Otago student Sarah Brookes, originally from Auckland, said it was good to have her say on her country’s future direction.
"I’m working at the polling booths, so I thought I would come in and get it done and avoid the rush.
"It only took a couple minutes, which was great."
Dunedin is regularly the country’s youngest electorate, with more 18 to 29-year-old voters than anywhere else.
It also sees a lot of first-time voters coming through, a group which Miss Brookes was a part of .
"I was old enough to vote last time, but I had just turned 18 and wasn’t informed properly.
"In hindsight, I should have voted, but at the time I didn’t care.
"Now I’m definitely out there telling everyone that they should get out and take those few minutes to vote.
"I ticked another job off the list today, that’s for sure."
