SUPPLIED If you're on a cruise in New Zealand waters on census night you'll still need to complete the form. Stats NZ update will better reflect NZ religions in 2018 Census* LGBTI people will still be invisible on next NZ census* Census to include question about dry housing* Not filling out census forms proves costlyWHAT IS THE CENSUS? CENSUS Census access codes will start showing up in letterboxes from February 23. 123RF If you're travelling on the waters between Wellington and Picton at midnight on census night you'll still need to complete the census. Your census forms will outlive you: The Public Records Act 2005 requires census forms to be retained for 100 years, after which they may be made available for research.

Source: Stuff February 21, 2018 21:14 UTC