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Let's chat - but first: are you enrolled to vote? Sunday October 25 is the deadline!

Emily Writes

23 Oct 2026 — 7 min read

Welcome to Friday Night Chats! It's so great to have you here. We have had such a beautifully sunny week in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Is summer really coming? Will we survive until then? Let's chat.

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Everyone has to be enrolled by Sunday midnight. And overseas Voting is open now. So, please tell everyone you know. We need as many people as we can to get out and vote. Early voting starts Monday. I encourage everyone to vote in advance in case you get hit by a bus and killed on your way to vote election day and we lose your vote. We need it.

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Josh here. Seriously folks, check your enrolment. And make sure you know your eligibility requirements and rights, especially if you are overseas. I just spent ten minutes on the phone to the Electoral Commission trying to find out why my sister's enrolment (she lives in Australia) was declined when she appears to meet all of the eligibility requirements. Make sure you're enrolled and that your vote counts.

21 October - overseas voting is now open
25 October - enrolment deadline
26 October - early voting opens
7 November - election day

Here is a link to check or update your enrolment. Make sure everyone you know is enrolled to vote.

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The exciting news I hinted at last week is that I’ll be hosting the Pōneke Heated Rivalry marathon! Looking forward to meeting all the lovers at the cinema - we will know each other real well after 360 minutes together! ❤️

I had a really great time at Butch Club's Sapphic Session last weekend. As you can see, I lost an arm-wrestling match to a stunning icon. I was in heaven. It put me in a good mood for the whole week.