Azaria Howell: There's quite a bit of disagreement around vote splitting

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Author: Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026, 10:57am

National leader Christopher Luxon, Act leader David Seymour and NZ First leader Winston Peters sign their coalition agreement in November 2023. Photo / Mark Mitchell

National's revealed it was behind a complaint to the Electoral Commission, regarding Harry Mowbray's Split the Vote website.

Mowbray's taken the website down after the Commission started looking into a potential advertising breach - and National says this is a deliberate attempt to confuse voters in a very close election.

Newstalk ZB political reporter Azaria Howell says the issue of vote splitting is causing tensions among the right bloc, especially given the state of the polls.

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