General Ward finder
If you’re enrolled on the General Electoral Roll, you can use your address to find out which ward you are in. Check you're enrolled at the correct address at vote.nz.
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Māori Ward finder
If you’re enrolled on the Māori Electoral Roll, you're ward is the Parirua Māori Ward. Check where your voting papers will be delivered at vote.nz.
Changing Electoral Rolls
If you're of Māori descent, you have the option to vote on the General Electoral Roll or the Māori Electoral Roll (you cannot vote in both).
For this year's elections, you can change rolls at any time and as often as you like up Thursday 10 July 2025 online at vote.nz.
Enrolling to vote
Need to enrol to vote? Head to vote.nzto check or update your details, or to enrol.
If you enrol after 1 August 2025, you can still vote, you will just need to cast a "special vote". We'll have more info on this closer to the voting period.
Porirua's wards
Porirua City has three wards:
- Two General wards for those on the General Electoral Roll and are broken down by Porirua's suburbs
- One Māori ward for those on the Māori Electoral Roll.
The Onepoto General Ward has five Councillors who represents these areas in Porirua:
- Aotea
- Ascot Park
- Cannons Creek
- Elsdon
- Kenepuru
- Mana Island
- Porirua City Centre
- Rānui
- Takapūwāhia
- Tītahi Bay
- Waitangirua
The Pāuatahanui General Ward has four Councillors who represents these areas in Porirua:
- Camborne
- Hongoeka
- Judgeford
- Pukerua Bay
- Paekākāriki Hill
- Papakōwhai
- Paremata
- Pāuatahanui
- Plimmerton
- Whitby
The Parirua Māori Ward has one Councillor who represents those living in Porirua of Māori descent and on the Māori Electoral Roll.
How we ensure local representation
Councillors are there to represent your community. Wards are made so that Councillors can best represent you and your community at Council.
General Electoral Roll: your ward areas are determined by where you’re registered to vote. You can only vote for Councillor candidates from the area your address is registered.
Māori Electoral Roll: your ward covers the whole of Porirua. You can only vote for Councillor candidates running for the Māori Ward position.
Because the Mayor’s role in Porirua-wide, the list of mayoral candidates will be the same for all Porirua residents.
How ward boundaries are decided
The boundaries for General wards are related to Porirua’s population. The number of Councillor positions available in any ward is based on the population number and our enrolment numbers. We conduct a review of these ward boundaries and population every six years called a representation review. Our next one will be in 2027.
What representation reviews do
Representation reviews offer a chance for us to look at the current wards and positions available in each ward to make sure that they fairly and effectively represent Porirua's population.
What representation reviews are
To reflect changes in the population and to better achieve a fair ratio of elected members for the population, a review may change the general ward boundaries or the number of Councillors in a ward.
There are some exceptions for communities that have either a low or high population within them but share a common community aspect (such as an island or an isolated community), meaning that rearranging these areas may misrepresent those communities.
