There are six weeks until the General Election and we're likely to see campaigning like never before

The election was pushed back to October 17, from its mid-September date, after the resurgence of covid 19 and Auckland's lockdown.

Herald political reporter Jason Walls says the pandemic will make very visible changes to how parties and politicians campaign.

He says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed it will be scaled back.

Walls thinks there'll be much more online activity - like Facebook Lives.

But he hopes that doesn't become the norm.