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]

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Elections and referendums in New Zealand
General elections	1853 1855 1860–61 1866 1871 1875–76 1879 1881 1884 1887 1890 1893 1896 1899 1902 1905 1908 1911 1914 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1935 1938 1943 1946 1949 1951 1954 1957 1960 1963 1966 1969 1972 1975 1978 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017
Local elections	2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019
Referendums	Parliament initiated Alcohol licensing, 1894–1987 Gambling, 1949 Military training, 1949 Sale of Liquor, 1949 Parliamentary term, 1967 Sale of Liquor, 1967 Parliamentary term, 1990 Voting system, 1992 Voting system, 1993 Pensions, 1997 Voting system, 2011 Flag, 2015–16 Citizens initiated Firefighters, 1995 Justice, 1999 MP reduction, 1999 Smacking, 2009 Asset sales, 2013
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