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Voters in Port Waikato will be heading back to the polling booth just six weeks after the general election.
The electorate will have a by election on November 25th.
The sudden death of ACT candidate Neil Christensen has triggered the by-election, and means Parliament will have an extra MP for the next term.
It's the first time since MMP was introduced 30 years ago, that an electoral candidate has died after the close of nominations, but before polling day.
Jemima Huston reports.