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Six weeks of election campaigning has ended as the public casts their vote for the next government.
RNZ's reporters and visual journalists have followed politicians up and down the country as they worked to gain votes.
Here are some of the best snaps.
National Party leader Christopher Luxon kicks off the party's campaign on 3 September 2023. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins at the party's campaign launch in Auckland on 2 September 2023. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
ACT Party leader David Seymour gets behind the counter at Rollickin Gelato - the go-to spot in Christchurch for politicians during the campaign trail. Photo: RNZ / Adam Burns
Christopher Luxon takes a KJet Jet Boat ride in Queenstown on 7 September 2023. Photo: RNZ / Jane Patterson
Chris Hipkins meets with 91-year-old Nan Dixon, a long-time Labour supporter, while campaigning on the West Coast on 14 September 2023. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver
Green Party co-leader James Shaw casting his ballot at Victoria University of Wellington on 2 October 2023. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver
Christopher Luxon takes selfies with staff at Hagley Windows & Doors in Christchurch on 14 September 2023. Photo: RNZ / Craig McCulloch
Chris Hipkins is gifted his own tomato sauces bottles while visiting the Watties factory in Napier on 21 September 2023. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters makes a speech in Lower Hutt on 18 September 2023. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
David Seymour speaks to media with two teenage protesters standing behind him on 10 October 2023 Photo: RNZ / Nathan Mckinnon
Christopher Luxon visits Oete Goat Farm in Patumahoe, Auckland on 20 September 2023. Photo: RNZ / Calvin Samuel
Chris Hipkins go karting in Upper Hutt on 6 October 2023. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
NZ First leader Winston Peters casts his vote at a polling booth in Ponsonby, Auckland on 13 October 2023. Photo: RNZ / Finn Blackwell
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson at Ruapōtaka Marae in Auckland's Glen Innes on 6 October 2023. Photo: RNZ
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi during TVNZ's multi party debate on 5 October 2023. Photo: Andrew Dalton - TVNZ
Christopher Luxon makes an ice cream at Phil Grieg Strawberry Gardens in Auckland on 26 September. Photo: Tim Collins
Labour leader Chris Hipkins meeting supporters in Auckland's Mangēre, on 13 October 2023. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro
David Seymour speaks to business leaders and supporters at Buzz Cafe in Lower Hutt on 9 October 2023. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Christopher Luxon and finance spokesperson Nicola Willis campaign on 11 October 2023. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
James Shaw and Marama Davidson and Green Party candidate Julie Anne Genter at the Island Bay marine education centre on 13 October 2023. Photo: RNZ / Katie Scotcher
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters speaks at a public meeting at Napier Sailing Club in Napier on 29 September 2023. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Te Pāti Māori's wagon pulls up beside the National Party's big blue bus on the last day of the campaign on 13 October 2023. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi