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Geared up in crisply ironed shirts, dark blazers and carrying a small bag each, they calmly approach a house, ready to tackle one of the "must dos" of any election campaign - door knocking.
"We look like missionaries," one of them comments. The other two roar with laughter.
"Well it's the same thing," another says. "We're sending out a message, just like they do."
The Family Party's Richard Lewis, Galumalemana Jerry Filipaina and Papali'i Tuifa'asisina Poutoa Papali'i are from a party on a mission.
"We're about focusing on families," Mr Lewis says. "What's good for families, is good for the country - It all starts from home."
Mr Papali'i is standing for Manukau East, Mr Lewis for Manurewa and Mr Filipaina for Mangere.
Mr Lewis, who was once a police sergeant in South Auckland, says all the party's policies are born from a wish to improve families' situations.
"Law and order - it all comes back to families. The kids in the gangs are there because they've come from a broken home and are looking for that group - family connection - there," he says.
"They say crime statistics are coming down - that's absolute rubbish. Outlawing gangs is ridiculous. They'll think, 'Us against the state' - it's more appealing to what they're doing."
The three carry pamphlets and are happy to greet locals, who wave from car windows and toot their horns.
"We've been doing this since last November," Mr Papali'i says. Adds Mr Filipaina: "I've lost nine kilos."
As a candidate in one of this election's hotly contested seats, Mr Filipaina acknowledges that he always had a fight on his hands, with Labour's Su'a William Sio and the leader of the newly formed New Zealand Pacific Party, Taito Phillip Field, the incumbent MP who used to be with Labour.
Traditional voting habits, recognition and attitudes have been against him, he says, but people are becoming more open to change.
"I'll go to somebody's door and they'll be staunchly Labour. But they always take the pamphlet and say, 'Okay, I'll have a look at it'."
He calls out to an elderly woman gardening.
She quickly warms to Mr Filipaina's genuine nature.
"I'm an undecided voter," she says. "Too many people are voting because that's who their parents and grandparents voted for. They don't know anything else."
Some Labour campaigners zoom past, shouting, "Vote Labour". The woman offers Mr Filipaina a rock. He laughs: "I'm not about dirty tactics."
