"Don't complicate this thing": Luxon firm there's "no need" for strategic voting

National Party leader Christopher Luxon is reiterating his stance there's "no need" for strategic or split voting strategies. 

The strategy, promoted by some on the right, calls for voters to give their candidate vote to National and their party vote to ACT or NZ First to create an overhang and give the right bloc more seats to form a potential coalition. 

Division has emerged on the right over newspaper ads promoting the strategy, with revelations that ACT and New Zealand First approved them. 

It later emerged that the National Party filed a formal complaint with the Electoral Commission against the campaign. 

Asked about the campaign on the Mike Hosking Leaders Breakfast, Luxon said that in his option, people shouldn't complicate it. 

"If you like the National Party policies and you want them around the cabinet table rather than other people, and if you want a National-led government, vote for us." 

"I do think it's confusing, I think the messages are quite confusing for the public, it's unhelpful in a tight election," Luxon said. 

He told Hosking that at the end of the day, they have a really good policy programme, and a good team of ministers that has been built over the last three years. 

"Understand what you're doing." 

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