If you love Christchurch, enrol to vote so you can have a say on the people elected in our local body election.

If you are enrolled on the electoral roll you are eligible to vote in central government and council elections. 

Enrol, check or update your details at any time at vote.nz(external link). 

The Electoral Commission(external link) has a lot of useful, accessible resources in different formats.
 

There are two types of electors

Residential electors

If you are registered to vote in parliamentary elections, you will be automatically enrolled on the local body residential electoral roll as a residential elector at the address where you live.

Find out which ward you are in.

You will receive a voting document so that you can vote by post.

Any changes to the residential roll, such as your address, should be made by:

The roll closes on 1 August, 2025, but you will still be able to enrol after that time.

Ratepayer electors

If you are on the electoral roll in one area and pay rates on a property in another area, you may be eligible for enrolment on the non-resident ratepayer roll. This allows you to vote more than once in the local elections.

You may be eligible as a non-resident ratepayer elector in Christchurch City Council if both of these apply:

  • You are on the district valuation roll and pay rates in the Christchurch City Council district.
  • The address where you are registered on the residential roll is outside of the Christchurch city ward or community board area.

Your eligibility to enrol or be nominated may also depend on your individual circumstances as determined by criteria in the Local Electoral Act 2001 and its regulations.

A Council district includes a city, district and regional council area, and a community board area.

An organisation can nominate one of its members or officers to vote on its behalf

If a firm, company, trust, corporation, society partners, joint tenants, and tenants in common collectively pay rates on a property in a council district, one of the group may be nominated to be the ratepayer elector.

The person nominating and the nominated person must be registered as a residential elector outside the council district where the property is located.

You can only enrol once 

You can only enrol or be nominated to enrol as a ratepayer elector once in a council district, no matter how many properties you own in that council district. A council district includes a city, district and regional council area, and a community board area.

New ratepayer electors

If you have questions about whether you may be eligible to enrol or to nominate someone as a ratepayer elector, please contact the electoral team on 03 941 8581 or at elections@ccc.govt.nz.

You can check your eligibility and complete an online enrolment form at Electionz.com(external link).