A list of the key dates for the 2025 local elections.
Ngā rā whakahirahira mō te kōwhiringa pōti ā-rohe 2025 Key dates for the 2025 local elections
Now is the right time to consider being a candidate in the upcoming local elections. To learn more, visit How to become a candidate in the 2025 elections.
Check your enrolment details to ensure you receive your voting papers at the correct address. If you are enrolled to vote, you should get your voting papers between Tuesday 9 and Monday 22 September 2025.
Voting opens from Tuesday 9 September and closes at 12 noon on Saturday 11 October 2025.
Check you are enrolled to vote
1 September 2024 - 1 August 2025Consider being a candidate
1 September 2024 - 1 July 2025Candidate nominations open
4 July 2025Candidate nominations close (12 noon)
1 August 2025Candidates announced
8 August 2025Final electoral roll certified by Electoral Officer
5 September 2025Voting papers sent to enrolled voters
9 September - 22 September 2025Voting opens
9 September - 11 October 2025Voting closes (12 noon)
11 October 2025Progress and preliminary results published
11 October 2025Final results announced
14 October - 17 October 2025
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