Voting papers for the local body elections will start being delivered to mailboxes from tomorrow.

Thousands of papers are ready and waiting at the New Zealand Post centre in Strathallan Street, Dunedin.

Staff will be delivering them throughout the wider city area from tomorrow.

They must be mailed back in time to be received by noon on election day, which is Saturday the 8th of October.

Those who haven't received voting papers by the 22nd of September can cast a special vote.

All councils around the region are subject to election.

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