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?

Just before you move, fill in a New Zealand Post "Mail Re-direction Request" form at any New Zealand PostShop.  You will get your mail delivered to your new address, plus your registrar of electors will also be advised you have moved.  If your new address is still in the same electorate your registrar of electors will just update the roll and send you a new notice of confirmation.  However, if you have moved into a new electorate, you'll be sent a pre-printed personalised enrolment form for you to check, sign and send back.  The registrar of electors for your new electorate, after receiving your signed form, will enrol you and send you a notice of confirmation.  If the registrar of electors can't find your name on any rolls, they will mail an enrolment form to your new address.

You can also 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"

If you forget to update your details we may not be able to contact you during an enrolment update campaign or Māori Electoral Option and your name will be removed from the roll.  You will then need to re-enrol before you can vote.

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 2006-7 for the 2008 general election.