09/09/2025
Kia ora Whanganui, voting is now open for our 2025 local elections and Māori Ward referendum!
If you’re enrolled to vote, your voting papers should be arriving over the next few days. You have until 12 noon, Saturday 11 October 2025 to cast your vote.
You can post your voting papers back by mail – or, even easier, drop them into one of our orange voting bins around town.
🟧 Voting bin locations (open during normal site hours):
🏢 Whanganui District Council office (Mon–Fri) – 101 Guyton Street
🛒 Supermarkets
4 Square – Castlecliff – 2 Bryce Street
4 Square – Durie Hill – 59 Anzac Parade
4 Square – Whanganui East – 77 Moana Street
New World – 374 Victoria Avenue
PAK’nSAVE – 167 Glasgow Street
Woolworths – Victoria Avenue – 433 Victoria Avenue
Woolworths – Trafalgar Square – 100 Taupo Quay
📚 Libraries
Gonville Library – 44 Abbott Street
Davis Library – 1 Pukenamu Drive
🛍️ Shopping centre
Trafalgar Square – 100 Taupo Quay
🩺 Health
Whanganui Hospital – 100 Heads Road
Te Waipuna (Mon–Fri) – 151 Guyton Street
Te Oranganui (Mon–Fri) – Terrace House, 133 Wicksteed Street
We’d urge you not to leave it to the last minute!
If you still haven’t enrolled, it’s not too late – but it’s easiest to do it in person at Whanganui District Council, 101 Guyton Street. Just chat to our friendly Customer Services team.
For more information, including a map of voting locations, go to www.whanganui.govt.nz/Your-Council/Local-Elections/Vote
