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Thursday 18 July 2013
Electoral Commission
Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri

Last Chance to Choose Between Māori and General Roll

Time is almost up for Māori to take part in the 2013 Māori Electoral Option.

“If you are Māori and on the electoral roll, this is your last chance to choose which type of electoral roll you want to vote on – the Māori roll or the General roll,” says Murray Wicks, National Manager Enrolment Services. “You’ve only got until next Wednesday July 24, so if you want to make a change, you must do it now.”

During the Māori Electoral Option, Māori can choose whether they want to be on the Māori Electoral Roll or the General Electoral Roll 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 want to change, and haven’t sent back a signed form yet, you need to be quick. To make your choice you need to get your Māori Electoral Option form back to us by Wednesday 24 July. If you’ve lost your Māori Electoral Option form or didn’t get one you need to fill in an enrolment form.”

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 the Māori Electoral Option is available at www.elections.org.nz/events/meo-2013 .

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Note: Final Māori Electoral Option results will be available at www.elections.org.nz from 12 noon Monday 29 July 2013.

PĀNUI PĀPĀHO
Rāpare 18 Hōngongoi 2013
Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri

KO TE WĀ WHAKAMUTUNGA KI TE KŌWHIRI I TE RĀRANGI MĀORI, I TE RĀRANGI WHĀNUI RĀNEI

Kua tata pau te wā kia whai wāhi ki te Kōwhiringa Pōti Māori 2013.

"Mēnā he Māori koe i te rārangi pōti, ko te wā whakamutunga tēnei māu hei whiriwhiri i te rārangi pōti e pōti ai koe, arā, te rārangi Māori, te rārangi Whānui rānei", hei tā Murray Wicks, te Kaiwhakahaere ā-Motu o ngā Ratonga Rēhita. “Kei a koe tae atu ki tēnei Rāapa, 24 Hōngongoi, nā, ki te pīrangi koe ki te huri, meatia ināianei.”

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

"Kia mahara, kotahi anake tō kōwhiringa i roto 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, kua whakatakotoria mō te tau 2018.

“Ina pīrangi koe te huri, ā, kāore anō kia tukua mai e koe he puka kua hainatia, kia tere. Kia mea ai i tō kōwhiringa me whakahoki mai ki a mātou tō puka Kōwhiringa Pōti Māori tae ki te Rāapa 24 Hōngongoi. Mehemea kua ngaro tō puka Kōwhiringa Pōti Māori, kāore rānei i whiwhi ki tētahi, me whakakī koe i tētahi puka rēhita.”

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

Kei www.elections.org.nz/events/meo-2013 ētahi atu kōrero mō te Kōwhiringa Pōti Māori .

KUA MUTU

Tuhipoka: Ka wātea ngā otinga o te Kōwhiringa Pōti Māori i www.elections.org.nz mai i te poupoutanga o te rā, Rāhina 29 Hōngongoi 2013.

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