"People are very engaged in politics this year and wanting to talk, which is great."
Tukituki candidate Anna Lorck said she and her team were also out every day this week starting at 7.30am and going all day.
A team of 25 people were out on Havelock North Rd with signs yesterday morning waving to motorists and would continue to do that until Saturday, she said.
"This week is about our teams having a bit of fun - we have worked very hard, we've done all the groundwork.
"We've knocked on thousands of doors and held nearly 200 neighbourhood meetings - now it's time to have fun."
She said the ultimate decision was in the voters' hands now, and that one notable difference from when she campaigned in 2014 was that people were engaged and voting.
"Not just early voting - they are gearing up for Saturday - it's exciting for Hastings and Havelock North."
Green Party candidate Chris Perley was also still active.
Yesterday he was interviewed on Ngati Kahungunu radio, and had visited the polling booth at EIT, which he intended to do three times this week.
"Last week I had something on every night, and I have been out doorknocking - after all this I'm going to find a desert island."
In the meantime he was still writing regular missives for his Facebook page and getting down to local cafes, which he found a good opportunity to meet and talk to people.
New Zealand First candidate Joe Kairau said he was also at EIT yesterday running a sausage sizzle but otherwise was ensuring he was visible and available up until Saturday.
"I'm driving my billboard trailer around town and using technology to keep in touch.
"There's still a lot of work to be done but I do not mind that - Winston Peters is still out there - if the boss is working hard I can too."
He said he had been pleased with the campaign he had run, although a little disappointed the national campaign team had not let him off the leash a little earlier.
NZ Democrats for Social Credit candidate Dick Ryan was more low-key, and said there was not much to be done now that everybody was able to vote already.
He also questioned why his party did not feature on the country's political radar, being left out of debates and the like.
On the night he said he would be watching the results like everybody else.
Future Youth Party leader and candidate Allister Tosh said he was not campaigning, just waiting for Saturday night when he may get a bottle of coke and some chips.
Most of the people he had run into in the lead-up to this weekend had been positive, congratulating him for giving it a go, he said.
Conservative Party candidate Roger Larkins was still in Australia, detained by a work contract from returning to New Zealand.
He said he was watching the polls with interest, and that the Conservative Party was still firmly focused on the party vote and the Manurewa electorate "which gives us an opportunity to change the balance of power".