Newshub-Reid Research poll: Should losing leader stand down after election?

This is it. New Zealand's political leaders have battled it out for six weeks, and on Saturday, it comes to an end. 

Friday marked the last opportunity for every candidate in the country to convince Kiwis to vote for them, resulting in a frenetic final pitch to the people. 

"Today is critical," said Labour leader Chris Hipkins. 

"We are right down to the wire, we have got one day to go," said National leader Christopher Luxon.

There is no more playing around - it's time for the pitch.

The Greens are shooting for the stars, hoping for their most successful result ever.

"We've run a great campaign. It's one focused on hope rather than on fear," said co-leader James Shaw.

The ACT Party is hoping to cruise onto the Government benches. The goal? Double the caucus to 20. 

"I think that is eminently realistic," said leader David Seymour. 

New Zealand First Winston Peters was ticking off his last thing on the campaign to-do list - dishing out his two ticks.

"We do bring experience and common sense and balance," he said.

Hipkins is adamant this is not his final spin in the driver's seat.

"I'm not even thinking about a Plan B," said Hipkins. 

Luxon was putting the icing on his campaign.

"We will get there, team," he said.  

But he won't say what he'll do if he doesn't take the cake. 

"I want to stay on for the full term as Prime Minister, clearly I want to be there for multiple terms as Prime Minister, let's be clear."

Newshub can reveal voters back both leaders to stay on even if the race doesn't go their way.

We asked in our latest Newshub-Reid Research poll, should the losing leader stand down from their position after the election?

The results show 49.8 percent said they should stick around while 30.1 percent said they have got to go. 

Both sides know that vibes mean nothing if your voters don't get to the booths.

Hipkins has been willing to do literally anything to win this election and that's included going low.

In the final televised leaders' debate on Thursday night, he hit back at claims Luxon was making about his Cabinet by saying: "None of my MPs beat people up with a bed leg".

On Friday, Hipkins said Luxon was "launching a personal attack on me and my ministers".

"I am going to push back."

Luxon said his lowlight of the campaign was that it was "more negative, more personal, more attacky and a lot more scaremongering than I had anticipated from the other side".

It's been a relentless campaign - Luxon said he tries to get four hours of sleep. 

The amount of phone calls and doors knocked by Labour in this campaign have broken records and on Friday Hipkins sounded like a broken record asking people if they had voted. 

Feigning confidence they can't be sure of until every vote is counted, both Hipkins and Luxon were confident of their election on Friday.

But only one of those dreams can become a reality.