There's no cup of tea this time around, but Judith Collins wants voters in Epsom to give their electorate vote to ACT's David Seymour.
The Auckland seat has been ACT's political lifeline in recent years - and the party's fortunes have been helped by successive National leaders throwing their backing the ACT candidate.
With ACT polling at as high as five percent, is a deal even necessary?
Reporter Sarah Robson has been on the campaign trail.
She speaks to Corin Dann.