As it happened: Election campaign 6 September

RNZ's latest political poll - the first during the election campaign - came out just hours before the two major party leaders faced off in TVNZ's debate.National's campaign chair Simeon Brown acknowledged little more than that the election will be a tight one off the back of its crushing poll result.On Tuesday evening, Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins had their first opportunity to go head-to-head on the issues that matter most to New Zealanders in TVNZ's leader debate.See how it went down with our live coverage above.