It is easy to keep your enrolment up to date as your details change, particularly if you make a redirection order with NZ Post.  

If any of our letters to you are "returned to sender" then you will have to enrol again.

What do I do if I change my address?

You must inform your Registrar of Electors by filling in an enrolment form.   Simply click "Enrol, check or update" to enrol or update your details and we'll either send you the printed copy, or you can download your own, to check, sign and send back.

If you would like to be able to update your enrolment details electronically, please Read More here.

If you have previously opted to update your enrolment details electronically, please click the following link to logon and change your address details online, Logon. If you would like to be able to update your details electronically please Click Here.

If you have not consented to updating your enrolment details electronically you can update your details here.

What do I do if I change my name or occupation?

If you change your name or occupation you should advise your Registrar of Electors in writing of the change as soon as possible.   Alternatively, you can fill in a new enrolment form or update your details by clicking "Enrol, check or update"  or if you have previously advised your Registrar of Electors that you consent to updating your enrolment details electronically, then you can logon via igovt to update your details electronically.

What is an enrolment update campaign?

Every year thousands of New Zealanders make changes to their lives.  They move house, they marry, they change their occupation.  Many return from overseas.  Sometimes they don't advise these changes to the registrar of electors.  That's why we have enrolment update campaigns at regular intervals.  Everyone has to check and update, if necessary, any of their details so Registrars of Electors can include all the changes in the new electoral rolls.

What do I do when there's an enrolment update campaign?

You have to check and amend, if necessary, your enrolment details.  The Registrar of Electors makes it easy by sending a form to everyone on the old rolls.  Your enrolment update form will show your personal details as they're recorded.  There is space for you to make corrections. Then just sign and date the form and post it back in the reply envelope provided. If all your details are correct you do not need to respond and you will remain enrolled with the details shown on your enrolment update form.

What happens if I don't send back my enrolment update form?

You will remain on the roll with the same details as shown on the enrolment update form.

What if I receive an enrolment update form for someone no longer living at the address?

You should forward it to them at their new address or, if this is unknown, mark the envelope "return to sender" and simply send it back in the post (no stamp required).  It will be returned to the registrar of electors who will remove the person's name from the roll.

What if I don't get an enrolment update form?

You must enrol. Once your registrar of electors has received your completed enrolment form your name will appear on the electoral roll.

I haven't moved but I've been put in a different electorate. Why?

Each electorate must have roughly the same number of people in it.  But some areas can grow while others shrink, and the boundary lines sometimes need adjusting.  Every five years, after the population census, the boundaries for all electorates are reviewed.  If there has been a large population shift in an electorate the boundaries may have to change to keep the electorates even, with approximately the same number of people in them.  These new boundaries are then used for the next election.  Electorate boundaries will next be updated in 2013-14 for the 2014 general election.