{"id":76820,"date":"2026-03-25T09:56:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T00:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/25\/new-zealand-maori-electorates-explained"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T00:56:52","slug":"more-young-people-want-to-vote-in-new-zealands-maori-electorates-what-are-they-and-how-do-they-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=76820","title":{"rendered":"More young people want to vote in New Zealand\u2019s M\u0101ori electorates. What are they and how do they work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Growing numbers of young voters are signing up to the M\u0101ori electoral roll as debate flares over the need for dedicated seats ahead of November\u2019s election<\/p>\n<p>More young people have signed up to vote in M\u0101ori electorates, new figures from the electoral commission show, as New Zealand prepares for an election this year.<\/p>\n<p>The rise comes after years of tense relations between Indigenous New Zealanders and the centre-right coalition government. The latest figures show 58% of eligible 18- to 24-year-olds have registered for the M\u0101ori roll, up from 50% in 2023.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/25\/new-zealand-maori-electorates-explained\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing numbers of young voters are signing up to the M\u0101ori electoral roll as debate flares over the need for dedicated seats ahead of November\u2019s electionMore young people have signed up to vote in M\u0101ori electorates, new figures from the electoral comm&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5233,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,503,897,56,3518,933,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-indigenous-peoples","category-maori","category-new-zealand","category-new-zealand-election-2026","category-new-zealand-politics","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76821,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76820\/revisions\/76821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}