NZ pets join the political pawty

It took the UK's recent general election by storm - no, not UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, but the wildly popular #dogsatpollingstations social media hashtag.

Photo: Supplied/ @edufk / @ChrisKeall / @Ptrfrs / @WendyWings

Dog owners (along with goat owners, cat owners and even duck owners) shared photos of their four-legged friends accompanying them to polling booths across Britain, and animal-lovers in the New Zealand have been waiting to get in on the act ever since.

Without further introduction, here is #dogsatpollingstations, the New Zealand edition.

You can tweet your democracy-loving pet to @radionz or email it to webnews@radionz.co.nz

Spike has a simple message for you all:

Strictly not at a polling station, but here are some dogs on the steps of Parliament, where the successful candidates will end up.

And this little piggy went to exercise his democratic rights.

Photo: Supplied / Brian Hainsworth

And here's more of the country's goodest boys (and girls) heading to the polls.

It's much easier to walk your dog to a polling booth than it is to herd a mercurial feline, so voters are also posting photos of #catsnotatpollingstations.

This tabby would rather just sleep Election Day away...

...while Paris is much too busy redecorating.

And finally, these two were too chicken to vote.