Waimakariri

General electorate in Canterbury

2026 General Electorate/Canterbury/Waimakariri

Suburbs connected33 suburbs & localitiesShow ▾

Rangiora, Kaiapoi, Woodend, Belfast, Casebrook, Pegasus, Northwood, Starvation Hill-Cust, Ashley Gorge, Oxford, Clarkville, Ohoka, Regents Park, Eyrewell, Fernside, Mandeville, Tuahiwi, West Eyreton, Waikuku Beach, Clearwater, Pegasus Bay, Waikuku, Eyreton, Swannanoa, The Pines Beach, Marshland, Okuku, Cust, McLeans Island, Styx, Harewood, Woodend Beach, Kainga.

Boundaries do not always follow the edge of a suburb. Woodend, Marshland, Okuku, McLeans Island, Styx, Harewood and 1 others are split with a neighbouring electorate, so they appear on more than one page. Hover a dotted name for the share that falls here.

Built from the 2025 electorate boundaries used for the 2026 election, matched against Stats NZ statistical areas. Names are the official ones, so a very small settlement may sit inside a larger named locality rather than appear on its own. If you are unsure which electorate you are in, check your address on vote.nz.

Source: Stats NZ: 2025 electorate boundaries and 2026 statistical areas

Enrolment info91.58% enrolled · as at 31 July 2026Show ▾

Enrolled

59,324

Est. eligible

64,780

Not enrolled

5,456

Enrolment rate

91.58%

Which roll people are on

General roll 57,514(96.9%)Māori roll 1,810(3.1%)

Enrolment by age band for Waimakariri
Age	Est. eligible	General	Māori	Enrolled	Not enrolled	%
18 - 24	5,626	3,285	223	3,508	2,118	62.35%
25 - 29	3,891	3,406	208	3,614	277	92.88%
30 - 34	4,940	3,936	218	4,154	786	84.09%
35 - 39	5,119	4,342	202	4,544	575	88.77%
40 - 44	4,668	4,005	128	4,133	535	88.54%
45 - 49	4,548	3,994	173	4,167	381	91.62%
50 - 54	5,487	4,767	143	4,910	577	89.48%
55 - 59	6,016	5,502	167	5,669	347	94.23%
60 - 64	5,792	5,486	101	5,587	205	96.46%
65 - 69	5,224	5,254	92	5,346	-122	102.34%
70+	13,469	13,537	155	13,692	-223	101.66%
Total	64,780	57,514	1,810	59,324	5,456	91.58%

Enrolment figures are as at 31 July 2026. The eligible population is the Electoral Commission's own estimate, so “not enrolled” is the gap between that estimate and the roll — not a count of identified people.

Some age bands show above 100% enrolled, which means the roll holds more people than the population estimate for that band. This appears in the Commission's own published table and is not an error here.

The youngest band is consistently the least enrolled: 18 - 24 sits at 62.35% here, against 91.58% across all ages.

Source: Electoral Commission: enrolment by general electorate

2023 election resultsShow ▾

Electorate (candidate) votes, 14 October 2023. Winner: Matt Doocey (National), majority 13,010.