Today is Census Day – and time to be counted and complete your census forms, Stats NZ said today. 

Every person staying overnight in Aotearoa New Zealand on Census Day is required to complete the census form.

There are many ways to do the census.

• Click www.census.govt.nz; press the ‘Start your census’ button and use your access code to complete the census. 
• Complete your census (paper) form and post.

For help completing your census call 0800 CENSUS (0800 236 787) for help between 6.00am and midnight today.

Information is also available in different languages and formats on the census website at www.census.govt.nz.

For events, see www.census.govt.nz/census-support/.

“Every census becomes part of history and a picture in time of who we are as a country, and how we are changing,” said Government Statistician and Stats NZ Chief Executive, Mark Sowden.

Census information helps governments make decisions about public funding, including health, education, housing, and transport. It is is also the primary source of information used for deciding the number of general and Māori electorates.

After Census Day, Stats NZ will start visiting households where census forms were not completed by Census Day.