Local Body Elections

Local body elections are held every three years. The next triennial local body elections will be held on Saturday, 8 October 2022.

Elections will be held for two councillors to represent the Buller Constituency, three councillors to represent the Grey Constituency and two councillors to represent the Westland Constituency.

Key dates for the 2022 elections:

From 13 July Elections will be advertised and nominations called

• 15 July Nominations open
• 12 August Nominations close at midday
• 16 September Voter packs mailed to electors. Voting opens.
• 8 October Voting closes at midday. Progress result asap thereafter.
• By 13 October Official result released
• From 13 October Official result advertised.

A candidate handbook for the 2022 triennial election will be prepared and made available from this website by 13 June 2022. Nomination forms will be available in early July 2022.

If you are enrolled as a parliamentary elector you will automatically be placed on your local district or city council’s electoral roll as a residential elector. If you need to enrol or update existing name or address details on the parliamentary electoral roll, you can do so online at vote.nz or by phoning 0800 36 76 56.

If you pay rates on property within the West Coast Regional Council area but live outside that area you may be eligible to enrol as a ratepayer elector. To do that you would need to complete a ratepayer enrolment form with the district council you pay rates to. Contact that district council or phone the ratepayer elector helpline on 0800 548 683 to get a form sent to you.

Contact Details:

Electoral Officer, Anthony Morton, Ph 0800 666 048 or email iro@electionz.com

Deputy Electoral Officer, Nichola Costley, Ph 0508 800 118 or email nc@wcrc.govt.nz

Further election related documents or links will be available from this page throughout 2022.