Tauranga City residents have today and tomorrow left to vote for who they'd like to see become their next Member of Parliament, taking their issues, views and voice to Wellington.
By-election day is tomorrow, with voting closing at 7pm at voting places open around Tauranga City on June 18.
The Electoral Commission's national manager of voting services Graeme Astle says voters in the Tauranga electorate who want to have their say on who will be their next local MP have to vote by 7pm Saturday, June 18.
'Saturday, June 18, is Election Day and is the last chance to vote in the Tauranga by-election.
'This Saturday, 20 voting places will be open between 9am and 7pm. Most of the voting places are in shopping centres and schools.”
With advance voting places being open in Tauranga since June 4, by the end of Monday 10,299 people had already voted, according to the Electoral Commission.
A full list of voting places is available at vote.nz or by phoning 0800 36 76 56. The list was also included in the EasyVote pack sent to voters enrolled in the Tauranga electorate.
Eligible voters who are not yet enrolled can enrol before they vote at any voting place.
If you can't get to a voting location because you're away or unwell, you can still vote! Call 0800 36 76 56.
Preliminary results for the Tauranga by-election will be published as they come in after 7pm Saturday at: www.electionresults.govt.nz
The Tauranga seat was made vacant by the resignation from Parliament of National MP Simon Bridges, in April.
There are 12 candidates contesting the seat, with transport, health reforms and housing hot topics at a recent debate.
The candidates are: ONE Party's Allan Cawood, Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party's Christopher Coker, independent candidates Tony Corbett and Gordon Dickson, NZ Outdoors and Freedom Party's Sue Grey, New National Party's Andrew Hollis, New Conservative's Helen Houghton, independent Yvette Lamare, ACT New Zealand's Cameron Luxton, Labour Party's Jan Tinetti, National Party's Sam Uffindell and independent Peter Wakeman.
Voting is to close at 7pm on the official election day, June 18.
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Voting places open over the long weekend |
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Bethlehem |
Bethlehem Town Centre (ex- Hammer Hardware), 19 Bethlehem Road |
Sat 4 Jun–Mon 6 Jun 10am–4pm |
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Greerton |
Tauranga RSA, 1237 Cameron Road |
Sat 4 Jun 10am–4pm Sun 5 Jun 10am–3pm Mon 6 Jun 10am–4pm |
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Mount Maunganui |
Bayfair Shopping Mall (next to Amazon), Maunganui Road |
Sat 4 Jun–Mon 6 Jun 10am–4pm |
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Senior Citizens' Hall, 345 Maunganui Road |
Sat 4 Jun 10am–4pm Mon 6 Jun 10am–4pm |
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Parkvale |
Fraser Cove Shopping Centre (near Jesters), 229-231 Fraser Street |
Sat 4 Jun 10am–4pm Sun 5 Jun 10am–3pm Mon 6 Jun 10am–4pm |
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Tauranga |
City Centre (ex-Langtons), 46 Spring Street |
Sat 4 Jun 10am–4pm Sun 5 Jun 10am–3pm Mon 6 Jun 10am–4pm |
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Tauriko |
Tauranga Crossing (next to Maher Shoes Ground Floor), 2 Taurikura Drive |
Sat 4 Jun–Mon 6 Jun 10am–4pm |
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