Voting in the Wairoa Subdivision by-election opens on Monday 11 May and closes at 12 noon, Wednesday 10 June 2026.
Voting papers will be posted to eligible voters between Monday 11 May and Thursday 14 May 2026.
How to return your vote
You can return your vote by:
- posting it in any NZ Post box before Friday 5 June 2026. Find your nearest NZ Post box.
- dropping it in one of our orange vote boxes before 12 noon on Wednesday 10 June 2026.
Vote box locations are listed on this page.
Special votes
If you do not receive voting papers by Thursday 14 May 2026, you can:
- cast a special vote at:
- Botany Library, Level 1, Botany Town Centre
Sunset Terrace, East Tāmaki - Papakura Library, Level 1, 209 Great South Road, Papakura
- Pukekohe Library, 12 Massey Avenue, Pukekohe.
- Botany Library, Level 1, Botany Town Centre
- visit the Electoral Office, Level 2A/198 Federal Street, to drop off your vote or cast a special vote.
Vote box locations
- Bombay School (inside school office), 35 Paparata Road, Bombay. Open only during school hours, 8.30am to 3.30pm
- Botany Library, Level 1, Sunset Terrace, Botany Town Centre, Botany
- Papakura Library, Level 1, 209 Great South Road, Papakura
- Pukekohe Library, 129 Beachlands Road, Beachlands
- Ramarama School (inside school office), 126 Ararimu Road, RD 3, Drury. Open only during school hours, 8.30am to 3.30pm
- Woolworths Beachlands, 129 Beachlands Road, Beachlands