Hundreds of Hawke's Bay voters have been removed from the electoral roll after failing to update their enrolment details.
Throughout the Napier electorate, 567 voters were removed from the roll after their enrolment packs bounced back marked "gone, no address".
A further 545 were removed from the Tukituki electorate.
Napier registrar of electors Janice Robson said a lot of voters switched cities between Napier and Hastings, thereby moving electorates, or moved overseas.
Throughout the country more than 43,000 voters moved house without updating their enrolment details, and have been removed from the roll.