Voting papers for next month's local body elections will begin arriving in letterboxes around the electorates from today.

'They start to be delivered from Friday and they will maybe, by Tuesday, be delivered to everyone,” says Electionz returning officer Warwick Lampp. 'People have three weeks to get them back to us.”

Voting papers are arriving in people's letterboxes from today.Photo: Rick Curach.

He advises putting the votes in the post before Wednesday, October 5, to ensure they arrive in time to be counted.

For those who miss the post, there is a ballot box at Tauranga City Council that will be accepting voting papers until noon on October 8.

Voting is for the Tauranga City, Western Bay of Plenty District and Bay of Plenty Regional councils, plus the Bay of Plenty District Health Board.

A complete list of candidates with their profiles can be seen at: www.sunlive.co.nz.

Click on the ballot box at the top of the right-hand column for the links.