18 Jun 2022

Voting booths open for Tauranga by-election

2:22 pm on 18 June 2022

Voting booths have opened across the Tauranga electorate in the last day of voting in the parliamentary by-election.

Signs around Christchurch

Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon

The by-election is New Zealand's first in four years and was triggered by the resignation of Simon Bridges after nearly 14 years in the role.

Advanced voting started on 4 June but turnout has been low with a total of 14,168 votes cast, compared to 28,951 votes which were cast during the 2020 election advanced voting period.

There are 20 polling booths across the electorate.

Polling closes at 7pm tonight, with 95 percent of results due in by 10.30pm.

A full list of voting places is available at vote.nz.

The Electoral Commission says voters should take their EasyVote card to make voting easier, but people can still vote without one.