Early voting opens Monday 2nd October, and hundreds of polling booths will be available for people to start casting their votes from 9 o'clock Monday morning.
It comes as Labour's campaign is turned on its head with leader Chris Hipkins isolating with Covid.
Organisers of Tuesday's Press Leaders debate in Christchurch are scrambling to keep the high-profile election event on track.
Reporter Jemima Huston has been checking out the appetite for early voting.
