The dust has settled, the hoardings have been packed away, and to nobody's great surprise, Tauranga voters overwhelmingly chose National's Sam Uffindell to be their new MP.
But the voter turnout itself, like many by-elections, was decidedly underwhelming.
Law firm Franks Ogilvie senior consultant Brigitte Morten, who was also a senior ministerial advisor in the last National government, spoke to Corin Dann.
