18 Sep 2023

Researchers worried polling booths unprepared for Māori electorates

From Midday Report, 12:47 pm on 18 September 2023

Māori researchers are worried this election will be a repeat of the last two after finding polling booths were unprepared to take their votes.

Surveys of Māori voters following the 2017 and 2020 elections found some polling places didn't have a Māori Roll, or ballots for Māori electorates.

People voting on the Māori roll were also found to experience longer wait times. 

Massey University associate professor Veronica Tawhai spoke to Charlotte Cook.