Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces the election will be delayed by four weeks to October 17 amid the resurgence of Covid-19. The decision to delay the election by a month has left political parties scrambling for money to pay for an elongated campaign. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a four-week election delay on Monday following the Covid-19 community outbreak in Auckland, after NZ First, National, and ACT all called for a delay. The election will now happen on October 17 instead of September 19, as earlier announced. This has left political parties with four more weeks of campaigning to pay for and other costs to negotiate.

Source: Stuff August 21, 2020 00:56 UTC