Labour's McAnulty says left and right vote-splitting efforts differ

Labour campaign chair Kieran McAnulty says the vote-splitting strategies on the left and the right are different, and that Labour does not support an overhang and is not campaigning for one.

Splitting your vote means voting for a candidate from a different party than the one you give your party vote to. RNZ reported that McAnulty described Te Pāti Māori's vote-splitting effort as being done by the party itself, without any funding, and as a different story from the right's campaign. He contrasted that with the large websites, billboards and advertisers he said the right was using.

National has rejected a candidate-only vote-splitting strategy. It is calling on voters to put two ticks blue, meaning both their votes go to National. ACT and NZ First have endorsed a one-tick version of the strategy.

McAnulty said his preference for governing arrangements is to have as few parties as possible. He said a three-party coalition, a government made up of three parties, would be most New Zealanders' preference in the current environment.

A 1News-Verian poll had the two major parties polling in the high 20s. In the same poll, the Opportunities Party dropped one point to 6 percent of the party vote.