Enrolling to vote requires a residential address. This can be tricky when you are travelling or permanently on the road. 

To enrol to vote, you can supply a residential address where you have stayed for at least one month in New Zealand. This might have been a long time ago—that’s okay. You just need to have been there at some point. 

You can also set up a postal address with the NZ Elections service. This can be different to your previous (and real) residential address. Your Private Box address can be your postal address. To be clear, you cannot use your Private Box address as your residential address. 

Register to vote online at http://elections.org.nz, complete a form at an NZ post shop, or call 0800 36 76 56. 

You are eligible to vote in New Zealand if you are 

  • Over 18
  • Have lived for more than a year in NZ
  • An NZ citizen who has been in NZ in the last 3 years
  • A Permanent resident who has been in NZ in the previous 12 months