John Key will spend the final two days of the election campaign on a whistle-stop blitz of the country, while Helen Clark will focus on shoring up Labour's Auckland vote.
The National and Labour leaders spent today campaigning in the upper North Island and Wellington respectively and both will make brief appearances in Auckland tomorrow morning ahead of the final leaders debate on TV One tomorrow night.
After that it is a sprint to the finish line with electioneering banned from midnight Friday, along with any media coverage.
A spokesman for Mr Key today confirmed National had chartered a plane to take the leader and his entourage on a two-day "whistle-stop" tour spanning both islands and taking in eight centres.
Mr Key will visit Napier, Taupo, Christchurch and Nelson on Thursday before flying back over Cook Strait to spend the night in Wellington.
He will campaign there in the morning before heading to Palmerston North and New Plymouth before returning to Auckland for an evening rally in his Helensville electorate.
A spokesman for Miss Clark said she would spend the final two days campaigning in Auckland.
Labour's heartland south Auckland will feature in those plans, with a high turnout in the heavily populated area credited with swinging the election the party's way in 2005.
Labour has strong Pacific Island and Maori constituencies in the area and will be hoping for a repeat this time around.
Electoral Enrolment Centre manager Murray Wicks today warned unenrolled potential voters that if they wanted to vote they needed to do that before Friday evening. Forms are available at post shops or from the www.elections.org website.
The Chief Electoral Office also put out guidelines today reminding people of the rules regarding the end of electioneering and poll day itself.
Under those rules all electioneering and any reporting that could influence a voter's decision must cease from midnight Friday.
On Saturday candidates, parties and others must cover up or take down election hoardings and bumper stickers, cease distribution of campaign material and avoid wearing clothing or driving vehicles that promote a party.
People may wear party lapel badges or rosettes, display streamers or ribbons in party colours and help voters get to a booth.
