Election 2026: Make your vote count for children
The 2026 election for Aotearoa takes place 7th November.
Make your vote count for children. We've put together a toolkit to help you think about how your vote can help children thrive.
Right now, many children across the motu don’t have what they need to thrive. Children have a right to live free from harm, go to school, see a doctor, play, live in a warm house, eat healthy food, and not worry about their future.
What is the UNICEF Aotearoa election toolkit?
This toolkit explores four pressing issues facing tamariki and rangatahi in Aotearoa. It gives you what you need to dive into the research, what children are saying, what can be done about it, and how to start chatting with friends and family about the issues you care about. So you have all you need to help make your vote count for children
The issues the toolkit focuses on are:
- Keeping children and young people safe online
- Making sure children have their basic needs met
- Ending violence against children
- Building child-focused climate-resilient communities
Keeping children and young people safe online
Every child has a right to be safe, including in the online world.
Making sure children have their basic needs met
Every child has the right to access their basic needs including food, safe housing, healthcare, education and transport.
Ending violence against children
Every child has the right to feel safe, loved and protected from harm.
Building child-focused climate-resilient communities
Climate change is a direct threat to a child’s right to survive, grow, and thrive.
Other resources for election 2026
- Learn more about what different parties have said they will do for children on Tick4Kids score cards.
- Not sure who to vote for? Compare your views to the political party policies at Vote Compass.
- Get ready to vote: Find your nearest voting station and everything you need for voting day.