Small amount of relaxing still possible

The countdown to Election Day is on and Wairarapa candidates are even more in need of a way to relax and chill out.

Kieran McAnulty

Labour Party

Counting the days to go, and the odd whisky at night, are the only things Kieran McAnulty is doing to relax.

"Marking the days off on the calendar, counting down to the day."

Mr McAnulty said he gets home, goes to bed and gets up again at 5.30am.

Wairarapa has a solid run of candidate meetings from one end of the electorate to the other, which Mr McAnulty and the candidates are hitting.

This week, every weeknight has a meeting, including Martinborough last night and Featherston tonight.

There were three last week, which included the Wairarapa Times-Age-hosted debate.

"But we're not just sitting around for candidate meetings," he said.

His team wants to "connect" with 15,000 people between now and the election.

That includes asking people if they need a ride to the polling booths on election day.

Mr McAnulty believes it is the undecideds, and those not inclined to vote, who are vital for Labour success.

Alastair Scott

National Party

A roast lamb, a good pinot noir and spending time with his partner Robyn is how Mr Scott manages to chill out after campaigning.

"Get the fire cranked up," he said.

"Good food, good wine, good company."

This Thursday and Friday Mr Scott will be walking the main streets of Masterton, meeting voters.

He will be calling into Paper Plus on Friday at 12.30pm as part of the Daffodil Festival events.

On Saturday three teams will be "human hoardings", holding up signs outside McDonald's in Masterton, and at Kuripuni and Carterton.

Ron Mark

NZ First

Ron Mark says in campaign time, he's running six months behind Alastair Scott and 12 months behind Kieran McAnulty, so there's no time to relax.

"Right now, the best you can hope for is a couple of hours respite with a DVD - preferably something like Game of Thrones," he said.

Mr Mark said he is still "racing around" getting up signs, while he expects the others have completed theirs.

Over the next few days, Mr Mark said he wants to give attention to the opposite ends of the electorate.

"I want to spend more time in Waipukurau and Waipawa and more time in Martinborough - and anywhere in between."