Special Votes | 2025 Local Elections

The Team from Kāpiti Coast District Council

Have you been singing "Mr Postman" while patiently waiting at your letterbox for your voting pack? Hopefully you've received yours by now – but if not, you may need to cast a special vote.

Special votes can be cast by people that:
🧡 didn't receive their voting documents in their letterbox
🧡 lost or damaged their voting documents
🧡 enrolled or updated their details after 1 August 2025
🧡 recently turned 18 and not enrolled
🧡 are on the unpublished roll.

Casting a special vote, is easy as. First, jump onto vote.nz... to check you are enrolled and update your details if needed. Casting a special vote involves completing a special vote form and a declaration. You can request these on our website www.kapiticoast.govt.nz... by calling 0800 486 486, or by picking up one from an electoral official at our Council Offices on Rimu Road, Paraparaumu.

Return the forms together by noon 11 October. They can be posted if there is time, or hand delivered to a vote collection point at one of our libraries or service centres:
🔷 Civic Offices, Rimu Road, Paraparaumu during opening hours and until 7.30pm on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 October
🔷 Ōtaki Library during opening hours 4–11 October (closed on Sunday 5 October)
🔷 Paraparaumu Library ,10am–2pm on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 October
🔷 Civic Offices, Paraparaumu, 9am–12pm, Saturday 11 October

To find out more about ways to vote, visit www.kapiticoast.govt.nz...