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Monday 10 June 2013
Electoral Commission
Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri

Made Your Choice In the Māori Electoral Option?

The Māori Electoral Option is now over half-way through, and as a reminder, the Electoral Commission is sending a postcard to the 366,000 enrolled Māori who have not sent back a form to exercise their choice.

“If you receive a postcard and want to stay with the roll type you’re on, that’s great, you don’t need to do anything more,” says Murray Wicks, National Manager, Enrolment Services. “But if you do want to change, or want to update your details, it’s easy. Either fill in the form we sent in March, or fill in a new enrolment form and send it back.”

During the Māori Electoral Option, Māori can choose whether they want to be on the Māori Electoral Roll, or the General Electoral Roll for when they vote in the next two General Elections and any by-elections.

“Remember, you can only make your choice once during the Option period,” says Mr Wicks. “You will not be able to change again until the next Māori Electoral Option, which is planned for 2018.”

”If you need to enrol or update your details fill in an enrolment form - it’s easy!” says Mr Wicks.

To get an enrolment form, go online at elections.org.nz, freetext your name and address to 3676, call 0800 36 76 56, or visit any PostShop.

More information about enrolling to vote is available at www.elections.org.nz.

NOTE: Progressive results of the number of Māori who have chosen to change electoral roll type, or who have enrolled for the first time since the start of the Māori Electoral Option, are available at http://www.elections.org.nz/events/meo-2013/progressive-results

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Mane 10 Pipiri 2013
Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri

KUA TAU I A KOE KI HEA KOE I TE KŌWHIRINGA PŌTI MĀORI?

Kua tae ki te wehenga rua o te Kōwhiringa Pōti Māori, ā, hei whakamaharatanga hoki, kei te tuku kāri Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri ki ngā tāngata Māori 366,000 kua rēhita engari kāore anō kia whakahokia he puka ki te whakatinana i tā rātau hiahia.

"Ki te whiwhi koe i tētahi kāri ka mutu kei te hiahia koe ki te noho tonu ki te rārangi pōti kei runga koe, he pai tērā, kāore he mahi atu anō māu," hei tā Murray Wicks, Kaiwhakahaere ā-Motu o ngā Ratonga Rēhita. "Engari mēnā kei te hiahia huri koe, whakahōu rānei i ō taipitopito, he ngāwari. Me whakakī i te puka i tukuna atu e mātau i te Poutū-te-rangi, whakakīhia rānei he puka rēhita hōu ka whakahokia mai.”

I te wā o te Kōwhiringa Pōti Māori, ka taea e te Māori te whiriwhiri ki te Rārangi Pōti Māori rātau, te Rārangi Pōti Whānui rānei ina pōti rātau i ngā Pōtitanga Whānui e rua e whai ake me ngā pōtitanga motuhake katoa.

"Kia mahara, kotahi anake tō kōwhiringa i te wā o te Kōwhiringa," hei tā Murray Wicks. "Kāore koe e whai wā anō ki te huri rārangi kia tū anō te Kōwhiringa Pōti Māori, ko te tikanga hei te tau 2018.

"Mēnā ko te āhuatanga ki a koe he rēhita, he whakahōu rānei i ō taipitopito, whakakīa he puka rēhita - he māmā!" hei tā Mr Wicks.

Mō te whiwhi puka rēhita, haere ki elections.org.nz, patokoreututia tō ingoa me tō wāhi noho ki 3676, waea ki 800 36 76 56, haere rānei ki tētahi PostShop.

E wātea ana he mōhiohio atu anō i www.elections.org.nz.

HEI MŌHIO: Ko ngā hua hōu o te maha o ngā Māori kua whakatau ki te huri rārangi  pōti, kua rēhita rānei mō te wā tuatahi mai i te tīmatanga o te Kōwhiringa Pōti Māori, kei te wātea i  http://www.elections.org.nz/events/meo-2013/progressive-results

KUA MUTU

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