As October’s local election approaches, voters can now find information about their candidates online.

The Christchurch City Council has published candidate profile statements and photos on its website.

The information is supplied by each candidate and is published online as it was submitted. This information will also be included with voting documents.

Eight people are contesting Christchurch’s mayoralty this election, while 40 people are standing for Council seats and 70 people will contest the Community Board positions.

All candidates have also been offered the opportunity to film a short video about themselves, answering election-related questions.

The videos have been filmed on Council premises and will be published on the Council website in the first week of September.

Election Officer Warwick Lampp said candidate videos were offered to Christchurch candidates for the first time this election.

“We are pleased that voters will have the opportunity to view a video of their candidates this election, as well as the standard photo and written profiles. The intention of the videos is to give voters as much information about the candidates as possible.”

Key dates

9 September: Voting and special voting begins.

Between 9 September and 22 September: Voting documents delivered.

11 October: Election Day. Voting closes at noon. Progress results will be available that afternoon.

By 19 October: Declaration of results.

Voting

Voting papers for the elections will start arriving in enrolled voters’ letterboxes from 9 September.

All voters can cast a vote for their preferred Mayoral candidate, while Councillors and Community Board members will be elected by voters from the wards they are seeking to represent.

Voting for the election closes at noon, Saturday 11 October.

Voters can post their completed voting papers into any NZ Post or DX Mail post box by 7 October.

Orange vote bins

Completed voting papers can also be dropped into an orange vote bin at Council facilities and locations in your community.

List of confirmed locations for vote bins.

The list contains the locations that are confirmed to host vote bins as of 22 August. New locations may be added to the list in the future.

Local vote bin locations include:

Council locations

Matatiki Hornby Centre, 25 Smarts Road, Hornby

Riccarton Customer Service Hub, 199 Clarence Street, Riccarton

Te Hāpua Halswell Centre, 341 Halswell Road, Halswell

Upper Riccarton Library, 71 Main South Road, Sockburn

Supermarkets and community locations

Puaka James Hight Library, University of Canterbury, Ilam Campus, Ilam

Church Corner Woolworths, Corner Riccarton Road & Hansons Lane, Riccarton

Hornby Woolworths, 17 Chappie Place, Hornby

New World Halswell, 346 Halswell Road, Halswell

New World Wigram, 51 Skyhawk Road, Wigram