Frequently Asked Questions

Election Day is Friday, 21 November 2025 and voting closes at midday on that day. The voting period starts on Thursday, 16 October 2025.

The Returning Officer has full responsibility for running the election. For the 2025 CLT trustee election, the Returning Officer is:

Anthony Morton

3/3 Pukaki Road, PO Box 313, Christchurch

0800 666 033 | iro@electionz.com

The CLT trustee election uses the First Past the Post (FPP) voting method, using postal and online voting, with candidates names in random order on the voting paper.

In the FFP method, the candidate or candidates that get the most votes win(s). You should mark those you want to vote for with a tick in the circle. Do not vote for more than the number of candidates shown in the instructions.

To be eligible to vote you must be a registered elector (resident or ratepayer) enrolled at an address within the CLT funding region as at 5pm Thursday, 20 November 2025 (the day before the close of voting).

The CLT funding region comprises most of the Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes districts. For a detailed map, showing CLT’s funding region boundaries, please click here: CLT region – Google My Maps.

To be eligible to be nominated/elected as a trustee, you must be a registered elector resident within the CLT funding region and cannot (under Rule 1.3 of the First Schedule of the CLT Trust Deed) be:

• a bankrupt who has not obtained a final order of discharge or whose order of discharge has been suspended for a term not yet expired, or is subject to a condition not yet fulfilled;

• a person who has been convicted of any offence punishable by a term of imprisonment of two years or more;

• a person who has been convicted of any offence punishable by a term of imprisonment and who has been sentenced to imprisonment for that offence;

• a person convicted of an offence against section 189 of the Companies Act 1993;

• a person who is mentally disordered within the meaning of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992; or

• a person who is not a parliamentary elector for the purposes of the Electoral Act 1993.