The next six weeks until the General Election are expected to see campaigning like never before.

The election was pushed back to October 17 from its mid-September date, after Auckland was put into Alert Level 3 during August because of Covid-19 community transmission.

Herald political reporter Jason Walls says the pandemic will make very visible changes to how parties and politicians campaign.

He told Francesca Rudkin Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed it would be much more scaled back.

"I think it's going to be a lot more online, so you are going to see a lot more Facebook Lives from politicians and things like that."

Walls says he hopes online campaigning doesn't become the norm.

Ardern will be spending the first weekend of the rebooted election campaign hit the hustings. from the comforts of her family home.

The Labour Party leader is basing herself in her hometown of Morrinsville for the next week, staying with her parents.

She'll be visiting a strong of regional centres, which are not strong areas of support for Labour.

The party holds just two North Island seats outside Auckland and Wellington.

National Party leader Judith Collins is starting her week in Hawke's Bay, with a policy or two up her sleeve to unveil.

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters is riding the New Zealand First black-coated bus marked with "Back Your Future" and will head to Dunedin on Monday.