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The National Party election campaign bus takes leader John Key on a whistlestop tour from Wellington to New Plymouth - Source: ONE News -
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John Key fears National is so far ahead in the polls that voters will stay at home on Saturday.
He took to the road today for a two-day trip through the North Island to deliver a message to supporters ahead of the election.
In Bulls, the locals were queuing up to meet Key.
"Mr Key, are you aware this is the biggest thing that's happened in Bulls since it was founded?" a woman asked him.
Bulls was one of 10 stops today, in a last ditch Tiki tour before the country goes to the polls.
Key posed with a puppy in Wanganui and inspected shopping in Paraparaumu.
But not everyone was pleased to see him.
Labour's Wanganui candidate Hamish McDouall and supporters held up Stop Asset Sales placards in Wanganui, while many people walked past the National Party leader and yelled abuse.
ONE News political reporter Jessica Mutch tweeted: "John Key has
been heckled a few times out on the campaign trail about the super
rate and trust."
The bus tour is not just aimed at convincing the undecided. Key is
worried the party faithful might stay at home on election
day.
"People just not turning up, thinking National is doing well in the polls and then saying 'look my vote won't really count', he told reporters.
And he is warning supporters not to be complacent.
"We know it's closer than people think."
Key is using the final throws of the campaign to bus from Wellington to Auckland.
National is taking the bus on the last two days rather than a plane like they did last campaign, saying it is easier to stop and talk to more people.
But Key will not be doing any campaigning in the South Island.
"I've been to the South Island a lot this year," he said.
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