As Parliament wraps up its final sitting week of the term, will next Friday it will formally dissolve as the Governor-General of New Zealand triggers the course of events that lead to the next election. 

But as politicians prepare their final speeches of the 53rd Parliament, they are already deep in campaign mode, with the rhetoric between the major parties heating up in recent days.  

So with coalition deals already being fleshed out in public, and fiscal promises and swing voter friendly policies already being dished out, what is the current state of campaigning, and are politicians priorities in the right place? 
 
Today, NZ Herald deputy editor and host of On the Tiles, Thomas Coughlan, joins Damien for a discussion about the dissolution of Parliament and what will happen next.  

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