Election 2010 - Enrol    Election 2010    Overview   Timetable   Enrol   Stand   Vote   To vote in a local body election, you need to be enrolled on either the residential or ratepayer electoral roll. You are eligible to enrol on the residential roll if you: - are 18 years of age or older, and - are a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident, and - have lived in New Zealand continuously, at any time, for one year or more, and - have lived at your current address for more than one month.   You are eligible to enrol on the ratepayer roll if you: - are a registered parliamentary elector, and - are a non-resident ratepayer who has applied for enrolment on the ratepayer roll or, if you: - are resident outside of Wellington city and have been nominated by a firm, company, corporation or society paying rates on a property in Wellington city. How to Enrol Residential Electoral Roll All parliamentary electors are automatically enrolled on the local body residential electoral roll at the address where they live. You do not have to be a ratepayer to qualify for enrolment on the residential electoral roll. You can change your address details on the residential electoral roll by: - completing the appropriate form at any post shop - telephoning 0800 ENROLNOW (0800 367 656) - going to the Elections New Zealand website. Elections New Zealand website Ratepayer Roll If you are enrolled on the parliamentary roll in one local body area and pay rates on a property in another, you may be eligible to apply for enrolment on the ratepayer roll (for the local body area in which you pay rates but don't reside). Companies, organisations or societies paying rates on a property may nominate one of its members or officers as a ratepayer elector (provided that both the person nominating and the nominee live outside the local body area). Ratepayer roll enrolment forms are available: - at the Council offices - from the Council Electoral Officer - by downloading the form. Enrolment form for Ratepayer Election To change your details on the ratepayer roll, contact the Council's Electoral Officer. You can look at the preliminary electoral rolls at the Council offices at 64 Chapel Street, Masterton, the District Library and PostShops within the district from 23 July to 20 August 2010. The final roll, used to post out voting documents to electors, will be available from 13 September 2010. PostShop Locator - New Zealand Post website