A week of it: Seen, heard on hustings

Blundered: Jeanette Fitzsimons gets rush of blood to the head and threatens to stop Labour forming a government immediately after the election. She backtracks immediately.

Boobed: Labour whip Rick Barker reveals his party's plans for a dedicated health tax.

Botched: The release of Act's candidate list. Sunday morning became Monday became Sunday afternoon.

Plunged: Pansy Wong off Auckland's Sky Tower; National's poll rating.

Embarrassed: Two-month police investigation establishes prima facie case for forgery against the Prime Minister but no charges laid.

Confused: Bill English switches from unequivocal position on genetic modification to pondering the possibility of extending the moratorium to then switching back again.

Endorsed: Celebrity-packed Sustainability Council explodes into the campaign and gives another fillip to the Greens.

Rumbled: Asked an innocent question, Winston Peters reveals he expects coalition talks to take only a few weeks. So you plan to go into coalition, Winston?

Coveted: Pilfered roadside billboards featuring Laila Harre in a leather jacket become the teenage male's latest bedroom poster.

Joked: Winston Peters. "The Greens were dope-tested in their last week at Parliament: sure enough there were seven of them" and "I wonder whether my mother really knew what she was saying when she said 'Winston, eat your Greens'."

Quipped: Bill English. "Giving absolute power to Helen Clark is like giving a teenager two dozen beer, the key to your car and telling them to drive safely."

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