August 27, 2025 | News
As early voting begins in Tāmaki Makaurau, a Māori academic warn that banning prisoner voting undermines democracy and silences voices unlikely to support the government.
August 26, 2025 | Featured News
Te Pāti Māori candidate Oriini Kaipara calls for clearer voter education and urges Māori to vote in the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election, amid confusion over prisoner voting rights.
March 26, 2025 | News
Electoral Commission, Māori seats, boundary changes, Ikaroa-Rāwhiti, South Auckland, public submissions, West Auckland, 2026 elections
March 25, 2025 | Featured News
The Māori seat of Te Tai Tonga has lost part of its northern boundary to Ikaroa-Rāwhiti in the latest electoral boundary restructuring ahead of the 2026 elections.
October 1, 2024 | News
National MP David MacLeod has been appointed to Māori Affairs and Regulations Review select committees after Police decided to take no action over his failure to declare almost $200,000 in electoral donations.
November 13, 2023 | News
Electoral Commission staff will this morning start recounting the votes cast in Tāmaki Makaurau and Mount Albert, under the eyes of district court judges.
November 7, 2023 | News
National Party leader Chris Luxon wants changes to the way the Electoral Commission manages elections.
November 6, 2023 | News
The Chief Electoral Officer says much of the confusion for Māori in polling booths on election day was because they missed the deadline for switching between electoral rolls.
November 1, 2023 | News
Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere says Māori in Otautahi were particularly badly served by election officials.
October 16, 2023 | News
Te Pati Māori president John Tamihere isn't ruling out seeking recounts because of failures by the Electoral Commission.
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