The 2023 General Election will be held on Saturday 14 October 2023.
We have put together some difference resources to help you with voting at the General Elections. You will find some external tools, NZSL videos, NZSL Accessible events, Information about Voting in NZSL, and videos from Political Parties to help you decide who to vote for.
Not sure who to vote for?
There are several tools available to help you decide what is important to you, and can help you make an informed decision.
Policy
A tool from The Spinoff to compare policies, candidates and parties to help you decide who to vote for this election.
PolicyVote Compass
A tool from TVNZ developed by political scientists to help you explore how your views align with those of the parties.
Vote CompassDisability Issues Scorecard
CCS Disability Action and DPA asked seven main political parties where they stand on key disability policies in the lead up to the 2023 General Election.
Disability ScorecardNZSL Accessible events
TVNZ Live Multi-Party Debate with NZSL
TVNZ will host five live election debates during the election campaign, all live streamed on 1News.co.nz. The first live Leaders' Debate will take place between Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon on September 19 at 7pm on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+. It will be moderated by Political Editor Jessica Mutch McKay and will ... Read more
Find out more »TVNZ Live Second and Final Debate with NZSL
TVNZ will host five live election debates during the election campaign, all live streamed on 1News.co.nz. The first live Leaders' Debate will take place between Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon on September 19 at 7pm on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+. It will be moderated by Political Editor Jessica Mutch McKay and will ... Read more
Find out more »Information about voting in the 2023 General Election in New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL).
Need help to vote?
Here’s how to vote in the General Election
You can enrol and vote at the same time
Here’s how to cast a special vote
You can find more information about enrolling to vote in the 2023 General Election in New Zealand Sign Language here.
1News Your Vote 2023
First Leaders’ Debate – New Zealand Sign Language Interpreted Version
Tuesday 19 Sept: New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) interpreted version of the first live Leaders’ Debate between Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon, in partnership with Deaf Aotearoa.
Campaign videos with New Zealand Sign Language
We beleive that all New Zealanders should have equal access to political information to ensure that everyone can make an informed choice. We have made all efforts to gather videos representing the various New Zealand Political Parties’ campaigns for the 2023 General Elections.