Red, yellow and blue, the BOP electorate is a sea of the three primary colours this week.

It's not spring, but the three local candidates have sprung into gear with their teams of volunteers to erect their election hoardings from Pahoia to Papamoa.

On the weekend, Rosalie Liddle Crawford set out to see what's involved in getting these signs made, assembled and erected.

With less than nine weeks to go until the NZ General Election, it's 'game on” according to the incumbent MP, Todd Muller of the National Party. Bruce Carley is standing for ACT, and Angie Warren-Clark for Labour.

Saturday was the official start day for hoardings and there are prime locations to be had.

Todd's teams were out early Saturday morning, braving the rain. He has a record 140 hoardings being erected by 10 teams with a total of 35 volunteers helping. It's clear they're going strong for the party vote with party leader Bill English appearing on many of the signs.

I found Bruce and the Tauranga Act Party candidate Stuart Pedersen on Sunday afternoon over in the Tauranga electorate. Friendly horns tooting around them, they were in the middle of Cameron Road, putting their signs out together. Again a clear push for the party vote.

'Saturday was the official day,” says Bruce. 'The weather was a bit horrible so we held off until today to make sure we get some prime spots. We're putting up our ACT hoardings around both electorates today.” I found Angie and her husband Blair in Blair's ‘man cave' where he has spent the last two weeks assembling more than 100 signs. It's taken about 1000 linear metres of timber. They were also assembling the hoardings for the Tauranga and Waiariki Labour candidates.

'We put up a pile yesterday, Saturday, on official hoarding day,” says Angie. 'We're just about to go out to Matapihi, and all around the place. Trailer's ready.”

Clearly it's a herculean task, building the frames, assembling the signs, digging the holes and then maintaining the hoardings for nine weeks. Each political party is powered by hundreds of volunteers, all keen to see their party elected and policies implemented. I asked one volunteer who I will leave nameless, what he thought about the other parties.

'Well they're very nice people. They're just a bit confused,” he laughs before setting off to hammer in another sign.

Angie Warren-Clark, Labour BOP candidate.

Todd Muller, National BOP candidate.