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The New Zealand General Election will be held on Saturday 23 September 2017.
Being out of the country doesn’t mean you have to miss out on having your say in the 2017 General Election. Enrolled voters who are in China during the General Election can vote from today to Saturday 23 September (or 4pm Friday 22 September if you are voting in person at our Embassy or one of our Consulates).
[Note: Email addresses for New Zealand Consulate-Generals in Guangzhou and Chengdu have been updated.]
New Zealand is a democracy that directly elects its Members of Parliament (MPs) every three years in a general election. Citizens and permanent residents who are aged 18 years and over are required to enrol to vote. Voting is not compulsory.
The upcoming NewZealand General Election will be held on Saturday 23 September 2017. Detailed guide to the 2017 General Election can be found on www.elections.org.nz, which is provided in multiple languages, including Chinese.
Voters who are overseas during the General Election can vote from Wednesday 6 September to Saturday 23 September.
Who can vote from overseas
You are eligible to enrol and vote from overseas if you:
are 18 years of age or older
have lived in New Zealand for more than one year continuously at some time in your life, and
are a New Zealand citizen who has been in New Zealand within the past three years, or
a permanent resident of New Zealand who has been in New Zealand within the past 12 months.
You need to be enrolled by midnight, Friday 22 September (NZ time). You cannot enrol on election day (NZ time).
How to enrol
You need to correctly enrolled before you can vote or download a voting paper.
You will be enrolled in the electorate for the last NZ address that you lived at for a month or more.
You can enrol, check or update your enrolment details on www.elections.org.nz.
How to vote from overseas
If you are overseas and enrolled to vote there are three ways you can vote:
Download voting papers from 6 September
Downloading voting papers is the easiest and quickest way to get your voting papers.
From Wednesday 6 September, voters who are overseas can download and print their voting papers from www.elections.org.nz.
Your last chance to download voting papers is 7pm, Saturday 23 September (NZ time).
If you are on the unpublished electoral roll you will be unable to download your voting papers and will need to use one of the other options.
Apply for a postal vote
You can ask to be sent postal voting papers. Postal voting may not be practical if your country’s mail service is slow or unreliable.
Voting papers will be sent by post from New Zealand at the beginning of September, about three weeks before election day.
To ask for postal voting papers, you will need to provide the following information to the Electoral Commission:
full name
date of birth
mail and/or phone number
New Zealand address where you are enrolled to vote
overseas address where you want your voting papers to be sent in the mail.
Send this information to the Electoral Commission by:
email: [email protected]
post: ElectoralCommission, PO Box 3220, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Vote in person at an overseas post
From Wednesday 6 September, you can vote at most New Zealand diplomatic posts overseas and Australian State Electoral Commission offices.
Voting closes at overseas posts at 4.00pm (local time) Friday 22 September. Overseas posts are not open on weekends or public holidays.
In China, you can vote at the following posts (office open hours: Mon-Fri: 8.30am - 12.00pm, 1.00pm - 5.00pm)
New Zealand Embassy, Beijing
Address: Sanlitun East 3rd Street,Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100600, People's Republic of China
Phone: +86 10 8531 2700
Fax: +86 10 6532 4317
Email: [email protected]
New Zealand Consulate-General, Shanghai
Address: 2801 -2802A & 2806B -2810, Corporate Avenue 5, 150 Hu Bin Road, Huangpu District 200021, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Phone: +86 21 5407 5858
Fax: +86 21 5407 5068
Email: [email protected]
NewZealand Consulate-General, Guangzhou
Address: Suite 3006, TaiKoo Hui Tower 1, 385 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou Tianhe District 510620, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
Phone: +86 20 8931 9600
Fax: +86 20 8931 9610
Email: [email protected]
New Zealand Consulate-General, Chengdu
Address: Unit 02, 33F Yanlord Landmark Office Building No. 1, Section 2, Remin South Road, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, 610016, People's Republic of China
Phone: +86 28 6132 6672
Fax: +86 28 8591 6551
Email: [email protected]z
How to return your voting papers
Voting papers must be postmarked no later than Thursday 21 September and received no later than noon, Wednesday 27 September (NZ time).
You can upload, fax, post or hand deliver your voting papers.
Upload completed voting papers (either scanned or photographed) on www.elections.org.nz.
Fax your completed voting papers to the Electoral Commission (+64 4 494 2300) no later than 7pm on Saturday 23 September (NZ time).
Post your voting papers to Electoral Commission, C/- Overseas Team, PO Box 3220,Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Post or hand deliver your voting papers to your nearest overseas post. If you chose this option, voting papers must be received by 4pm (local time) Friday 22 September. Some posts may close earlier so please check with your nearest post for their closing time.
More information
If you are unable to access any of these voting services or have further questions about enrolling or voting from overseas please contact the Electoral Commission by:
email: [email protected]
phone: +64 9 909 4182 from outside New Zealand (international toll charges will apply).
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