KEY POINTS:
Remember, remember the 8th of November - at least if rumours from the Beehive are to be believed.
With less than three months to the last possible election day, November 15, that's when sources are predicting the country will be heading to the polls.
Auckland University political scientist Dr Joe Atkinson expected the Government to set a date shortly and said the election would be left "until the last possible moment".
"The polls aren't very good at the moment. The longer Labour can have to criticise National policies the better. That clearly favours the Government leaving the election late."
Atkinson said polls were notoriously unreliable this far out from an election and New Zealand was a "volatile" electorate.
But Act leader and Epsom MP Rodney Hide said: "Labour will wait as long as possible, either November 8 or November 15."
National leader John Key had heard rumours about November 8 but predicted an election on October 18 - shortly after tax cuts come into effect and clear of other big events, such as the Bledisloe Cup in Hong Kong.
