Following weeks of topsy-turvy polls in the lead-up to Saturday's general election comes another surprise result showing National could romp in without a coalition partner.
However, there's no need for opposition parties to get too nervous - this poll was conducted by the kids of a Kerikeri school where only a handful of students are old enough to vote.
The mock election was staged at Springbank School with about 160 students in Years 5-13 casting party and electorate votes after spending class time researching candidates and party policies.
Two real-life Northland candidates, Willow-Jean Prime (Labour) and Matt King (National), spoke to the students while the votes were tallied.
The party vote was dominated by National (69 votes) with Labour trailing on 28, the Greens on 8, and NZ First and the Internet Party on 6. Other parties collected no more than 4 votes.