New Zealand to decide on lowering voting age from 18 to 16

Sanat Singh, co-director of New Zealand’s Make It 16 campaign, said he was absolutely thrilled with the court’s decision.

A number of countries are debating whether to lower their voting age. Picture: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

New Zealand politicians will take a vote on whether to lower the national voting age from 18 to 16, prime minister Jacinda Ardern said.

Her announcement came hours after the country’s Supreme Court ruled that not allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to vote amounted to age discrimination.