Vote

Voting for Whanganui’s 2025 local elections is open from now until 12 noon, Saturday 11 October.

If you enrolled to vote before 1 August, you should have already received your voting papers – so you should be ready to vote now.

You can find out more about who’s running and what they’re all about by visited our Meet the Candidates page.

Once you’ve decided who you’re going to vote for, you can place your completed voting documents in one of our orange voting bins around town (scroll to see a full list of their locations) – or return your voting documents via post.

It’s still not too late to enrol!

If you haven’t enrolled yet, you’re on the unpublished roll, you’re voting papers are missing or damaged, or you missed the 1 August deadline to receive voting papers by mail, don’t stress – you can definitely still vote.

The only thing is, you’ll need to come into Whanganui District Council, 101 Guyton Street, during office hours (8.30am-5.00pm) in-person and chat with our customer service team.

This process is called a ‘special vote’ – it’s very straightforward and our team are happy to help you through the process.

We’ll also be running some pop-up events where you can enrol and vote on the spot – including our Up the Vote! event in Majestic Square on Saturday 27 September.

We’ll be sharing details shortly!

Whanganui voting bin locations 

The easiest way to submit your completed voting papers is to drop them in one of our orange voting bins. These bins will be available during opening hours for each location below.

Whanganui District Council office (Monday to Friday only)
101 Guyton Street, Whanganui

Four Square - Castlecliff
2 Bryce Street, Castlecliff, Whanganui

Four Square Riverview - Durie Hill
59 Anzac Parade, Whanganui

Four Square - Whanganui East
77 Moana Street, Whanganui

New World
374 Victoria Avenue, Whanganui

PAK’nSAVE
167 Glasgow Street, Whanganui

Woolworths - Victoria Avenue
433 Victoria Avenue, Whanganui

Woolworths - Trafalgar Square
100 Taupo Quay

Gonville Library
44 Abbott Street, Whanganui

Davis Library
1 Pukenamu Drive, Whanganui

Trafalgar Square
100 Taupo Quay, Whanganui

Whanganui Hospital
100 Heads Road, Whanganui

Te Waipuna (Monday to Friday only)
151 Guyton Street, Whanganui

Te Oranganui (Monday to Friday only)
Terrace House, 133 Wicksteed Street, Whanganui

Splash Centre
220 London Street, Whanganui