Voting Information

You can vote from 9 September 2025 to 12pm (noon) on 11 October 2025.

Following the decision to establish Māori wards in 2023, Thames-Coromandel District Council undertook a representation arrangement review (review or wards, boundaries, number of elected members etc).  

As a result of all this, elections will be required for the following positions:

• Mayor (elected ‘at large’)
• Councillors (9) Elected from the following wards
  • Coromandel-Colville General Ward (1)
  • Mercury Bay General Ward (3)
  • South East General Ward (2)
  • Thames General Ward (3)
  • The Te Tara o Te Ika Māori Ward position was filled and will not require an election.

• Community Board Members (20)
  • Coromandel-Colville Community Board (4)
  • Mercury Bay Community Board (4)
  • Tairua-Pāuanui Community Board (4)
  • Thames Community Board (4)
  • Whangamatā Community Board (4).

• Waikato Regional Council Members
  • either 2 members from the Thames-Coromandel General Constituency; or
  • 1 member from the Ngā Tai ki Uta Māori Constituency.

In addition, electors of the Thames-Coromandel District Council area will be able to vote on a poll —whether to retain or disestablish the Māori ward for the Thames-Coromandel District Council. The outcome of this binding poll will apply to the 2028 and 2031 triennial elections.

You may wish to wait until Monday 22 September 2025 to see if your voting document arrives before obtaining a special vote.

Persons who can request a special vote:

• A person who did not receive a voting document previously posted to them.
•  A person who has spoilt or damaged a voting document previously posted to them.
•  A person whose name does not appear on the Final Electoral Roll, but who qualifies as an elector ie - just turned 18 years; resided at the qualifying address for at least one month, is on the Unpublished (confidential) Roll, enrolled or updated details on Parliamentary Roll after 1 August 2025 when roll closed etc.
•  A person who may be going away or overseas. 

If you haven’t received your voting papers by 22 September, you can do a special vote.

To request a special vote pack please phone 0800 922 822 and one will be posted out. Once received you must have it in the mail by 5pm, Tuesday 7 October 2025 to ensure they are received in time, or you can drop it into any one of our ballot boxes.

Special voting packs are also available from Council offices or online via the Election Services Portal here.

Your voting pack will contain instructions on how to vote, once completed you can drop it off to anyone of our ballot boxes or you can post your voting form back but make sure you do it before 5pm, Tuesday 7 October 2025 otherwise it won't be counted.

You can drop your vote off at anyone of our offices in Coromandel Town, Thames, Whangamatā and Whitianga. Office hours vary, so please refer to Visit Our Offices | TCDC

You can also drop your vote to Tairua Library

Tairua Library

• 2 Manaia Rd, Tairua,
•  Hours: 9am - 5pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
• Hours: 9.30am - 5pm, Wednesday
• Hours: 9am - 12am, Saturday
• Phone: 07 864 7960