Election 2026
FREE FROM POVERTY campaign
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services is calling on our political leaders to show justice and compassion to all New Zealanders. We are asking for a commitment to policies that will lead to real change that frees New Zealanders from poverty.
We invite you to join us as we ask voters and politicans to make choices that will free more New Zealanders from poverty this election.
WHERE: Online
COST: Free
Social development spokespeople from across the political spectrum have been invited to participate. There will be a number of pre-prepared questions and the opportunity for audience questions.
POVERTY POLICY SCORECARDS
NZCCSS asked all political parties how they were going to raise income and address the systemic barriers facing those in New Zealand experiencing hardship. View their full responses here.
ENROLLING TO VOTE 2026
For Election 2026, there have been some changes to how you can vote, including changes to enrolment dates. Things you should know to help support your communities you take enrol:
- Enrolling online requires a NZ Driver Licence, NZ Passport or Identity Verified RealMe. Enrolment forms can also be downloaded from vote.nz and then emailed to enrol@vote.nz, or uploaded through vote.nz.
- Rangatahi can enrol at 17. This means that rangatahi turning 18 during the voting period are still able to vote!
Individuals who are concerned about their own or their whanau’s safety can apply to go on the confidential unpublished roll:
- All the forms for unrolling for the unpublished roll or moving to this roll can be found here.
- You will also need to provide supporting evidence of why you need to apply for the unpublished roll – examples of what you can provide are available on the above website
- If you were previously on the unpublished roll, you can contact unpublished.roll@elections.govt.nz to update your details if these have changed
- Once on the unpublished roll, you stay on the unpublished roll unless you request to move to another roll.
The key dates to vote are:
4 October – Printed Roll closes
After this date you can still enrol but your name will not be listed on the printed roll. This means you won’t get an easy vote card in the post
25 October – Last day to enrol to vote
Enrolment closes at midnight
26 October – Voting starts
Location and opening hours of voting places will be available on vote.nz in October
7 November – Election Day
All voting places will be open from 9am-7pm
HOW YOU CAN HELP FREE KIWIS FROM POVERTY
Email a politician or party
Our political engagement pack includes:
- Email templates for contacting politicians
- Questions you can ask your MP and politicians
Poverty snapshots by region
Share on your socials
Our media pack includes:
- Kua Mahue: Poverty in Aotearoa social tile
- Older Persons Poverty social tiles
- Region-specific social tiles highlighting poverty data specific to your region
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