A National MP has accidentally proposed "lover taxes" thanks to a typo in an advertisement.
David Bennett, the MP for Hamilton East, told Newshub he was attempting to promote National's lower tax - but a misplaced 'v' meant he actually introduced a "lover tax".
A photo of the advertisement posted to Twitter prompted confusion from some and hilarity from others.
"Once again, older married couples have to pay less," wrote one person.
"Is the first lover tax free, and you get taxed on each subsequent lover?" asked another
"Is the lover you live with exempt? This could be a vote breaker for me."
Bennett's gaffe is far from the first this election cycle - both sides of Parliament have had their share of typos.
Former leader of the opposition and Tauranga MP Simon Bridges handed out flyers with his own name spelt wrong - Brigdes rather than Bridges.
"My volunteers and I didn't get my name spelling right but I have a feeling people knew what name we intended," he said at the time.
For Labour, a typo in their fiscal plan led to National blasting the party for a "$140 billion mistake".
Labour's economic plan had an error in a graph where it should have shown debt as a percentage of GDP rather than in dollar terms.
National leader Judith Collins laughed when she heard about the typo, saying: "I would just say always be careful when you throw stones on that stuff - it might come back."
Her Party had recently been called out by Labour over a miscalculation in its own fiscal plan which left an $8 billion deficit.
