After months of campaigning, local candidates could know by the end of today whether they are headed to Parliament or not.
Billboards and signs are down, and the campaign is over for another term, with voters heading to the booths today to make their choice.
You can vote at any voting place in the country, but heading to one in your own electorate is usually quicker, because you’ll be on the printed roll there and staff can issue your papers more easily.
There are close to 60 voting places across Nelson Tasman, with locations found here.
Preliminary results will be released progressively from 7pm, while advance votes can be published from 7pm.
The Electoral Commission says it aiming to publish the totals for votes cast today by around 10.30pm to 11pm.
Rose Drew, who lives in Richmond, voted at the Putangitangi Greenmeadows Centre after finishing an exam upstairs.
She says she had a good idea who she was going to vote for, but waited until the final day to vote, in case her decision had been swayed during the campaign.
The West-Coast Tasman electorate will be one of the most interesting seats in the country with a host of new candidates vying for the seat.
Covering more than 32,000 sq km, it is the second-largest electorate measured by land. It spans almost the entire length of the West Coast, up to Farewell Spit and across Tasman Bay, and includes more than half the country's national parks.
While results may or may not look obvious, official results will be declared on November 27.
By the end of Thursday, 1,666,908 New Zealanders had already cast their votes, surpassing the 2023 equivalent by more than 286,000, and the total number of 2023 early voters by 26,000.
Statistics for those who voted on Friday, will not be released until voting closes today.
