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Electoral Act 1993

Registration of electors - Electoral rolls

112A: Provision of electoral information to Government Statistician

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"Sharing voter information with the Government Statistician for statistics and research"

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The law says you can share some information with the Government Statistician. This is for making official statistics or doing research under the Data and Statistics Act 2022. You can share things like a list of people who can vote in a certain age group. You can also share a list of people who have Māori descent. The list can include people whose birthdays are within a certain time period. It can also include people who are on the dormant roll, which is a list of people who have not voted in a while. For each person on these lists, you can share their name, date of birth, postal address, and where they live. You can also share information about which area they can vote in. This can include things like their electoral district or region. The Electoral Commission can agree to share other information with the Government Statistician. But they cannot share information that they have been told not to share under section 115(1).

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Part 5Registration of electors
Electoral rolls

112AProvision of electoral information to Government Statistician

  1. Nothing in this Act limits or prevents the provision of any of the following information to the Government Statistician for the production of official statistics or research under the Data and Statistics Act 2022:

  2. a list of electors in a particular age group as defined in section 114(9):
    1. a list of electors of Māori descent:
      1. a list of electors whose birthdays fall within a period of 12 months:
        1. a list of electors as at a date specified by the Statistician:
          1. a list of electors on the dormant roll:
            1. in relation to each elector on a list described in paragraphs (a) to (e), the elector’s name, date of birth, postal address, residential address, and meshblock:
              1. information about any elector appearing to be entitled to vote in—
                1. 1 or more named electoral districts; or
                  1. all electoral districts; or
                    1. 1 or more named regions or constituencies of a region; or
                      1. 1 or more named territorial authority districts; or
                        1. 1 or more named wards; or
                          1. 1 or more named community board areas; or
                            1. 1 or more named local board areas:
                            2. any other information that the Electoral Commission agrees to provide to the Government Statistician for the production of official statistics or research.

                              1. Despite subsection (1), the Electoral Commission must not provide to the Government Statistician information that is subject to a direction under section 115(1).

                              Notes
                              • Section 112A: inserted, on , by section 107(1) of the Data and Statistics Act 2022 (2022 No 39).
                              • Section 112A(1)(f): amended, on , by section 19 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 82).