New Zealand local elections, 2019

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The 2019 New Zealand local elections will be triennial elections to select local government officials and District Health Board members. Under section 10 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, a "general election of members of every local authority or community board must be held on the second Saturday in October in every third year" from the date the Act came into effect in 2001, meaning 12 October 2019.^[1]

References

↑ "Local Electoral Act 2001". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 18 September 2013.

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