He’s just... David?

This afternoon, a suspicious Act campaign billboard with a Barbie-inspired design was seen on Cambridge Rd next to State Highway 29 in Tauranga.

A sign depicts Act party leader David Seymour as Ken from the massively successful movie Barbie, along with a pink Jeep and palm trees. It’s bright pink and filled to the brim with “kenergy”.

“I just love it,” Seymour told the Herald.

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Luxon wouldn't rule out working with Peters, saying he wouldn't talk about NZ First as the party had not been in Parliament. Hipkins said Peters was a "force for chaos" while Seymour said Peters had little to offer Kiwis. Hipkins also told 1News he thought Labour was "on the way back up again" after two consecutive polls in the 20s.

Peters told 1News he already knew his party was above the threshold, claiming he would be above 5 per cent.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins and National leader Christopher Luxon were tied for preferred Prime Minister on 23 per cent. It follows Monday's Newshub poll which also had the pair equal in preferred PM.

Act leader David Seymour was the next highest on 5 per cent, down 1 point. Peters had risen 1 point to 4 per cent.

Labour would get 35 seats, 13 for the Greens and 7 for NZ First. If Te Pāti Māori won an electorate seat which it is expected to do, it would get 3 seats.

Ten per cent of poll respondents either didn't know or refused to answer, shrinking from 12 per cent.

On these numbers, National would get 49 of the 120 seats in the House. Together with Act's 13, the two parties surpass the 61 seat majority and could govern.

Both the Green Party and Act were on 10 per cent, dropping 2 and 3 points respectively.

Winston Peters' NZ First hit the 5 per cent threshold to enter Parliament, up 1 point from the last poll. Te Pāti Māori was steady on 3 per cent. Both the Opportunities Party and New Conservative were on 1 per cent.

National and Act can form a government, Labour is still in the 20s and New Zealand First is back in Parliament, according to the latest 1News Verian poll.

National came in at 39 per cent, up 2 percentage points from the last poll in August. Labour had dropped 1 point to 28 per cent.

TVNZ will release its latest 1News Verian poll at 6pm tonight. The Herald will have live updates of its results.

The second-most sought-after trophy in an election campaign is that of being the underdog ahead of the televised election debates – second only to the title of Prime Minister at the end of the campaign.

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