiringa-ā-nuku | October and finishes at 7pm on election day, on Saturday 17, Whiringa-ā-nuku | October.
WHAT DO i NEED TO DO FIRST TO BE ABLE TO VOTE?
Whānau, you must be aged at least 18 years and you need to be enrolled to vote.
If you are already enrolled to vote, e hoa, click here to check your details!
Or, if you aren’t yet enrolled – click here to enrol to vote!
HOW MANY VOTES DO i GET?
You get two (2) votes in the General Election – a Party vote and an Electorate vote.
Now, in this election you also have two (2) votes in the referendums about legalising recreational cannabis and assisted dying. These votes are optional – over to you if you want to have your say on the two pātai.
REFErendum pātai – what’s this about?
You have the option to vote in two referendums: the End of Life Choice and cannabis legalisation referendums.
EnD OF LIFE CHOICE REFERENDUM
In this referendum, you can vote on whether the End of Life Choice Act 2019 should come into force. The Act would give people with a terminal illness the option of requesting assisted dying.
The referendum question is:
Do you support the End of Life Choice Act 2019 coming into force?
You can choose 1 of these 2 answers:
- Yes, I support the End of Life Choice Act 2019 coming into force, OR
- No, I do not support the End of Life Choice Act 2019 coming into force.
Cannabis Legalisation and Control REFERENDUM
In this referendum, you can vote on whether the recreational use of cannabis should become legal.
The referendum question is:
Do you support the proposed Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill?
You can choose 1 of these 2 answers:
- Yes, I support the proposed Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill, OR
- No, I do not support the proposed Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill.
WHO ARE THE CANDIDATES STANDING FOR ELECTION IN our rohe?
In this neck of the woods the two main electorate seats are the WAIARIKI MĀORI ELECTORATE SEAT and the TAUPŌ GENERAL ELECTORATE SEAT
Māori electorate seat – WAIARIKI candidates
- Riki BROUGHTON (New Conservative)
- Tamati COFFEY (Labour Party)
- Hannah TAMAKI (Vision New Zealand)
- Rawiri TEKOWHAI (NZ Outdoors Party)
- Rawiri WAITITI (Māori Party)
- Ema WILLIAMS (Advance NZ)
Click here for more about the candidates for the Māori electorate seat of Waiariki
GENERAL electorate seat – TAUPŌ candidates
- Ala’ AL-BUSTANJI (Labour Party)
- Gary COFFIN (ONE Party)
- Micheal DOWNARD (NZ Outdoors Party)
- David FREEMAN (ACT New Zealand)
- Danna GLENDINING (Green Party)
- Antoinette JAMES (Advance NZ)
- Jan-Marie QUINN (New Conservative)
- Louise UPSTON (National Party)
Click here for more about the candidates for the General electorate seat of Taupō
Mauiui or not able to gET out to vote?
Ka pai, there are still ways you may be able to vote – click here to see what your options are!
Māori or General roll?
If you are Māori, you can choose between the Māori roll and the general roll when you first enrol to vote.
Once you’re enrolled, you can only change rolls during the Māori Electoral Option, which is usually held every 5 years.
The next Māori Electoral option is in 2024!
Click here for more about the Māori roll
Waiariki Electorate profile
The Waiariki electorate’s eastern border begins at Cape Runaway on the East Cape of the North Island. From there it extends south west to south of Turangi and the Kaimanawa Mountains. The western boundary then tracks north – incorporating the western edge of Lake Taupō and the area west of Rotorua – before terminating at the Bay of Plenty coast at Waihi Beach.
WHAT WERE THE WAIARIKI RESULTS IN THE LAST ELECTION?
If you want to see the results for the Waiariki electorate in the last General Election in 2017 click here now!