14 November 2023
Jason Brown
By email to:
[FYI request #24516 email]
Dear Jason
OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT REQUEST 2023/87
On Tuesday, 24 October 2023 you made a request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA)
for the following information:
Please provide all addresses for polling stations not open on polling day.
I request this information in a human-accessible format, e.g. xls spreadsheet .
Please do not respond with a locked document, e.g. PDF.
The following list are voting places that were included in the information packs that were delivered
to voters. Due to the reasons provided, these voting places were relocated during the advance
voting period and closed on Election Day with the approval from the Chief Executive/Chief Electoral
Officer:
E#
Electorate
Voting Place closed
Relocated to
Reason for closure
25
Auckland and
Mt Roskill Grammar School Mt Roskill Primary
Extensive building work to the Grammar
South
School
School Hall where the voting place was to
37 Frost Road
be located.
Mt Roskill
Auckland
59
South Island
Hampden Primary School
Hampden Memorial
Painting of the school that had restricted
Hall
access to the public.
25/27 London St
Hampden
65
South Island
St Thomas of Canterbury,
A classroom, near
The hall was no longer available for a voting
School Hall
the Hall St Thomas of place on Election Day as the school had a
Canterbury
major school event held on Friday in the
69 Middlepark Road
hall. Challenges on setting up for Friday and
Sockburn
Saturday.
Christchurch
Electoral Commission
Level 4, 34-42 Manners Street, PO Box 3220, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Telephone +64 4 495 0030 Fax +64 4 495 0031
www.vote.nz | www.elections.nz
32
Auckland and
Whangaruru School
Ōakura Hall
It was decided not to open this voting place
North
153 Ōakura
due to staff availability and the close
Ōakura
proximity of an alternative voting place, 5.6
Hikurangi
km / 7 minutes drive away.
05
South Island
Christchurch Central
Te Whare Roimata
The school notified the Christchurch Central
274 Gloucester St
electorate that they can no longer host the
Christchurch Central
planned voting place due to it being used
City
for another purpose.
33
Ohāriu
Ngaio Playcentre, Crofton
Crofton Downs
Voting place not confirmed in advance by
Down
Primary School
Commission staff and then became
21 Chartwell Drive
unavailable due to urgent building work.
Crofton Downs
Wellington
The following voting places were partially opened on Election Day but had to close due to weather
related events:
E#
Electorate
Voting Place
2
South Island, Banks Peninsula
Adventure Bike Park at Cracroft, end of
McVicars Drive, off Worsleys Road, Cracroft
17
South Island, Kaikōura
Waipara School, Harakeke Room, 2
Loffhagen Drive, Waipara
17
South Island, Kaikōura
Tihiraki North Loburn School, Karetu Hall,
817 Loburn Whierock Road, North Loburn
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Yours sincerely
Martin Rodgers
Director, Voting Services
Electoral Commission
Level 4, 34-42 Manners Street, PO Box 3220, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Telephone +64 4 495 0030 Fax +64 4 495 0031
www.vote.nz | www.elections.nz