Young people have been given a taste of voting to make them feel more at ease on September 23.
The Big Vote Party, presented by Te Waiariki Purea Trust, was held at Kuirau House yesterday. Te Waiariki Purea Trust paearahi Terere Aoake said the aim of the event was to encourage rangatahi to enrol and vote.
She said with all of the services the trust had, they were able to go through their books and see there were a lot of young people eligible to vote but had not yet enrolled.
The Big Vote Party was held to help young people learn the voting process and how to enrol.
She said many rangatahi did not respond well to doing things for the first time, and so the trust set up a polling booth to show them what it looked like.