They are a good alternative to a census of which there are none surviving until 1961 in new zealand and are also a way to conduct more recent research as there are no privacy restrictions for more recent records.
Find someone on the electoral roll nz.
An electoral roll is a list of people who have enrolled to vote.
The māori electoral roll and the general electoral roll.
If you need to find an old friend relatives or a missing person in the uk the electoral register is the best place to locate them.
The provinces of new zealand themselves existed from 1841 until 1876 as a form of sub national government.
Electoral rolls correspond with these districts although district boundaries could and did change.
Using electoral roll records.
Local rolls are also held at postshops local council offices libraries and court houses.
New zealand electoral commission.
State sector organisations can apply to us for an electronic list of people who are enrolled to vote.
All people who were eligible to vote were legally required to register on the electoral roll.
The general roll is open to all voters.
We can provide the list for the entire country or specific areas of new zealand.
You can view copies of all of the electoral rolls at any registrar of elector s office.
The right to vote was defined according to sex age nationality and the possession of property in new zealand.
Electoral rolls were published to give information about voters enrolled for elections.
Get ready to have your say in new zealand s elections and referendums.
Enrol to vote or check and update your enrolment details.
For historical context new zealand s first parliamentary elections were held in 1853.
New zealand has two electoral rolls.
If you are unable to turn on javascript you can instead download an enrolment form and use it either to enrol to vote or to advise us of changes to your enrolment details.
Our democracy is better with you in it.
The organisation must need the list to conduct human health or scientific research.
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You can search by forename surname full name or by address and postcode or by an area only say london or a radius from an area say 30 miles around london.
Anyone can look it up and find where someone lives.
General roll or māori roll.
Nz white pages there s only one.