身在海外生活或旅行的新西兰人可从周三起在该国2026年大选中投票，早于下周在新西兰本土开始的提前投票。
New Zealanders living or travelling overseas can vote in the country's 2026 general election from Wednesday, ahead of advance voting starting next week in New Zealand.
新西兰大选将于11月7日举行，近期民调显示，没有任何政党或可能的联盟组合拥有明显多数优势。
New Zealand's general election will take place on November 7 with recent opinion polls showing no party, or likely coalition grouping, with a clear majority.
新西兰首席选举官卡尔·勒奎斯内表示，海外选民可从官方选举网站下载选票，并通过上传至该网站的方式交回。
New Zealand Chief Electoral Officer Karl Le Quesne said overseas voters could download their voting papers from the official election website and return them by uploading them to the site.
选举委员会还在64个海外地点提供现场或邮寄投票服务，其中包括澳大利亚的10个地点，澳大利亚拥有最大比例的海外登记新西兰选民。
The Electoral Commission is also offering in-person or postal voting at 64 overseas locations, including 10 in Australia, home to the largest share of overseas-enrolled New Zealand voters.
约12.6万名登记选民已告知委员会他们居住在海外，而2023年这一数字为9.26万。其中近三分之二在澳大利亚。
About 126,000 enrolled voters have told the commission they are living overseas, compared with 92,600 in 2023. Nearly two-thirds of them are in Australia.